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Budget Q&A on Thursday, June 4 There will be an “Virtual Q&A” about the proposed FY 2021 budget on Thursday, June 4 at 7:30 p.m. in advance of the Annual Town Meeting on June 13. To keep the in-person Town Meeting as short and focused as possible, the Finance Committee hopes to address concerns and…
Charles Calvin Charles Calvin died on May 8. After a career at Polaroid, he was actively involved in Parkinson’s studies at Massachusetts General Hospital, where his brain has been donated for research. Click here for full obituary. James Newkirk Newkirk, who died on May 17 at age 75, started and ran several businesses in transportation…
The South Lincoln Planning and Implementation Committee will be restructured into a smaller group and will shelve its South Lincoln rezoning proposal, at least for now SLPIC was created in late 2016 as part of an effort to revitalize the area around the MBTA station and the Lincoln mall by enabling more business development and…
(Editor’s note: DeLisi is one of three residents running for two seats on the Planning Board. The Lincoln Squirrel published statements by all three candidates in March and new statements from Rick Rundell and Bob Domnitz earlier this week. There will be an online forum for the candidates on June 11.) Dear neighbors, I am…
Dear Lincolnites, It’s been a while since you heard from me. Some of you may remember me as the guy who wrote that weekly column in the Lincoln Journal about life and politics in Lincoln. Well, I’m ba-ack! At least for this one time, to wholeheartedly endorse Bob Domnitz for the Planning Board. Bob is…
By Alice Waugh The Commons in Lincoln has accounted for 16 of the town’s 36 cases, and all seven fatalities in Lincoln were residents of the facility who had additional medical issues, Lincoln Public Health Nurse Tricia McGean reported on June 1. The virus has hit nursing and assisted living facilities especially hard nationwide, since…
Town officials have planned public forums on various aspects of the fiscal year 2021 budget that will be voted on at the Annual Town Meeting on Saturday, June 13. The forums offer an opportunity for residents to ask questions after viewing slide presentations that will be posted ahead of time on the Town Meeting page of…
To our readers: Starting today, the Lincoln Squirrel will run opinion pieces and letters under the banner of “My Turn.” This is more in line with how other newspapers and websites handle their “op ed” sections (opposite the editorial page, though the Squirrel does not feature editorials by editor/publisher Alice Waugh). In the past, we’ve…
Lincoln resident Sharon Antia will host a forum on Zoom with the three Planning Board candidates running for two openings in the June 15 election on Thursday, June 11 at 7 p.m. If you have a question you’d like to ask one or more of the candidates, please email it to sharon.antia@gmail.com and she will compile…
Editor’s note: Rundell previously wrote a letter to the editor in February announcing that he was running for reelection, and he was included in a roundup of Planning Board candidates published on March 5.) By Rick Rundell Dear Lincoln neighbors, I’m running for re-election to the Planning Board, which I have been serving on since…