Volunteers sought for school bike week Monday through Friday, May 2–6 is Walk, Bike & Roll to School Week at the Lincoln School, and organizers are looking for volunteers to help as crossing guards and to hand out between 7:20 and 8 a.m. on any morning. Click here to volunteer. Students and families are challenged…
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Water Commission seeks new member Newly elected Water Commission member Jason Lee has resigned, creating a vacancy for an appointment to a one-year term that will expire in March 2023. To continue serving, that person will then need to stand for election. (Lee reportedly moved out of town, though he did not return Lincoln Squirrel emails…
L-S student organizes drive to aid Ukraine
Allison Webber, a Lincoln junior at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, is organizing a drive to collect humanitarian and medical supplies for those affected by the war in Ukraine on Saturday, March 26 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the high school tennis courts. Donated supplies will be transported to Nuday (a nonprofit that provides…
New book offers an inside look at Lincoln METCO sales
The Lincoln METCO Coordinating Committee has published a new book about the hundreds of donations of furniture, antiques, and artwork they sold to help fund activities for students year in and year out. Downsize for Diversity: How We Raised $122,000 with a Pickup Truck and a Little Help from Our Friends tells the story of…
Lincolnites rally to the aid of Sudanese woman
By Maureen Belt Everyone’s familiar with the saying “It takes a village to raise a child,” but a local organization is putting a new spin on it. “It takes a village to resettle a family in Massachusetts,” said Susan Winship, LICSW, who co-founded the South Sudanese Enrichment for Families in 2004, a nonprofit that provides…
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Barn Buddies on Wednesday for kids age 5-7 There are still a few spots available for Codman Community Farms’ Barn Buddies Holiday Special on Wednesday, Dec. 15 from 2:30–4 p.m. in the farm greenhouse. Kids age 5–7 can meet some familiar farm friends, make some festive decorations, and enjoy a seasonal farm snack as they…
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Winter clothing drive The First Parish in Lincoln is collecting winter clothing through Tuesday, Dec. 7 to benefit Solutions at Work, which serves people facing poverty an homelessness in Cambridge and Dorchester. Items needed include pants, sweatshirts, sweatpants, shirts, sweaters, jackets, parkas, overcoats, underwear, thermal underwear, socks, sneakers, boots, hats, mittens, scarves, etc. — all sizes,…
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$10 at Donelan’s helps provide a family meal With Thanksgiving just around the corner, Donelan’s is running a promotion to give food to the Lincoln Food Pantry. At the checkout counter you can donate $10 that will provide the Lincoln Food Pantry with boxes of the following items to feed our many families: Peanut butter,…
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See “The Addams Family!” at L-S Tickets are now on sale for the LSB Players’ production of “The Addams Family!” — a hilarious and irreverent musical about a loving yet macabre family set in their ghoulish ways, as they face the prospect of their daughter/sister, Wednesday, marrying someone far too normal for their taste. Performances are in…
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Series of author talks coming up The Lincoln Public Library will host several virtual programs with book authors in coming weeks: A panel discussion with all five 2021 Agatha Award nominees for best first novel Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. Meet the country’s best new mystery writers in this all-star panel discussion featuring all…