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The year in review (part 2)

December 30, 2016

Site of the former Aka Bistro, soon to be Lincoln Kitchen.

December

  • State says no to Lincoln school funding for the third time
  • ConsComm OKs approves ‘land swap’ for solar installation
  • Letter to the editor: Vander Meulen throws hat in ring for selectman
  • Letter to the editor: Fredriksen to resign from Board of Selectmen
  • Letter to the editor: Glass running for Fredriksen’s seat
  • Dwyer hopes to modernize town government’s outreach methods
  • Braun reflects on his two terms on Board of Selectman

November

  • McLean Hospital sues Lincoln over Bypass Road decision
  • Sale closes on Wang property; town will be asked for $850,000+
  • Benefits and hurdles for solar array at landfill discussed
  • Small-scale agriculture expansion discussed at SOTT
  • Traffic remedies discussed at State of the Town
  • Final election results show Lincoln voted ‘yes’ On Question 2
  • ZBA says no to McLean Hospital
  • Officials discuss ways to tweak Town Meeting
  • ZBA expected to vote on McLean proposal this week

October

  • Groups proposed for economic development, south Lincoln
  • Students apply engineering skills to solving school problems
  • Car accident sends two to hospital
  • Land purchase aims to help town and Birches School
  • A pair of ground-breaking occasions
  • Trails’s End Cafe opens its doors in Lincoln

September

  • Drought playing havoc with plants and wildlife, speakers say
  • Bouquillon looking forward to new chapter for Minuteman
  • Minuteman school measure passes in district-wide vote
  • McLean Hospital proposal goes to the ZBA
  • Carroll School gets Wayland’s OK for Old Sudbury Rd. project
  • State grant will help town look at options for street safety
  • Images capture drought in Lincoln
  • Agriculture Day blooms in Lincoln
  • Winter Street hospice construction underway

August

  • Trail’s End to open cafe, restaurant in two Lincoln Station locations
  • Causes of bicycle fatalities still under investigation
  • ‘Ghost bike’ removal stirs debate
  • Outdoor water ban now in effect as drought drags on
  • Four-legged wildflife caught on cameras
  • McLean psychologist downplays risks of Bypass Road facility

July

  • Police chief talks about progress and challenges
  • Trail’s End vies with Blazes for Aka Bistro space
  • Whistle Stop closes abruptly, leaving mall without a restaurant
  • Minuteman project going to district-wide vote

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