News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
Chicago attorney Howard Foster is the author of Miranda’s War: A Novel of the UpZone set in Lincoln. The protagonist, a wealthy Lincolnite married to a professor, uses her new position on the Conservation Commission to fight what she sees as hypocritical zoning attitudes in town. Foster will give a talk and book-signing on Monday,…
To the editor: It doesn’t seem so long ago, but it has been three years since I declared my candidacy for the Planning Board, and I’m asking you to elect me once again for a three-year term. In my initial letter, I summarized my previous service to Lincoln on the Finance Committee, the Housing Commission/Housing…
To the editor: Following the meetings of the Community Center and the School Building Committees during the past couple of weeks, it is clear for me that much work has been done. On the other hand, it is not so clear whether one or the other of these groups perceives it to be their responsibility…
The Community Center Preliminary Planning and Design Committee unveiled a series of concepts on their website on Sunday in advance of two public forums on Tuesday, Jan. 30. The building will be a new home for the Parks and Recreation Department and the Council on Aging as well as other community groups. Residents will have…
Want to try out your singing voice outside the shower?
February 2 at 12:30 p.m.
Come join the Lincoln Traditional Jazz Band at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2 at Bemis for an hour of old-time jazz. There will be tunes to try out your singing voice in the comfortable company of other seniors as you join them in singalongs and there will be tunes to just listen to and tap your feet. Either way it will be a fun way to spend a lunch hour as the regulars will tell you.
Lincoln Academy with Police Chief Kevin Kennedy and REACH Advocates Jyoti John and Pat Cooper: Update on safety and security issues in our community
February 5 at 12:30 p.m.
Come to Bemis Hall on Monday, Feb. 5 at 12:30 to hear Police Chief Kevin Kennedy and REACH Advocates Jyoti John and Pat Cooper discuss “An Update on Safety and Security Issues in Our Community.” Unfortunately, Lincoln is not immune to the problems of the world outside our borders, whether these be the opioid crisis, crime and scams, domestic violence and elder abuse, and more. Come hear our police chief discuss some of the issues facing our community and how the Lincoln Police Department is responding. We will also hear about a new project to combat elder abuse by REACH Beyond Domestic Violence from Elder Community Advocate Jyoti John and Project Coordinator Pat Cooper. The COA provides beverages and dessert. The lectures last about an hour, including a question and answer period. Participants are welcome to stay after the program to continue their discussion. All ages welcome.
One-woman show about Eleanor Roosevelt Sheryl Faye will perform “Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World,” her one-woman show highlighting the life and work of the longest-serving First Lady, on Saturday, Feb. 3 at 2 p.m. in the Lincoln Public Library’s Tarbell Room. Experience how this dynamic woman rose above an unhappy childhood to reshape the role…
The SBC has narrowed the Lincoln School project options down to three, and architects presented them to residents at community workshops on January 23. Attendees also heard detailed price estimates from another firm, as well as information on taxation and borrowing scenarios from Finance Committee Vice Chair Andrew Paine, who recapped some of the information…
37 North Great Rd. — J. Arthur Gleiner to Lincoln and Maria Miara for $1,026,000 (December 27) 7 Upland Field Rd. — Gregory A. Spitzer Trust to Ramin and Elizabeth Doorandish for $1,150,000 (December 22) 104 Todd Pond Rd. — Edward A. Julian to Matthew and Julia Von Wahlde for $1,395,000 (December 8) 7 Tower…
(Editor’s note: Click here to see Lincoln Squirrel coverage of the 2017 women’s marches in Boston and Washington, D.C.) To the editor: Last Saturday, four women from Lincoln—Lucretia Giese, Julie Hibben, Suzy Karl and I—joined the throngs of marchers on the Cambridge Common to commemorate and advance the goals of the first anniversary of the…
The Lincoln Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. to review an application for Site Plan Review under Section 17 of the Zoning Bylaw. The applicant, Patricia M. O’Hagan Nominee Trust, 270 Concord Rd., proposes to add a ground-mounted solar array. The Lincoln Conservation Commission will hold a…