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Town Meeting 2026 preview

March 25, 2026

Here is some information and links to previous Lincoln Squirrel stories about some of the warrant articles that will be voted on at the Annual Town Meeting on Saturday, March 28. See the town web page above for the article list, warrant, and motions.

Town Meeting Study Committee (Article 3)

The TMSC will report on its recommendations for making Annual Town Meeting more efficient and transparent.

  • Group makes recommendations for improving Town Meeting (February 10, 2026)

Community center update (Article 4)

  • Happy faces and shiny shovels at community center ground-breaking (October 8, 2025)
  • All Lincoln Squirrel stories on the community center

Town budget and other allocations (Article 5 and others)

  • Library HVAC project postponed; 0% tax increase in FY27 (March 13, 2026)
  • Three spending meetings on the horizon (March 1, 2026)
  • See also:
    • Article 6 (Community Preservation Act projects) — $1.4 million total
    • Article 9 (Capital Spending Committee projects) and Article 10 (fire truck) — $1.9 million total
    • Article 14 (Water Department capital projects) — $457,000

Lincoln-Sudbury Regional Agreement update (Article 33)

A vote to approve updates to the agreement (last updated in 1988) submitted by an inter-town group that bring the language into alignment with current state law and how the district operates today.

Dark Skies zoning bylaw amendment (Article 35)

The proposal would update Section 13 of the zoning bylaw to place more controls on the types and usage of outdoor lighting on new and substantially renovated buildings.

  • Planning Board votes 3–1 to endorse Dark Skies measure (March 25, 2026)
  • Dark Skies group finalizes zoning amendment proposal (March 12, 2026)

Request to ban on anticoagulant rodenticides (Article 26)

  • Citizens’ petition seeks to ban certain rodenticides (February 16, 2026)

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