Watercolor class with Jane October 1 at 9 a.m. Rediscover your joyful soul through art and nature in Jane Cooper’s watercolor class painting of scenes of nature, landscapes or some favorite sky. One class of four sessions will be offered on Mondays, Oct. 1 and 15 and Fridays, Oct. 5 and 12 from 9–11 a.m….
Property sales in August
14 Oak Meadow Rd. — Theofanie Mela to Mohammed Movassaghi for $959,000 (August 31) 265 South Great Rd. — Edmund Neuhaus to Alexander Tallett for $640,000 (August 31) 138 Tower Rd. — Blair Galinsky to Theofanie Mela for $886,500 (August 31) 0 baker Farm Rd, — John Adama Trust to Walden Woods Project for $100,000…
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Lincoln Nursery School open house Lincoln Nursery School (LNS), located inside the deCordova Sculpture Park, will hold an open house on Saturday, Oct. 13 from 9–11 a.m. Children are welcome. LNS accepts children from 2 years 9 months through six years, including a pre-K/kindergarten classroom. Presentation on Maria Callas The Lincoln Public Library presents “Opera…
Twisted Tree set to open on Saturday
Saturday is opening day for the Twisted Tree Cafe, the Mall at Lincoln Station’s newest eatery. Lincoln residents C.J. and Christine Doherty began working on renovations and permitting in the late spring, about three months after the Trail’s End Cafe closed. They will be open on weekends from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., and 7…
Latest cost estimates for school project are well over budget
Town officials were chagrined Wednesday night to learn that preliminary cost estimates for the Lincoln School project are substantially higher than the $93.9 million budget approved by residents at a Special Town Meeting in June. At its meeting Wednesday evening, the School Building Committee (SBC) and others heard the two independent estimates for the project—one…
George Hatsopoulos, 1927-2018
Lincoln resident George Hatsopoulos, founder of Thermo Electron and a life member emeritus of the MIT Corporation (its board of trustees), died on September 20 at the age of 91. By the time he retired in 1999, Thermo Electron (now Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.) had over 24,000 employees in 23 countries and worked in industries ranging…
LSB Players announce 2018-19 season
The LSB Players at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School will stage several plays this year and invite area residents to subscribe. The season begins with the energetic, family-friendly musical Once Upon A Mattress, a goofy take on the classic fairy tale The Princess and the Pea. Performances are November 14–17 at 7:30 p.m. The second main-stage offering, the annual…
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Talk on Lincoln and the Revolutionary War “April 19, 1775: The Battle of… Lincoln?” is the subject of a talk by author/historians Rick Wiggin of Lincoln and Don Hafner on Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. in the Minute Man National Park Visitor Center in Lincoln. How did the people of this small farming community respond…
Churches host environment-related events
Two churches in Lincoln are sponsoring events focusing on environmental and sustainability issues. On Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 6:30 p.m., the climate justice film series at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church continues with the documentary film Eating Animals. Based on the bestselling book by Jonathan Safran Foer, narrated by co-producer Natalie Portman, and directed by Christopher…
Obituaries
John Hammond, 81 (September 16) — Harvard business professor and management consultant who championed environmental causes. A celebration of his life will take place on Sunday, Oct. 14 at 2 p.m. at the Pierce House. Feel free to come in your gardening clothes to enjoy ice cream and hear a few John stories.. Click here for…