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Register to vote by Friday for Town Meeting, election Friday, March 1 is the last day to register to vote prior to the Lincoln Town Meeting on March 23 and the Lincoln town election on March 25. Click here to check your voter registration status. Click here to register online, or register in person at…
It was a winter storm without the snow or a hurricane without the rain, but even without any precipitation, Monday’s wind storm to tear down plenty of trees and limbs in Lincoln. As of 5 p.m., Eversource reported that Lincoln had 347 customers without power due to more than 20 separate outages. In neighboring towns,…
The original headline on the February 21 letter to the editor (“Letter to the editor: response to leaf-blower proposal critique”) regarding the leaf-blower bylaw proposal was incomplete at the time of publication and has since been corrected. …
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To the editor: As a member of the Leaf Blower Study Committee, I thank Mr. Deck for his thoughtful critique of our initiative (Lincoln Squirrel, February 20, 2019). In truth, I find more common ground than I might have expected, and have only two points of disagreement. (1) Mr. Deck says his own leaf blower…
Actress to portray Abigail Adams Abigail Adams, wife of a president, mother of a president, and sister of the captain of Lincoln Minutemen, will be portrayed by Sheryl Faye in a one-hour show on Sunday, Feb. 24 at 2 p.m. at Bemis Hall. The show is sponsored by Friends of the Council on Aging and the…
To the editor: In a recent posting to the Lincoln Squirrel (“Leaf blower issue comes before voters again,” February 18), proponents of a Town Meeting proposal to limit the use of leaf blowers describe their proposal as noncontroversial. I disagree, and I strongly urge Lincoln residents to oppose it in its current form. The proposal…
Eleanor Fitzgerald, 79 (February 17) — educator, realtor, and town volunteer. Click here for obituary and February 21 funeral arrangements. John E. Howard, 90 (January 26) — had dental practice in Manchester-by-the-Sea. Click here for obituary. Theodore Dreier Jr., 89 (February 4) — longtime psychiatrist at McLean Hospital. Click here for obituary….
Sometimes a book isn’t just a book — it’s a promising blind date or a ticket to a faraway land. Since Valentine’s Day, the Lincoln Public Library has been offering a selection of “mystery books” — not whodunits, but rather books concealed in wrapping paper with only a couple of clues to help you decide…
A group hoping to limit the use of gas-powered leaf-blowers in Lincoln will hold a public forum on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. in the Town Office Building to discuss regulations that will be voted on at the Annual Town Meeting in March. The Leaf Blower Study Group (now a subcommittee of the Conservation…