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The vast majority of residents surveyed after January 23 presentations on options for the Lincoln School preferred the most compact and expensive scheme costing an estimated $89.8 million. Option B6, which concentrates the school on the north side of the ballfield, includes a two-story classroom segment. The School Building Committee and architects will host a…
The Planning Board’s public hearing on Oriole Landing, a proposal for 60 units of mixed-income housing on Mary’s Way, is scheduled for Tuesday, March 6 at 7 p.m.—just 18 days before residents will be asked to vote on the matter at Town Meeting. The proposal calls for 60 one- and two-bedroom units on six acres…
Lincoln resident Barbara Peskin has started a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for two permanent cattle shelters at Codman Community Farms—an effort that’s highlighted differing perceptions of animal welfare and the funding needs of the farm as a whole. Peskin started thinking about the campaign after seeing CCF cows exposed to stormy weather last fall….
To the editor: I am announcing my candidacy for the Lincoln-Sudbury School Committee (LSSC) and looking forward to earning your vote on Election Day (Monday, March 26). As an L-S School Committee member, I would prioritize the support and enhancement of the many strengths of our dynamic 21st-century high school, including rigorous college-prep academics, educated…
The deadline for the Solarize Mass program for Lincoln, Sudbury, and Wayland (Solarize LSW) has been extended to Wednesday, Feb. 28. Homeowners who sign a contract with Solar Flair or New England Solar Hot Water by that date will qualify for savings on installations of solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar hot water systems. President Trump recently…
Registered Democrats in Lincoln will hold a caucus on March 3 at Bemis Hall to elect delegates and alternates to the 2018 Massachusetts Democratic State Convention. This year’s state convention will be held June 1-2 at the DCU Center in Worcester, where thousands of Democrats from across the state will come together to endorse Democratic candidates…
Civico Development and town officials have scheduled several public forums and meetings on the proposed Oriole Landing mixed-income housing development. The next forum is Tuesday, Feb. 6 from 2:30–4 p.m. in Bemis Hall. If approved, Civico will build 60 units of housing—15 of them deed-restricted as affordable—in two adjacent buildings on Mary’s Way abutting The…
One-act plays presented at L-S LSB Players, the theater production company of Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, presents the fifth annual Winter One-Act Plays. Facebook Ruins Everything directed by Adam Rose ’18, Episode in the Life of an Author directed by Ruby Carmel ’18, and An Adaptation of Macbeth directed by Jack Troiano ’18 will be performed on Friday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday,…
As of Thursday, Feb. 1, the following residents have taken out nomination papers for town offices that will be up for election on March 26, 2018: * incumbent There are still no candidates for Commissioners of Trust Funds position. Nomination papers must be taken out by Friday, Feb. 2 and filed by 5 p.m. on…
To the editor: I write to announce that I will not seek reelection to the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional School Committee this March. In 2009, I was elected with the support of both towns and it has been an honor from start to finish. We have a high school treasured by the communities of Lincoln, Sudbury, and…