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Getting to Zero #6:  Green Building and Restoration 

Do you love the look of your home but not the chill? Can any home become energy efficient, or is net zero just for new construction? Can Modern homes keep their uniqueness and while meeting 21st-century efficiency standards? In the sixth presentation of the Getting to Zero series (“The Builder’s Perspective – Green Building and Restoration”) on Thursday, May 18 at 7 p.m., Lincolnite Mark Doughty, president of Thoughtforms Construction Co., and Colin Flavin, founder of Flavin Architects, will discuss their experience with respectful renovation of historic homes, particularly Mid-century Modern homes, and how renovations can meet new energy codes. Click here to register for this Zoom meeting.

See recordings of previous presentations at LincolnGreenEnergy.org. The final presentation will be on May 23, when Paul Gromer from Peregrine Energy Group will talk about electric aggregation and what green energy means.

Film screening: “Le Meraviglie”

Join the Lincoln Library Film Society in the library’s Tarbell Room on Thursday, May 18 at 6 p.m. for “Le Meraviglie” (“The Wonders”), a 2014 film directed by Alice Rohrwacher (in Italian with English subtitles). A family of beekeepers living in stark isolation in the Tuscan countryside are disrupted by the simultaneous arrival of a silently troubled teenaged boy taken in as a farmhand and a reality TV show intent on showcasing the family. Both intrusions are of particular interest to the eldest daughter, Gelsomina (Maria Alexandra Lungu), who is struggling to find her footing in the world. Nominated for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

IDEA invites residents to complete diversity survey

The Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Anti-racism (IDEA) Committee has working to develop a plan to help Lincoln become a community that more fully embraces diversity, and that commits itself to trying to create the conditions that foster it. IDEA’s new Community Survey, which is open until Friday, June 2, will be key in helping the committee understand the lived experiences of residents and to help prioritize actions to achieve its goals. The survey was developed with the assistance of the Racial Equity Group, the IDEA committee consultants who have done this work for many communities across the country. The completed surveys will be available only to the consultants and the anonymity of all participants will be protected. The survey results will be shared at a later date. Click here to take the survey.

Previous community engagement by IDEA has included a project kickoff public forum, a survey for town board and staff members, and focus groups. The group expects to complete a plan this fall that includes short and long-term actions to help the town achieve its goals.

Town observes Memorial Day

Lincoln’s Memorial Day observances on Monday, May 29 begin with an assembly at the corner of Pierce Park and Weston Road at 9:45 a.m. to march with Lincoln veterans down Weston Road to the ceremony. At 10 a.m., join veterans in the Pierce House tent as they honor and celebrate the lives of those lost in battle, as well as our active and retired service men and women. The ceremony will be led by Capt. Thomas Risser with traditional highlights including an invocation, the playing of “Taps,” and a speech from our keynote speaker, Col. Justin K. Collins. A cookout immediately following the ceremony will be provided by the Lincoln Police and Fire Departments. Events will be held rain or shine.

Lincoln author pens Codman library article, new mystery

Katherine Hall Page has an article on the books of the Codman estate in the latest issue of Historic New England Magazine titled “Bibliovoyeurism: An Author’s View of the Codman Family Library.” The Lincoln Public Library has copies of the magazine. Hall, an acclaimed mystery writer, has also just issued The Body in the Web. In this 26th book in the award-winning Faith Fairchild Mysteries series, Page’s amateur detective is hunkered down with her family during the pandemic when a Zoom-bombing scandal sends the community into a tailspin… and a dead body is discovered.