News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
Snow sculpture winners announced Awards have been announced for the Lincoln Winter Festival snow sculpture competition (see the Lincoln Squirrel, Feb. 3, 2015). The winners are: Most Accurate and Huggable – “Olaf the Snowman” by Team Bishop, 6 Blueberry Lane Most Use of Color and Most Aquatic – “Sea Creatures” by Team Dutkewych, 15 Linway…
Fanning event postponed With a winter storm watch now in effect, Sunday’s Bemis Free Lecture Series event featuring David Fanning from “Frontline” has been postponed. Fanning has kindly agreed to make himself available for a later date to be announced. Second leaf blower forum scheduled On Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m., Lincoln’s Leaf Blower Study Committee will…
To the editor: I wanted to write to clarify a few of the points made in Jean Palmer’s Jan. 23 letter to the editor regarding gas pipelines in the state. There is actually no natural gas exported by ships out of Massachusetts or the Northeast. The one active LNG terminal in Massachusetts (in Everett) is actually to import natural gas,…
Lincoln’s Richards wins art prize Susan Richards of Lincoln was one of eight winners in the Concord Art Association’s Members Juried 1 painting and sculpture show that runs through February 15. She was recognized for her painting entitled “Dusk at Flint’s Field.” Click here for details on the exhibit and images of other entries. Film screening…
The Blizzard of ’15 showed up just in time for the Lincoln Winter Carnival’s annual snow sculpture contest, as seen in these photos taken by Margit Griffith. The Parks and Recreation Department will announce the winners later this week. Click on the artwork titles in the captions for the deCordova sculpture facsimiles to see more information…
Lincoln School students excel At a January 31 audition, four Lincoln School music students qualified for the Eastern District Music Festival in March: violinist and concert mistress Katherine Feng and second violinist Evan Lee (orchestra), second trumpet John Dale (band) and soprano II Jada Edwards (chorus). Also auditioning were Kent Mashimo, Kevin Sheppard, Tara O’Malley, Jaelynn Rodney and Colin Christian. Students…
To the editor: Peggy Flint, a childhood Lincoln friend whose family is still in Lincoln, just forwarded the “Letter to the editor: gas pipeline concerns” [Lincoln Squirrel, Jan. 23, 2015]. A granddaughter of George Grosvenor Tarbell (1886–1968), I grew up in Lincoln from 1941 to 1958. Peggy Flint and I rode our horses on “the pipeline,”…
Council on Aging events rescheduled The Better Business Bureau presentation scheduled for Friday, Jan. 30 has been canceled due to the predicted snow. We will reschedule for the spring. The Artist’s Coffee that was canceled on Tuesday, Jan. 27 has been rescheduled for Thursday, Feb. 26 at 2:30 p.m. Coming up at the library “Orcadian Rhythms:…
How you look at the snow depends on a lot of things, including your species. Here are some photos submitted to the Lincoln Squirrel of Juno and its aftermath. Click one of the images below to see a larger version in the lightbox. Once you’re there, click in the “i” icon at the bottom of the image to…
So far, so good… as of 9:45 a.m., there have been no reports to Lincoln police or NStar of power outages in Lincoln due to the blizzard, though there are some on Cape Cod and the south shore (see map below). The Lincoln Police Department is providing continual updates via its Facebook page. Meanwhile, on…