News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
To the editor: We write to express our support for Jay Gonzalez and Quentin Palfrey, the Democratic candidates for governor and lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. Gonzalez and Palfrey are experienced public servants with a bold vision to pursue the values, policies and investments required to tackle the big challenges to provide a better future for…
Climate change film at St. Anne’s There will be a showing of the film “Burned: Are Trees the New Coal?” at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church on Tuesday, Oct. 30 as part of the church’s ongoing series of films on climate justice. This film tells the little-known story of the accelerating destruction of forests for fuel, and probes the policy…
(Editor’s note: this obituary was submitted directly to the Lincoln Squirrel by Polly Knowlton Cockett, Ted Knowlton’s daughter.) Edward “Ted” Almy Knowlton, 92, of Lincoln died peacefully on October 2 with his special dog, Boomer, at his feet and his wife of 33 years, Anne “Annie” (Preston) Raker Knowlton, by his side. Ted was born to…
In a much-awaited decision released this week, the state land court has denied McLean Hospital’s appeal of a town decision against a plan to put a 12-bed residential facility for boys in a residential property on Bypass Road. The saga began in 2016 when the hospital purchased the 6,700-square-foot home at 22 Bypass Rd. with plans…
L-S officials to hold coffee, listening sessions The Lincoln-Sudbury School Committee will be hosting three office hours/listening sessions this week, including one in Lincoln: Thursday, Oct. 25 from 7–8 p.m. — Goodnow Library (second-floor conference room), Sudbury Friday, Oct. 26 from 9–10 a.m. — deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum Cafe, Lincoln Friday, Oct. 26 from 11 a.m.–noon —…
(Editor’s note: Care Dimensions runs the hospice house on Winter Street in Lincoln.) To the editor: I am CEO of Care Dimensions, the largest hospice organization in Massachusetts, and a nurse who worked for nearly 30 years in the emergency room and critical care units of a hospital, and I’m voting no on Ballot Question…
Facing financial straits, the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum hopes to save itself by becoming part of the Trustees of Reservations. Julian deCordova willed his estate and together with income to the town under the condition that it remain a public park and museum. However, the income from the estate, membership/admission fees and other sources…
Town officials provided updates on the two pending school campus construction projects at the State of the Town meeting on October 20, outlining a series of cuts made to bring the school project under budget and a timeline for the community center. The detailed construction cost estimate presented to the School Building Committee in September…
Residents took the first step to ban marijuana-based businesses in Lincoln, at least for now, as residents approved a full ban at the October 18 Special Town Meeting. Because Lincoln residents voted in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana in the 2016 state election, a two-thirds majority was required to enact the ban. The vote total…