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Summer concerts at Codman Pool

The Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring summer concerts at the Codman Pool on five Wednesday evenings:

• July 19 — Kat Chapman Band (6–8 p.m.)
• July 26 — The Honey Steelers (6–8 p.m.)
• August 2 — Knock on Wood (6–8 p.m.)
• August 9 — The Nays (5:30–7:30 p.m.)

Film screening: “Cold War”

The Lincoln Library Film Society will screen “Cold War” (2018) on Thursday, July 20 at 6 p.m. Set against the background of the Cold War in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris, the film directed by Pawel Pawlikowski (88 minutes in Polish with English subtitles) depicts an impossible love story in impossible times.

Food pantry, Lovelane awarded grants

Two Lincoln organizations have received grants from the Sudbury Foundation in its second round of granting for 2023. The St. Vincent de Paul food pantry received $3,000 while the Lovelane Special Needs Horseback Riding Program was awarded $10,640 for a pilot program with the Klarman Eating Disorders Center at McLean Hospital. The foundation awarded a total of $887,829 to 42 organizations in this round. In 2022 it distributed $1.78 million in grants and scholarships to students and organizations in Sudbury, organizations in communities surrounding Sudbury focused on children, youth and families, and Massachusetts organizations engaged in farm and local food initiatives. 

The Lincoln-Sudbury Regional District School Committee and the Select Boards of Lincoln and Sudbury announce a vacancy for the position of School Committee member. Anyone interested in applying should complete submit the attached LSSC application to Donna Cakert, District Clerk at donna_cakert@lsrhs.net or schoolcom@lsrhs.net. The application deadline is Friday, Aug. 4 at 4 p.m.