News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
Because of the recent snowstorm, the Council on Aging has rescheduled several events: A March 8 informational session about the Town Meeting warrant article on fluoridation has been rescheduled for March 15 at 11:30 a.m. The Open Studio artist’s coffee originally slated for March 7 will now be held on April 18 at 2:15 p.m. “The Art…
By Alice Waugh Lincoln officials are reworking a document from the rejected school building project in preparation for resubmitting it to the state, and town residents will be asked for an as-yet-undetermined sum of money for project planning expenses at Town Meeting later this month. The School Committee last week began going over the town’s…
The Lincoln-Sudbury Music Department presents Pops Concert 2013 at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School’s Kirshner Auditorium on Wednesday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m. The concert is free and will feature selections by the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, String Orchestra, Concert Choir, Valentines Quartets, and a grand finale including all of the music students performing together on…
By Alice Waugh The Groves in Lincoln has asked the town for permission to build assisted living, memory care and skilled-nursing units in an effort to attract more residents to its age 62+ independent living facility just south of Route 2. In 2007, the Planning Board and Town Meeting approved a plan for construction in…
Do you have a future or current Lincoln-Sudbury high schooler? The LSPO needs your auction donations to help fund students’ technology education needs. At the “Spring Forward with Technology Gala” on March 23 at Nashawtuc Country Club, attendees can bid on donated items at a live auction. Proceeds from the event will help update the…
State officials this week gave a thumbs-down to the “L-shaped proposal” for the Lincoln school project, saying it’s different than the one they approved earlier—and therefore it doesn’t qualify for a promised $21 million in state aid for the work.
In a February 27 conference call, Massachusetts School Building Authority officials told Superintendent of Schools Becky McFall and School Committee chairman Jennifer Glass that the L-shaped proposal is a different project because the “sizes, locations and adjacencies” of the rooms are different, meaning the project has a different scope of work from the previously approved project, and also because there is a change in the ratio between new construction and renovation, McFall and Glass wrote in a school district email on Thursday.
By Alice Waugh Drumlin Farm recently kicked off a campaign aimed at raising money to fund improvements starting with a new education center, wildlife care center and fox exhibit. The “Landscapes for Learning” campaign aims to bring in $4.7 million over four to five years, said Christy Foote-Smith, Drumlin Farm’s sanctuary director. The campaign aligns…
On Monday, Feb. 25, a Lincoln resident received a phone call from someone claiming to work for Rain Soft. The caller claimed that Rain Soft is working with the Lincoln Water Department to test homeowner’s water for quality and contaminants. One of the Water Commissioners has advised that the Water Commission has not hired this…
The Lincoln Squirrel will publish links to the obituaries of recently deceased Lincoln residents as we become aware of them. Please feel free to send other notices, links and reminiscences to lincolnsquirrelnews@gmail.com. Here are links to obituaries compiled since September 2012, listed in chronological order by date of death. Shirley Hubel (February 17, 2013) –…