Library offers Boredom Buster Book Bundles, bingo, upcycling Are you looking to keep your kids entertained this vacation week? We’ve got you covered! Fill out this quick form and you’ll get a bag of librarian-picked books. Your bag will include a variety of books: craft, cooking, game/activity, science experiment, plus a family movie and a read-aloud book….
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Time to submit your creative work to the Lincoln Chipmunk!
The deadline for sending your creative writing, artwork and photos for the next issue of the Lincoln Chipmunk is January 22, 2021. Have a look at previous issues at chipmunk.lincolnsquirrel.com. The Chipmunk’s Indiegogo fundraising drive to help defray the cost of creating and launching the Chipmunk is over, but you can donate any time by…
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Youth talent show to benefit Save the Children To bring the community together in a time of isolation for a good cause, two L-S students are organizing a youth talent show. Performers will be pre-recorded and the show will take place via Zoom on Wednesday, Dec. 23 at 5 p.m. Adults who watch will be…
Read the latest Lincoln Chipmunk – and help if you can
The latest issue of the Lincoln Chipmunk has hit the stands (in the cloud, anyway), so be sure to check out the writing and visual artwork of your fellow Lincolnites: chipmunk.lincolnsquirrel.com (Remember, the link to the Chipmunk is always on the top righthand area of every page on the Lincoln Squirrel website.) If you’d like…
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Lincoln student wins Rhodes Scholarship Lincoln’s Shera Avi-Yonah is one of six Harvard University seniors to win a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University next year. As a reporter for The Crimson and now its managing editor, she helped break stories on sexual harassment, workplace abuse, and racism, according to the Harvard Gazette. Some…
Submit your stuff for the next Lincoln Chipmunk
The deadline for submitting poetry, fiction, first-person writing, photos, artwork, etc. to the Lincoln Chipmunk is Wednesday, Nov. 24. Share your creativity with your fellow Lincolnites and beyond. chipmunk.lincolnsquirrel.com The Lincoln Chipmunk, successor to the Lincoln Review, is part of the Lincoln Squirrel, our town’s #1 news source. Subscriptions to both are just $4.50 a month…
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Drive-in choir worship service All are welcome to St. Anne’s-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church on Sunday, Nov. 1 at 4 p.m., when the church choir will offer a drive-in Evensong service. Evensong is a service primarily led by the choir, with the priest chanting pieces and the congregation singing hymns. Choir members will sing into microphones in…
Council on Aging activities in September
Here are some of the September activities hosted by the Lincoln Council on Aging. Most events are open to Lincoln residents of all ages. For more information and a full list, including regular meetings of groups for memoir writing, foreign language conversation, etc., see the COA’s calendar page or newsletter. Special COA Zoom meetings September…
Chamber orchestra offers “Music-Grams”
Lyrica Boston, a chamber orchestra with several Lincoln residents, is offering “Music-Grams” of 30–60 minutes to bring live music to the doorsteps of Boston-area residents and organizations while still keeping everyone safe. “It’s really for people that could use a pick-me-up,” said violin/viola player Laura Bossert of Lincoln, noting that the group has performed on…
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Transfer station ends Monday hours At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the DPW temporarily added Monday service hours to the transfer station schedule in an effort to reduce crowding. This expanded service will end Monday, Aug. 31. On Wednesday, Sept. 2, the transfer station will return to its normal operating schedule of Wednesdays and…