In preparation for the March 25 Town Meeting, the Lincoln Squirrel is publishing an updated and expanded expanded recap of news stories and letters to the editor on some of the issues to be voted on. The full warrant list can be found here. Wang property acquisition (article 11) News stories: Video explains financing and…
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Lincoln Kitchen opens to the public on Saturday
The much-anticipated Lincoln Kitchen restaurant had the first of two “soft openings” for friends and family this past Tuesday and will open to the general public on Saturday, Feb. 11. Lincoln Kitchen replaces Aka Bistro, which closed in May. Two months later, the nearby Whistle Stop Cafe also closed. Lincoln residents Jim and Carol White,…
Two commercial properties moving toward next chapter
By Alice Waugh Two prominent commercial properties in South Lincoln will see some changes—and perhaps new tenants—in the coming months. 152 Lincoln Rd., formerly occupied by the Cambridge Trust Co. until the branch closed its doors last year, was purchased in November by Cambridge West Partners for $1,015,000. Meanwhile, the new owners of the mansard-roofed…
The year in review (part 2)
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…
Groups proposed for economic development, south Lincoln
Two new committees to promote business development in Lincoln are being proposed. At a Board of Selectmen meeting earlier this month, Director of Planning and Land Use Jennifer Burney offered a proposal for an Economic Development Advisory Committee (EDAC) and a South Lincoln Implementation Planning Committee (SLPIC) to the Board of Selectmen earlier this month. Creating groups…
A pair of ground-breaking occasions
Town officials and others recently donned hardhats and wielded shovels at two different Lincoln sites: the First Parish Church, which is doing interior renovations, and Care Dimensions’ new Greater Boston Hospice House on Winter Street. (Never mind that construction activity had already begun in both places—it’s the thought that counts.) The hospice facility, slated for completion…
Trail’s End Cafe opens its doors in Lincoln
Trail’s End Café welcomed its first customers on Monday morning in the Lincoln space occupied by the former Whistle Stop—and just as he was for the Whistle Stop, Barry Palu was its very first customer. Palu is one of a group of former Whistle Stop regulars who met to eat breakfast, solve the newspaper crossword puzzle and kid…
Trail’s End to open cafe, restaurant in two Lincoln Station locations
The suspense is over for the Lincoln Station restaurant situation. The owner’s of the Trail’s End Cafe in Concord will open new locations in not one but both Lincoln restaurant locations vacated by the closures of Aka Bistro and the Whistle Stop cafe. The Rural Land Foundation (RLF), which owns Lincoln Station, announced in a press…
News acorns
PBS’s Paul Solman speaks on Nov. 22 The Bemis Lecture Series presents a conversation with Paul Solman, PBS NewsHour business and economics correspondent and author of the “Making Sense: Your Money and Your Life” blog, on Sunday, Nov. 22 at 4 p.m. in Brooks Auditorium. Free admission. For more information, email bemislectures@gmail.com. “Wonderful Town” musical…
Up for discussion: marijuana businesses in Lincoln
By Alice Waugh Is Lincoln going to pot? Not just yet, though residents will have chance to talk about it at the State of the Town meeting on November 14. The Board of Selectmen decided to open up the topic of cultivating or selling medicinal marijuana in Lincoln after being approached by Dr. Stephanie Lipton…