News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
Harold McAleer has been busy photographing a variety of animals and birds near his Lincoln home this summer. (Click on any thumbnail to see larger versions and navigate the collection.) [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”100″ gal_title=”Animals”]…
Join the memoir group September 5 at 10 a.m. If you’re interested in writing your memoir or just curious about what goes on in the memoir group, please come to the first meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 5 from 10 a.m.–noon at Bemis Hall and find out what they do. If you want to continue, the…
For those wishing to cast absentee ballots in advance of the September 4 state primary election, the Town Clerk’s office will be open from 7 a.m.–5 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, Aug. 30 and 31. Voters can come to the office and vote in person by absentee ballot if they expect to be out of…
Library kicks off several fall series Lincoln Library Film Society The first film this fall shown by the Lincoln Library Film Society will be Sami Blood (2016, in Swedish with English subtitles) on Thursday, Sept. 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the Tarbell Room. A reindeer-breeding Sámi girl who is exposed to the racism of the…
To the editor: Last year, a friend suggested we stream a movie on Netflix by Ava DuVernay called 13th. The movie title refers to the 13th amendment, which forbids involuntary servitude—thus ending slavery—except as a punishment for crimes. DuVernay’s documentary forcefully demonstrates the perpetuation of slavery since the Civil War through the criminalizing of behavior…
9 Stratford Way — Neil H. Aronson trust to Demetri and Marie Pascale Sideras for $1,870,000 (July 31) 270 Lincoln Rd. — Andre Coleman to Pierre-Guy Douyon and Celine Yang for $750,000 (July 30) 9 Birchwood Lane — Roger Stoddard to John and Catherine Crabtree for $630,000 (July 20) 243 Aspen Circle — Robert H….
To the editor: I’m sure many of you in Lincoln have seen me around town this summer, with my head in a storm drain or out in the woods near your home. That’s because I’m helping locate and map all of the stormwater infrastructure in town. This is a federal requirement for the National Pollutant…
To be able to vote in the Massachusetts state primary on Tuesday, Sept. 4, residents must be registered to vote by Wednesday, Aug. 15. Click here to register online, or register in person at the Town Clerk’s Office during regular summer business hours (Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m.–5 p.m.) Absentee ballots for the September 4 primary…
The School Building Committee (SBC) has added a meeting to tis summer schedule on Wednesday, Aug. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Hartwell multipurpose room. Topics for the next several meetings: August 15 Mechanical systems: update and discussion Energy model: presentation and discussion Photovoltaic plan: presentation and discussion August 22 Review site plan Review floor plans Review updated exterior…