Sometimes a book isn’t just a book — it’s a promising blind date or a ticket to a faraway land. Since Valentine’s Day, the Lincoln Public Library has been offering a selection of “mystery books” — not whodunits, but rather books concealed in wrapping paper with only a couple of clues to help you decide…
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Using film to build bridges between kids from different cultures
Film or video is often used as a tool to tell a story or record an event. But Lincoln’s Tom Flint is trying to expand that tool to bring together people from different cultures through the process of creating a video. The goal of each program is not to teach students how to make films…
Children’s librarian prepares to close Lincoln chapter of her career
After serving as the Lincoln children’s librarian for half her life, Jane Flanders is retiring (no doubt to curl up with a good book), and Lincolnites are invited to contribute to a memory book and say farewell at a September 28 gathering. Flanders, 62, said she “wanted to be a librarian since I was a…
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PMC Kids Ride is on April 29 The fourth annual Lincoln-Sudbury PMC Kids Ride to help raise money for the Jimmy Fund and Dana Farber Cancer Center will be held on Sunday, April 29 at the Lincoln School campus on Ballfield Road. Kids aged 2–12 ask for donations from friends and family and then ride their bikes…
Council on Aging activities in March
Lincoln Trad Jazz Band March 2 from 12:30–1:30 p.m. Come hear the Lincoln Traditional Jazz Band on Friday, March 2 at Bemis Hall. Enjoy old-time trad jazz that will have you up on our feet dancing and your hands a-clapping! Painting in pastels with Juliet March 5 at 10 a.m. Express your vibrant self with…
Couple at The Commons celebrates their 70th
A stolen date and a motorcycle begin a 70-year romance for the Zarellas—Tony, 94, and Peggy, 92 years old, residents at The Commons. It was 1946 and Tony was on leave from the U.S. Navy. He was looking for a fun night out and convinced his brother to give up his date for the evening…
Lincoln women rally on one-year anniversary of 2017 event
(Editor’s note: Click here to see Lincoln Squirrel coverage of the 2017 women’s marches in Boston and Washington, D.C.) To the editor: Last Saturday, four women from Lincoln—Lucretia Giese, Julie Hibben, Suzy Karl and I—joined the throngs of marchers on the Cambridge Common to commemorate and advance the goals of the first anniversary of the…
First Day social gathering draws Lincoln celebrants
First Day at the Pierce House attracted dozens of Lincolnites of all ages on January 1, overcoming an earlier danger of cancellation. Residents stepped up to help out and town organizations made donations to pull off the event, which was threatened by a shortage of funds due to renovation expenses. The Celebrations Committee, Rural Land…
Kids get a taste of Election Day in Lincoln
Dozens of voters filed into the Smith gym last week to cast their ballots on an important Lincoln issue—and even though none of the voters were officially registered, the results will still count. The ballot question asked the “voters” (Lincoln School students in grades K-3) what shape they preferred for town dog licenses next year:…
Codman Community Farms grows by adopting modern practices
By Alice Waugh Lots of fresh air, lying around in the warm sun or cool shade, munching on fresh grass in a spacious field, a change of scenery every few days—what more could an animal ask for? Horizons have expanded for Codman Community Farms livestock since Pete Lowy took over as farm manager in early…