Some of Harold McAleer’s recent photo subjects include a hummingbird, a dandelion and bee, and a bluebird and her nest. Readers may submit photos for consideration for Lincoln Through the Lens by emailing them to news@lincolnsquirrrel.com. If your photo is published, you’ll receive credit in the Squirrel. Photos must be taken in Lincoln and…
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Photo contest entries show an eye for nature
Shutters are snapping as entries come in for the Lincoln Garden Club’s nature photo contest. Anyone who lives in Lincoln is encouraged to submit photos by May 26. The event will help the garden club finance a horticultural intern at the New England Wildflower Society who will design and install a native plant garden at Lincoln’s Station…
News acorns – 5/5/15
Library closes early on Saturday On Saturday, May 9, the Lincoln Public Library will close at 4 p.m. in preparation for The Friends of the Lincoln Public Library’s Fine Arts Gala. See this Lincoln Squirrel story for more information. Middlesex County DA to speak on parents, minors and alcohol On Monday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m., Middlesex County District Attorney Marian…
Correction
One of the April 27 News Acorns incorrectly stated that the Conservation Commission was organizing three events in May and June. Those events are actually sponsored by the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust. The original post has been corrected. More information on the LLCT events is available here. …
News acorns – 04/27/15
(Editor’s note: This incorporates a correction to the second item made on April 29.) Talk this Sunday on Flint homestead The Lincoln Historical Society and the Lincoln Historical Commission present “The Flint House: Past, Present Future” on Sunday, May 3 at 2 p.m. in Bemis Hall. Come hear a talk by local historian Jack Maclean and see historic images…
Out-foxed (Lincoln through the lens, 4/22/15)
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Farrington hopes its nature programming will blossom
By Alice C. Waugh
A century-old Lincoln facility originally built to offer rural respite to undernourished city girls has reinvented itself and hopes to expand its programs that connect low-income urban children to the natural world.
News acorns – 4/14/15
Tonight: talk on Revolutionary battlefield “Discovering Parker’s Revenge Battlefield: April 19, 1775″ is the topic of a talk on Tuesday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Bemis Hall. The speaker will be Dr. Meg Watters of PBS’s “Time Team America” and principal investigator for the ongoing Parker’s Revenge Project at Minute Man National Historical Park. She’ll…
Outdoor activities to get you into the swing of spring
Now that spring has sprung, there are lots of nature-related activities coming up in Lincoln.
Arbor Day at the deCordova
Carvings reflect conservation ranger’s love of birds
One of the exhibits at the Town Office Building looks like it could almost take flight.
Jane Layton has been carving birds and working part-time for the Lincoln