News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
To mark its one-year anniversary as Lincoln’s coffee shop, Twisted Tree is donating a portion of its proceeds to charity on Sunday, Sept. 29 — and the owners hope to make this type of “donation day” a regular thing. Some of the sales on Sunday — which also happens to be International Coffee Day —…
Fall community ed classes announced Minuteman Community Education has announced its fall 2019 classes, many of which will be held at the recently opened $145 million Minuteman High School on the Lincoln/Lexington town line (758 Marrett Rd. in Lexington). Classes are held in the evening and are geared mainly to either personal enrichment or professional…
September 18 145 Lincoln Rd. (7:49 a.m.) — Man with a Boston address (name withheld for medical privacy reasons) tripped and fell near the train tracks and the resident lot. Police were not sure if he was just wandering around or was awaiting the arrival of the train when he fell. After being seen by…
The Lincoln Planning Board will hold public hearings on the following dates: Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 7:10 p.m. — applicant Lydia Ogden proposes to replace a fence along Bedford Road. Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. — applicant New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC (ATT) proposes to maintain the existing wireless communication facility at 51 Sandy…
Lincoln Station has a new Little Free Library thanks to a donation from Ann Yos, the now-retired librarian at First Parish in Lincoln (FPL), and teachers and students form the church. Yos provided the sixth- and seventh-graders in FPL’s Neighboring Faiths Sunday school class with some money to be used for a social action project,…
Join Sept. 20 climate strike via 9:09 Lincoln train On Friday, Sept. 20, many members of the Lincoln community plan to attend the Boston Youth Climate Strike at Boston City Hall and will board the 9:09 am train at Lincoln Station (see this letter to the editor). Around the country and around the globe, young…
To the editor: I urge Lincolnites concerned about climate change to join the Global Climate Strike in Boston on Friday, Sept. 20, and to join in activities planned for the “Week of Action” to follow. Responding to Greta Thunberg’s call for an uprising to raise awareness about the climate crisis, young people have organized a large climate strike…
To the editor: Spirits were high last Saturday as some 4,000 Democrats gathered at the Massachusetts Democratic Convention in Springfield. Representing Lincoln were six delegates, four alternates, and one youth delegate, an activist senior from Lincoln-Sudbury High School. Shannon Liss-Riordan and Steve Pemberton (candidates for U.S. Rep. Ed Markey’s seat in the primary) emphasized women’s…
After the latest round of updated cost estimates for the $94 million school project showed a $2.8 million shortfall, the the School Building Committee chose from a lengthy list of options provided by SMMA Architects to trim costs. At several milestone points during the school project, the project team performs a new round of cost…
(Editor’s note: The Lincoln Squirrel will start publishing a selection from the daily logs of the Lincoln Police Department roughly once a week.) September 12 Motor vehicle accident — Cambridge Turnpike eastbound (9 a.m.) No injuries; one vehicle towed. Road rage – Cambridge Turnpike eastbound (10:10 a.m.) Incident involving two vehicles traveling eastbound when one…