News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
(Editor’s note: Check back tomorrow for more coverage of the State of the Town meeting.) At Saturday’s State of the Town meeting, residents began offering feedback on six concept drawings for a reconfigured Lincoln School as well as some photos of community center ideas. The school campus drawings by Ewing-Cole and SMMA Architects represented only…
The November 2 article headlined “McLean lawsuit decision expected early next year” incorrectly stated whom attorney Michael Fee is representing in the McLean Hospital case. He is representing the Bypass Road neighbors/abutters; the town of Lincoln and the Zoning Board of Appeals are being represented by Jay Talerman of Mead, Talerman & Costa. The October…
By Alice C. Waugh A ruling in the trial that took place after McLean Hospital sued over the town’s denial of a permit to house patients at a property in Lincoln is expected this winter or early spring. McLean filed suit after the Zoning Board of Appeals ruled in November 2016 that a residential program…
By Alice Waugh Lots of fresh air, lying around in the warm sun or cool shade, munching on fresh grass in a spacious field, a change of scenery every few days—what more could an animal ask for? Horizons have expanded for Codman Community Farms livestock since Pete Lowy took over as farm manager in early…
Five from Lincoln are National Merit Commended Students Lincoln residents Maya Belge, Ruby Carmel, Catherine and Emily Chuang, and Alexander Tam were among the 29 Commended Students from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended students place among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.6 million students who entered the 2018 competition…
Several roads were closed in Lincoln after Sunday night’s fierce storm caused numerous downed trees and power outages all over New England. Lincoln Police Chief Kevin Kennedy informed residents via robocall on Monday afternoon that five roads were closed due to downed power lines or tree limbs on lines: Conant Road near Laurel Drive, Moccasin…
Architects will unveil some initial design concepts for the Lincoln School and ask for feedback at Saturday’s State of the Town meeting, which starts at 9 a.m. in the Brooks auditorium. The first 90 minutes of the meeting will be devoted to updates from the two campus project groups—the School Building Committee and the Community…
Artist’s reception for Wojno There will be an artists’ reception on Sunday, Nov. 5 from 2–5 p.m. at the Lincoln Public Library for Lincoln resident Jim Wojno, who is having an art show in the library’s Main and Stay Put galleries from October 29–November 25. Five-part opera series scheduled “Opera for Everyone with Erika Reitshamer,” a five-part…
Zoning Board of Appeals The Zoning Board of the Appeals will hold a public hearing on Thursday, Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m. to hear and to act on the following petitions: Jonathan Donaldson, 7 Old Lexington Rd., for a special permit for an accessory apartment. Walter Scott, 0 Juniper Ridge, for a special permit to…
To the editor: Citizens in Lincoln and throughout the nation are working to restore regulation of campaign financing. The petitions seek to overturn the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission 588 U.S. (2010) that invalidated bi-partisan rules on political advertising, based on the Court’s holding that corporations have a constitutional…