News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
On June 10, WBUR aired a remembrance of Dr. Charles Keevil of Lincoln, who died on April 8 at the age of 88 (see obituary here). The piece was part of The Remembrance Project, WBUR’s series of broadcast obituaries about non-celebrities who led meaningful lives (“Alongside the famous deaths in the newspapers, there are the small print columns about…
Sharon Antia
By Alice Waugh
Sharon Antia of Lincoln has opinions and isn’t shy about sharing them with the people she meets—and she’s hoping enough of those people will vote for her in November to win her a seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
An organ concert in memory of former Lincoln resident William Elliott, who died on March 24 at the age of 82, will be performed in the First Parish Church in Lincoln on Saturday, June 14 at 11 a.m. on the church’s newly refurbished organ by music director Ian Watson. Elliott worked with the space program to…
Police warn residents of chimney repair scammers A number of Lincoln residents have received calls or visits from the Lysco Chimney Maintenance and Repair Co. saying they’re in the area and asking if homeowners would like their chimneys cleaned. The Lincoln Police warn that this company has a long list of complaints against them for…
To the editor:
I am writing to invite you to join me in supporting a meaningful and important project in Lincoln.
As you may know, Care Dimensions, a nonprofit organization with 35 years of experience in hospice care, has purchased land on Winter Street on the Waltham/Lincoln line to build a beautiful inpatient Hospice Center to provide medical, emotional, social and spiritual care for people in their final days of life.
Below are June events sponsored by the Lincoln Council on Aging. For more information, call the COA at 781-259-8811.
Coffee with artist Ellen Milan
June 5 at 2:30 p.m.
Indulge your senses in the grace and liveliness of paintings on silk, prints, pastels, and scratch board engravings by Ellen Milan in the Bemis Hall Artists Gallery this month. You are also invited to meet Ellen at the “Coffee with the Artist” on June 5 at 2:30 p.m.Ellen’s work has been included in public and private collections and shows in Wisconsin, Massachusetts, New York, Israel and Europe. Locally, her work has been part of group shows at the Danforth Museum, Concord Art Association and elsewhere. Last year she had exhibitions at the Lincoln Library and the Harvey Wheeler Community Center. You can see the full scope of her work in various media, including wearable art, at www.ellenmilan.com.
Micah Greene of Lincoln, artistic director of Wax Wings Productions.
By Alice Waugh
To Bemis, or not to Bemis, that is the question. And the answer is “to Bemis,” which is where residents can go on June 13 and 14 to see Shakespeare’s Hamlet by Wax Wings Productions, of which Lincoln resident Micah Greene is artistic director.
A private plane crashed on Saturday night at Hanscom Field in Bedford—the first fatal crash at Hanscom since a military plane went down in the Lincoln portion of Hanscom in 1968. New Jersey philanthropist Lewis Katz, three friends and three crew members were killed after their private jet crashed 2,000 feet beyond the end of…
Outdoor water use restrictions in effect Under the annual mandatory restriction on outdoor water public water use, which runs from May 1 through September 30, outdoor water use is allowed only twice a week depending on your house number. Even-numbered houses may use outdoor water on Tuesdays and/or Thursdays, while odd-numbered houses may do so on Wednesdays and/or…
In a May 27 article about the revised hospice proposal from Care Dimensions, two numbers were reversed. The floor area in the new proposal compared to the original submission is 42,400 vs. 27,600 square feet. The article has been corrected….