News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
Due to the anticipated tropical storm, the town of Lincoln is cancelling all Fourth of July 4th daytime activities. The road race, children’s bike parade, reading of the Declaration of Independence, main parade, Boy Scout cookout and tennis tournament are all cancelled. The Codman Pool will operate normal hours with standard weather protocols. The evening activities that were scheduled…
The Lincoln delegates at the Massachusetts Democratic Convention. Top row left to right: Peggy Schmertzler, Lorraine Fiore, Barbara Slayter and Peter Pease. Second row: Al Schmertzler, Marcie Black, Mari Haas and John Santa.
Six Lincoln residents attended the State Democratic Convention on June 14, and four of them—Barbara Slayter, Lorraine Fiore, Al Schmertzler and Peggy Schmertzler—wrote this first-hand account with their impressions of the candidates.
The Outreach Committee of the First Parish Church recently presented a check for $25,000 to the Community Day Center in Waltham to build a kitchen at their new site on Felton Street. This donation was made possible by a charitable fund established by Jean Wood Preston, a former member of the First Parish. The Community Day Center of Waltham is…
By Alice Waugh
In early May 2013, the Lincoln After-school Activities Program’s 33-year tenure in Lincoln suddenly seemed in jeopardy when another company outbid LEAP when its lease came up for renewal. But as of July 1, LEAP has an exclusive annual license with the School Committee to use Pod C.
Drive-in movie on Wednesday The Lincoln School eighth-grade parents and students invite Lincoln families to celebrate the end of the school year with a drive in screening of “The Little Rascals” on Wednesday, June 25 at the Codman Pool parking lot. The movie will be projected on the wall of the Brooks Gym. The screening will start at 8:30…
Here are the Lincoln Council on Aging activities for July and August.
Easy yoga
Wednesdays beginning July 2 at 9 a.m.
Would you like to try yoga but are worried it may be too rigorous for you? Try the Council on Aging’s new Easy Yoga class with experienced instructor Jai Kaur Annamaria San Antonio! The class will be held on nine Wednesday mornings at 9 a.m. beginning on July 2 at a cost of $45 for the course. You may do the class on the floor or in a chair and the instructor will help you adapt the poses to your special needs. You may try one class for free! You may also sign up for the fall classes which will begin on Wednesday, September 24 at 9 a.m. and run for eight weeks at a cost of $40. Please sign up in advance by calling the COA at 781-259-8811. This class is subsidized by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs.
Make earrings or a pendant
July 2 at 1 p.m.
Join Hilary Taylor of Merlin’s Silver Star Studio on Wednesday, July 2 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. to make a pendant or pair of earrings using clay embedded with fine silver. After firing, the clay burns off, leaving your piece in silver. Bring items with texture (bits of nature, lace fabric, a piece of metal with a texture) to use in your piece. No experience is needed and you will surely enjoy your finished piece! You’ll receive your piece 10 days later. The workshop is part of a series of crafts workshops offered by the Old Town Hall Exchange and the Council on Aging at Bemis Hall featuring artists associated with the Exchange! The workshop is intergenerational, so bring along grandchildren or other friends or relatives middle school age or older. The workshop costs $15 per person. Sign up is required. Please sign up by calling the COA at 781-259-8811. This workshop is supported in part by a grant from the Lincoln Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
The most recent proposal for a hospice facility on Winter Street at the Waltham town line.
By Alice Waugh
A consultant for the Zoning Board of Appeals is reviewing revised technical plans submitted by Care Dimensions, which wants to build an inpatient hospice facility on Winter Street, and will most likely report to the ZBA at is July 10 meeting.
A subgroup of the reconstituted School Building Advisory Committee (SBAC) is in the process of selecting a school design consultant, and the School Committee is tentatively scheduled to award a contract on July 23. At Town Meeting in March, Lincoln voters approved spending up to $250,000 to hire a consultant who would define renovation solutions for…
