The plan to install a solar array atop the old town landfill has lain fallow for a while, but it will “go near the top of our priority list to restart that process” once the Annual Town Meeting is over, said Town Administrator Tim Higgins. Almost five years ago, voters approved a land swap in…
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My Turn: Article headline was “misleading”
To the editor: Although the body of the article is accurate, the headline of the Lincoln Squirrel article “Town officials marshal arguments against housing rules” (posted March 3, 2022) is somewhat misleading. It is important to emphasize that Lincoln is not against the Housing Choice Act, nor is it opposing the Department of Housing and…
Town officials marshal arguments against housing rules
In a response to the state’s new multifamily housing guidelines now being drafted, town officials will argue that the requirements are draconian and impracticable for Lincoln. Lincoln was one of 42 Massachusetts towns designated by the Housing Choice Act (HCA) as “MBTA communities” that will be required to allow 750 units of multifamily housing within…
Questions and pushback aired on multifamily housing guidelines
One thing is clear after a pair of informational sessions this week: by order of the state, some type of multifamily housing will be permitted by right in South Lincoln some day. Still to be determined is how dense that housing might be — and what will happen if it fails to comply with the…
Property sales in December
42 Bypass Rd. — Hanhphuong Vo to Bal Mukund Dhar and Jasmine Dhar for $1,005,000 (December 23) 51 Greenridge Lane — David Cancian to David Cancian for $520,000 (December 9) 104 Lincoln Rd. — Diana Barnes Blood Trust to Juan Pablo Ugarte and Lisette Silva-Sanchez for $1,050,000 (December 6) 31 Conant Rd. — Charles E….
Property sales in November 2021
26 Morningside Lane — Alexander J. Nichols to Lauren Miller and Michael Brundage for $1,005,000 (November 30) 148 South Great Rd. — Stephen A. Fairfax to Jun Wang and He Qiong for $730,000 (November 23) 225 Aspen Circle — James J. Faran Jr. to Kathleen and John R. Edmondston for $850,000 (November 17) 324 Hemlock…
State officials explain draft guidelines for multifamily housing
State housing officials made the case for multifamily zoning in MBTA communities and explained the draft compliance guidelines during a January 12 webinar. New zoning rules require MBTA communities to allow multifamily housing of a given density in an area within half a mile of an MBTA station or bus stop, or face loss of…
New rules ask town to permit 750 housing units in South Lincoln
(Editor’s note: when this story was originally published, the accompanying map misidentified the amount of land that would be subject to multifamily zoning under the new state rules. The map has been updated.) To comply with new state housing guidelines, Lincoln would have to allow 750 units in South Lincoln or become ineligible for various…
Property sales in October 2021
52 Todd Pond Rd. — Juliet M. Rago McNamara Trust to Andriy and Inna Kochura for $525,000 (October 29) 192 Weston Rd. — Bojan Rip to Michael Olsen for $1,200,000 (October 29) 8 Huntley Lane — Thomas A. Cappucci to Yukiko Bloomenthal Trust and 8 Huntley Lane Nominee Trust for $1,340,000 (October 29) 21A South…
Town gets $400,000 for South Lincoln septic plant design work
The town has received a $400,000 state grant to design and engineer an upgrade to the wastewater treatment plant in South Lincoln, which owners of the mall have been advocating as a requirement for redeveloping that commercial area. Lincoln Planning officials have been considering ways to rezone South Lincoln to encourage denser housing and mixed-use…