News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
Robert Livingston Loud, 84, of Lincoln, died of congestive heart failure on December 28, 2017 peacefully at home surrounded by his family. Rob was the son of John and Mary Loud of Lincoln, a town where Rob lived most of his life. Rob was afflicted with tuberculosis at the age of 3, resulting in numerous…
Dorothy Bockoven, 102 (December 21) Maryellen Mullen, 67 (December 19) Phoebe McCarthy, 70 (December 13) — funeral service on Saturday, Jan. 6 at 11 a.m. at St. Anne’s in-the-Fields Episcopal Church. Gale Mayfield, 89 (December 12) — celebration of her life reception on Friday, Jan. 5 at 2:30 p.m. at Newbury Court, 100 Newbury Court, Concord….
Food co-op info session on Thursday There will be an Assabet Village Co-op Market information session on Thursday, Dec. 28 from 7–8:15 p.m. at the Lincoln Public Library. The organization is building a locally sourced, community owned grocery store in the Metro West area and needs 900 co-op members to open. Activities for kids at library…
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Two Lincoln nonprofits received grants totaling $11,000 from the Foundation for MetroWest, which doled out a total of $269,000 at a ceremony on December 11. The deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum ($5,000) and the Massachusetts Audubon Society ($6,000) were among the 40 nonprofits in33 cities and towns to receive funding, bringing the foundation’s total 2017 grant distribution…
The Care Dimensions inpatient hospice house slated to open in Lincoln in February will feature artworks on loan from the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. “In choosing design elements for the interior of the new house, we saw a need to enlist help when it came to selecting just the right artwork for our gathering spaces,”…
Dear Lincolnites, We heard you—and we want to thank you for all your offers of help. The Lincoln New Year’s Day Open House at Pierce House is back on! With the generous support from the Celebrations Committee, the Rural Land Foundation, the Police & Fire Association, the Lincoln Family Association, private residents and town officials, we…
Officials now have some rough cost estimates in hand for different approaches to a Lincoln School project, and they urge residents to attend a community workshop on Tuesday, Jan. 23 to offer feedback on the various options that architects have presented to the School Building Committee. The identical January 23 workshops will be held from…
Snow sculpture contest now underway Given the vagaries of New England weather, the Parks and recreation Department has decided this year to widen the time window for the annual Lincoln Winter Festival snow sculpture contest. Resients can build a snow sculpture any time between now and late January. Once it’s finished, take a photo with…
6 Smith Hill — Xiaowen Chan to Kai Wang for $1,070,000 (November 15) 5 Birchwood Lane — Deborah Robbins, trustee to Phyllis Green for $554,000 (November 14) 17 Story Dr. — David Hwang to Lee O’Brien and Jeffrey Sutherland for $1,380,000 (November 9) 27 Conant Rd. — John Klobuchar, trustee to Russell Kondaveti and Keerthi…