News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
To the editor: I am writing to announce an upcoming vacancy on the Lincoln Water Commission in the Spring of 2015. Established in 1872, Lincoln’s Water Department provides clean, safe drinking water to its customers and fire flow protection throughout the town. Governed by three elected commissioners serving three year terms, the department is funded…
By Alice Waugh A new $34 million health care facility at The Commons in Lincoln is under construction and is slated to be ready for occupancy in less than a year, according to executive director Chris Golen. The Commons, formerly known as The Groves until its bankruptcy sale to Benchmark Senior Living in 2013, currently…
A capella benefit a hit; LEAP plans to do it again next year Lincoln residents packed the auditorium of Bemis Hall on December 5 to hear three a capella groups perform in a benefit for LEAP (the Lincoln After-school Activities Program). The groups who sang were Accent from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, and VoiceLab and the Callbacks from…
By Alice Waugh In a follow-up to the State of the Town meeting where attendees expressed preferences for school and community center ideas with sticky dots, those dots were out in force again last Wednesday as residents focused on which direction to go for a school building project. The December 2 meeting was the third…
L-S concerts include choral groups tonight The L-S Winter Choral Concert will be performed on Thursday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. in Kirschner Auditorium at the high school, while the L-S Instrumental Concert will be a week later on Thursday, Dec. 11 at 8 p.m. in the same location.. Both concerts are open to the public…
In December, the Lincoln Library Film Society will present silent films by master director Alfred Hitchcock. Long before films like Psycho, Rear Window and Vertigo hit the screen, he directed several silent films from 1925-29. Hitchcock’s silents are wrongly thought by a few to be the work of a talented amateur struggling to develop his craft with creaky equipment and poor film techniques. Who says? To see these films today is to appreciate the burgeoning signs of Hitchcock’s genius: unique camera angles and movement, multiple points of view, the audience as voyeur, with special effects of dissolves, blurriness and violent cuts. Already the familiar Hitchcock fingerprints are here: one wrongly accused, ordinary people finding themselves in extraordinary circumstances, man on the run, sexual feelings strongly associated with violent behavior, all delivered with assured manipulation of emotion, management of suspense, and a macabre wit.
By Alice Waugh
The School Committee on Thursday will continue to discuss a list of possible cuts to the 2015-16 Lincoln School preliminary budget that aim to bring next year’s budget into line with the Finance Committee’s 2.5 percent guideline for this year’s increase.
Lincoln Academy with Jim Cunningham and Rick Detwiller: A Historical Architecture Journey and the Barrett Farm Restoration Project
December 1 at 12:30 p.m.
Come to Bemis Hall on Monday, Dec. 1 at 12:30 to hear Jim Cunningham and Rick Detwiller discuss “A Historical Architecture Journey and the Barrett Farm Restoration Project.” Bring a bag lunch. The Council on Aging provides beverages and dessert. The lectures last about an hour, including a question-and-answer period. Participants are welcome to stay after the program to continue their discussion.
Meet with an aide to Congresswoman Clark
December 3 at 1 p.m.
You are invited to Bemis Hall on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 1 p.m. to meet with Natalie Kaufman, Constituent Service Representative for Congresswoman Katherine Clark. She will be available to assist residents with Social Security, Medicare, and MassHealth/Medicaid. You are also welcome to discuss other matters with her that she may be able to help with.
Boy Scouts selling Christmas trees and wreathsLincoln Boy Scout Troop 127 will once again be selling Christmas trees, wreaths (decorated and plain) and balsam garlands at the corner of Lincoln and Codman Roads on November 29–December 23 from 5-7 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on weekends. Trees from 3 to 10 feet high will be available. Proceeds support Scout activities and a portion is donated to support local and regional charities.