Ralph Nader
Consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader will speak in Brooks Auditorium on Sunday, Nov. 9 at 4 p.m. as part of the Bemis Free Lecture Series. Nader will discuss his new book Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State.
Tickets are free but online registration is required—please click here.
Dear Lincoln community,
I write reluctantly to announce that I am stepping down from the Lincoln School Committee. I have been asked to take a leadership position with the Cambridge Quaker Meeting in which I grew up and am still active, and I feel called to fully engage my responsibilities there. Were I to try to do both, I would probably risk being excommunicated by my family, who have always been extremely tolerant about the extensive time I’ve already been spending in community meetings.
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By Alice Waugh
Residents got their first glimpse of some cost options for repairing and renovating the Lincoln School at a School Building Advisory Committee forum on September 16.
Editor’s note: for background information about the community center, see the Lincoln Squirrel, July 31, 2014.
To the editor:
In May, the Board of Selectmen appointed the Community Center Study Committee (CCSC) to evaluate the concept of a new community center for Lincoln. Their charge requires that we evaluate options for the long and short-term facilities needs of the Parks & Recreation Department and Council on Aging. That evaluation will include what succeeds and what fails with respect to their current locations. Many towns recognize the value of a facility serving both populations and as a central gathering place for all residents. Our goal is to make this evaluative process comprehensive, open and transparent.
On Wednesday, October 8 from 6-9 p.m., we will hold a town-wide planning charrette at Hartwell School Pod B. Everyone is encouraged to attend and participate. Refreshments will be served. You can attend for the entire evening or come and go as you please. We are seeking residents’ views on what form a community center might take in Lincoln and where it should be located.
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According to the Boston Globe’s town-by-town map of the September 10 primary results, Lincoln was one of only five mainland towns east of Worcester where the majority voted for Don Berwick for governor. The other four were Concord, Carlisle, Upton and Wellfleet. The only other towns east of Worcester that went for Berwick were West Tisbury, Chilmar, Aquinnah (all on Martha’s Vineyard), and the densely populated town of Gosnold, which comprises the Elizabeth Islands including Cuttyhunk. Berwick won 40 percent of the Gosnold vote, while 30 percent each went for Coakley and Grossman. That’s four, three and three votes respectively.
In the Lincoln Squirrel story about the September 10 primary election, several figures in the state-wide percentage column were transposed. The errors have been fixed in the original post.
Following are the results for contested primary races in the September 9 Massachusetts election. Lincoln percentages are for total number of ballots cast, including blanks and write-ins. [Read more…] about Primary election results for Lincoln and Mass.
To the editor:
I am writing to urge all to support our former state representative Tom Conroy for state treasurer, and to read this special note from another former Lincoln state representative, Jay Kaufman.
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The School Building Advisory Committee (SBAC) will have a public forum on Tuesday, Sept. 16 to share preliminary cost estimates for the renovation options for the Lincoln School. The meeting will take place from 7-9 p.m. in the Smith gym.
The current SBAC began meeting in May and hired Dore & Whittier Architects in July to to develop repair and renovation options for the school. The moves were made in the wake of the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s refusal in December 2013 to consider a new application from the town to help fund a comprehensive project.
The SBAC’s schedule of upcoming meetings through January 2015 includes several other public forums:
The SBAC also plans joint meetings with other town boards and commissions on September 30 and November 5.
To the editor:
At the Democratic Nominating Convention in June, delegates from Lincoln and other neighbor towns cast an overwhelming majority of votes for Tom Conroy for state treasurer and for Maura Healey for attorney general. Now it’s the voters’ turn on September 9.
Conroy and Healey are running separately, but they share some common traits. Both are by far the most professionally qualified and experienced candidates for their respective offices. The Boston Globe and several other local newspapers have endorsed both Conroy and Healey. A Boston Globe editorial on September 1 says of Conroy that he is “…the candidate who is best prepared to perform the treasurer’s duties—and is most interested in doing so.” Another Globe editorial that day says of Healey that her “…clearer focus on the core responsibilities of the office, coupled with her evident tenacity and discerning legal mind, make her the superior choice.”
Healey, already a proven leader in the attorney general’s office, has also been a prosecutor and a civil rights attorney. She is the only candidate who is an experienced law enforcement professional. Visit her website at www.maurahealey.com to learn more. Conroy is the only candidate with unmatched education and experience in economics and finance in both the public and private sectors, and the legislature. Visit his website at www.tomconroy.org to learn more.
Please join me in voting for Tom Conroy for treasurer and Maura Healey for attorney general on at the primary election on September 9.
Sincerely,
Gary Davis, Lincoln Democratic Town Committee
20R Indian Camp Lane
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To the editor:
Yes, primary elections do matter, and the September 9 election in particular will determine leadership in the major statewide offices for several years to come. On September 9, voters will decide which of the candidates will move forward to the General Election on November 4.
For many months, the candidates and their supporters have been working hard all across the Commonwealth to become known to voters and to win votes. They have tried to define positions on the important issues that face the Commonwealth, and to listen to voters. One source of information about the candidates are the video records of candidate forums held earlier this year as sponsored and organized by the Lincoln Democratic Town Committee. These forums featured all candidates for the four major statewide office races including governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and state treasurer. You can watch videos of these forums on the Lincoln Cable TV website. Under the “All Folders” tab, select “Political.” Further information about most candidates can be found on the Politics1 website at www.politics1.com/ma.htm.
In addition to the four major statewide offices, Democratic candidates for regional races are:
September 9 will be here before we know it. It’s up to us to fulfill the promise of democracy, to become informed, and to VOTE on September 9.
Sincerely,
Gary Davis, Lincoln Democratic Town Committee
20R Indian Camp Lane
Letters to the editor must be signed with the writer’s name and street address and sent via email to lincolnsquirrelnews@gmail.com. Letters must be about a Lincoln-specific topic, will be edited for punctuation, spelling, style, etc., and will be published at the discretion of the editor. Letters containing personal attacks, errors of fact or other inappropriate material will not be published.