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Winter Street hospice construction underway

Construction has started on the Greater Boston Hospice House at 125 Winter St. on the Lincoln/Waltham town line, with an opening expected in fall 2017. The 18-bed, 27,500-square-foot inpatient hospice facility will provide a home-like setting for terminally ill patients who need hospital-level care for pain and symptom management where hospice physicians, nurses and support staff can…

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In-town soccer starts Saturday The Lincoln In-Town Soccer program will start Saturday, Sept. 10 at Smith Field. Pre-K and kindergartners will begin at 8 a.m., and grades 1-2 at 9 a.m. There will be two instructors from the Revolution Academy soccer program present to assist us in implementing practice plans and for coaching guidance; parent volunteers are…

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Wellness clinic for all ages this fall Lincoln residents of all ages are invited to meet with a nurse through a free town service. Come to get your blood pressure checked, ask questions, or learn about wellness resources. Clinics will be held at the Community Building at Lincoln Woods from 10 a.m. to noon on…

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Trail’s End to open cafe, restaurant in two Lincoln Station locations

The suspense is over for the Lincoln Station restaurant situation. The owner’s of the Trail’s End Cafe in Concord will open new locations in not one but both Lincoln restaurant locations vacated by the closures of Aka Bistro and the Whistle Stop cafe. The Rural Land Foundation (RLF), which owns Lincoln Station, announced in a press…

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42 watering warnings since sprinkler ban

Since Lincoln’s outdoor watering ban went into effect last week, the town’s Water Department has issued 42 warnings to residents for violating the ban—about 30 percent more than the usual total for an entire summer. The sharp increase is a result of the complete ban on sprinklers and automatic watering systems necessitated by the severe…

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Causes of bicycle fatalities still under investigation

The causes of the two fatal bike accidents this summer in Lincoln have not yet been officially determined, according to Lincoln Police Chief Kevin Kennedy, who urged both bicyclists and motorists to know the rules of the road to prevent further accidents. Eugene Thornberg of Wayland died on June 16 and Westford resident Mark Himelfarb…

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‘Ghost bike’ removal stirs debate

The swift removal of a “ghost bike” in memory of a bicyclist killed in an accident on Virginia Road came as a surprise to some residents as well as the man who put it there. For public safety reasons, Lincoln police removed the ghost bike that had been attached to a stop sign near the spot where Westford bicyclist Mark Himelfarb died on August…

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Outdoor water ban now in effect as drought drags on

The Lincoln Water Department has instituted a mandatory outdoor water ban that prohibits all lawn watering by means of automatic irrigation systems or manual sprinklers due to the worsening drought, which Monday morning’s storm did little to help. The storm, which brought an EF-1 tornado to parts of Concord, dropped 0.55 inches of rain on Lincoln, according…

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Lincoln Library Film Society hosts fall screenings The Lincoln Library Film Society kicks off its fall offerings on Thursday, Sept. 1 at 7 p.m. in the Lincoln Public Library’s Tarbell Room with The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) directed by John Cassavetes and starring Ben Gazzara (rated R). A proud strip club owner is forced to come to…

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Obituaries and Aug. 19 remembrance for Rosen

Family and friends are welcomed to gather for a remembrance for Joseph Rosen on Friday, Aug. 19 at 4 p.m. in Bemis Hall. Joe was a long-time board member of The Food Project, for which the family has requested donations in lieu of flowers. Christopher “Kit” Carmody, 77 (August 2) — held positions in banking; former president and board…

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