A community center for Lincoln is now expected to cost up to $25.4 million in 2025 dollars — and to save money for the project, many attendees at the November 1 State of the Town meeting said, “go for it ASAP!” The updated estimates were revealed during one of several topics at the first of…
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South Lincoln treatment plant has capacity for more development
The first phase of an engineering study of the wastewater treatment plant near the mall shows that it’s working well and has additional capacity to handle some commercial or residential development in the area. The plant in the field about 1,500 feet north of the apartments was built in 1975 to serve the Lincoln Woods…
Register for State of the Town online meetings
Lincolnites can now register to attend the Zoom-based Sate of the Town meeting on November 1-2 from 7–9 p.m. on both nights. SOTT #1 (Monday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m.) Public Health Update School Building Project Update Finance Committee Update Community Center Discussion Open Forum Zoom advance registration link (night 1) SOTT #2 (Tuesday, Nov….
Plans moving ahead for bike and pedestrian-friendly improvements
Plans for safety improvements to Farrar Road and Route 2A are advancing, and a third project to benefit pedestrians in South Lincoln is out to bid. The Farrar Road project will create “advisory shoulders” on Farrar Road, which involves painting dashed lines to indicate shoulders. Vehicles can cross the lines to avoid traffic coming from…
Lincoln is eligible for more than $2 million in Covid-19 relief funding
Lincoln will be able to apply for slightly more than $2 million under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill signed into law by President Biden in March. The money will come in two tranches, and the first could arrive within weeks, Town Administrator Tim Higgins told Select Board members…
2021 Town Meeting roundup
(Editor’s note: the section on the property tax circuit breaker program was updated with corrections on May 19.) Aside from the accessory apartment issue, the 2021 Annual Town Meeting was largely free of controversy. Here are highlights of some of the measures that were approved: Town spending The base budget for fiscal 2022 starting in…
Accessory apartment issue results in razor-thin votes
For the second year in a row, Lincoln’s Annual Town Meeting in the Covid-19 era went off without a hitch under a tent in the Hartwell school parking lot. However, though as in any town meeting, there was some controversy — at one point resulting in 87-86 vote. The subject of not one but two…
Environmental measures, name changes to go before voters on Saturday
Voters at Saturday’s annual Town Meeting (ATM) will be asked to vote on five citizens’ petitions concerning plastics and the proposed community center, as well as two other measures seeking town board name changes. The items were originally planned for the 2020 Annual Town Meeting, but that meeting was stripped of all but essential financial…
My Turn: Vote yes on plastics-ban articles at Town Meeting
By Trisha O’Hagan Lincoln has an exciting opportunity on May 15 at our annual Town Meeting to drastically reduce our reliance on single-use plastics. The Lincoln-Sudbury Environmental Club and Mothers Out Front–Lincoln have submitted articles proposing Styrofoam, polystyrene, and plastic straw bans. From start to finish, these plastics pollute our air, water, land, and bodies,…
My Turn: A welcome language update
By Kim Bodnar, Jennifer Glass, Emily Haslett, Sarah Cannon Holden, Stuart Rose, Ellen Meyer Shorb, and Peter von Mertens At the upcoming Annual Town Meeting on May 15, we have an opportunity to catch up with the times (and many of our neighboring towns!) by voting to change the name of the Board of Selectmen…