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Editor’s note: This letter concerning a March 6 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing was also submitted by the author to the Zoning Board of Appeals. See the Lincoln Squirrel (March 2, 2014) for background information.
Editor’s note: This post was updated on March 4 to incorporate several corrections.
The two major local voting days—Annual Town Meeting and the town election—are coming up fast, and two town-wide candidate forums are on tap.
Property in Lincoln and Waltham being proposed for a hospice facility is outlined in red.
A proposal for a two-story hospice facility on Winter Street property in Lincoln and Waltham, which calls for a 42,000-square-foot building and parking for 87 cars, will be the subject of a Lincoln Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) hearing on Thursday, March 6.
The Lincoln Leaf Blower Study Committee (LBSC) is gathering input and presenting results and recommendations at three events this month, culminating with the Annual Town Meeting on March 29. The LBSC will host a public forum on Monday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m. to gather input from residents on their experience of leaf blower use in town and…
An illustrated naturalists’ program and a film about butterflies will be presented in March by the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust. On Sunday, March 2 from 2-3 p.m. in Bemis Hall, Mary Holland, naturalist and author, will give an illustrated program, “Naturally Curious—Wood Frog to Black Bear: Exciting Worlds of the Northeast” that will take viewers through the most…
Magic Garden preschoolers recently participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count, a nationwide project to count and categorize bird species where “citizen birders” spend a little time in the field (i.e., their own backyards) watching birds during a specific time of year. Data from the project, which is sponsored by Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the…
An ewe tends to one of her newborn lambs. Photo courtesy Drumlin Farm
Spring is here at Drumlin Farm, which heard the patter of little (hoofed) feet yesterday and is getting ready for the annual Sap-to-Syrup Farmer’s Breakfast and Woolapalooza, as well as new March vacation programs for kids in private schools.
To the Editor:
On Tuesday, February 10, the Lincoln Planning Board voted to uphold principles that were designed to protect our neighborhoods and community character. This important vote—perhaps a legacy vote—also upheld the integrity of open town meeting governance.
Following are obituaries of current or former Lincoln residents as reported in the Boston Globe since July, listed by their date of death. Click on each name for more information. Stephen Crandall, 92 (October 29) — MIT professor of mechanical engineering. Irene Smith Wasco, 86 (November 12) — member of St. Joseph’s Church. Guilbert Winchell,…
