The Lincoln PTO will host a forum featuring the candidates for the two contested races on the March 27 town election ballot on Tuesday, March 21 from 7–9 p.m. in the Lincoln School Learning Commons. The event will also be live-streamed on Zoom and posted afterwards on the town’s video webpage. Four candidates — Peter…
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Upcoming town election has crowded ballot in two races
(Editor’s note: This list was updated on March 10, 2023.) The nomination papers are in, and two of the races — School Committee and Planning Board — each have four candidates running for two seats. On the School Committee slate, incumbent Tara Mitchell is stepping down and Adam Hogue is running for reelection, but newcomers…
Voters OK community center design funds after lengthy debate
A Special Town Meeting with one warrant article, so… one simple vote, right? Not so much, as it turned out. The final vote was overwhelmingly in favor of paying for designs for a community center, but getting there took almost four hours on a rainy November 30 evening. The Donaldson Auditorium and lecture hall were…
Town counsel slaps down voter roll complaint made by Lincoln resident
The November 8 election in Lincoln went as smoothly as it usually does, though there was one complication beforehand — town officials had to deal with a formal complaint of suspected voter fraud lodged by Todd Pond Road resident Thomas Risser. In his October 31 complaint, Risser alleged that there were 357 people who were…
Lincoln votes strongly Democratic in 2022 midterms
Editor’s note: This story was updated on November 9 at 1:50 p.m. In keeping with its longtime political leanings, Lincoln voted decisively in favor of Democratic candidates for statewide office and U.S. Representative in the 2022 midterms, according to unofficial results on the evening of November 8. All four ballot questions passed in Lincoln. Statewide,…
Bemis Hall speakers push claims of 2020 election fraud
(Editor’s note: please see this accompanying editorial by Lincoln Squirrel editor Alice Waugh. Also, this story was updated on May 12 — scroll to the bottom for details.) Questions swirled last week about how a group of right-wing “election integrity” skeptics came to speak to an enthusiastic crowd (most from out of town) in Bemis…
Flint tops voting for Planning Board; Hutchinson, Rajdev elected
Challenger Ephraim Flint won one of two seats on the Planning Board with the highest tally of the three candidates, winning 713 votes in the March 28 town election. Incumbent Chair Margaret Olson narrowly retained her seat over fellow board member Steve Gladstone by a margin of 561–544. Flint, a Lincoln native who served on…
Candidate forum highlights housing, schools, and diversity
Candidates in the March 28 town election shared their views on the proposed community center, the Lincoln-Sudbury regional agreement, South Lincoln, and diversity and inclusion at a March 16 forum — the first public event held in the renovated Brooks auditorium. Four of the races (Select Board, Planning Board, Lincoln School Committee and L-S School…
PTO to host debate for town candidates
The Lincoln PTO will hold a debate featuring candidates in the March 28 town election on Wednesday, March 16 from 7–9 p.m. The event will take place in the newly renovated Brooks Auditorium and will also be live-streamed and recorded. Moderating the event will be PTO co-chair Rob Stringer and former PTO president Carol Kasper….
Several contested seats in upcoming town election
There’s more interest than usual in running for town office this year, as 21 residents filed papers to run for 17 seats in the March 28 election (see table below). The contested races are: Select Board (two candidates running for one seat) — Incumbent James Craig is stepping down after two terms and Jim Hutchinson…