News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
The Whistle Stop restaurant has gone out of business, becoming the second Lincoln restaurant since May to close its doors. Customers who stopped by on Monday morning were greeted with signs scrawled on small white paper bags taped to the doors saying “Closed — Thanks for the Memories” and “Closed — 08/04/04–7/16/16 — Thank You…
Residents can now recycle paper and cardboard in the same bin with their metal and plastics after the town signed a contract with a new recycling hauler, Waste Management of Billerica, in June. Glass will still be collected at the transfer station, but it can’t be mixed with other recyclables. Glass is heavier than other…
Antique auto show on Sunday Historic New England will host its annual antique auto show at the Codman Estate on Saturday, July 17 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The show draws more than 200 classic and antique autos, trucks and motorcycles from all over New England and includes entertainment by the New Liberty Jazz Band, museum tours, a raffle,…
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The Conway School of Ecological Landscape Design and Planning is partnering with the Lincoln Planning Board to develop a site plan that aims to make the Mall at Lincoln Station a lively, multi-use central gathering space for visitors and residents, who are also invited to take a short survey online about the area. The school will be…
Lincolnites are invted to a memorial service at Bemis Hall in honor and remembrance of Haskel Straus on Sunday, June 26 at 2 p.m. with a reception to follow. Haskel passed away on February 3, 2016 after a long illness. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 9, 1950 to the late Velma Lukko and Haskel…
A conversation about the Declaration of Independence with special attention to one problematic phrase will take place on Thursday, June 30 at 7 p.m. in Bemis Hall. Most Americans are familiar with phrases of the Declaration of Independence such as “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with…
Special service to honor Orlando victims on Sunday On Sunday, June 19 at 10 a.m., come to the First Parish in Lincoln for a special musical “coffee house-style” worship service to honor Orlando through music, reflection and prayer to help attendees tend to their spiritual selves in the midst of the Orlando tragedy. Rev. Manish and ministerial intern Mandy Beal will lead…
The Planning Board has scheduled a June 28 public hearing for a site plan review relating to parking for a McLean Hospital proposal to locate a residential educational/therapeutic residence on Bypass Road. The hearing starts at 7 p.m. in the Town Office Building’s Donaldson Rom. Dozens of residents appeared at a May 24 Planning Board meeting…
26 Longmeadow Rd. — Abbey Rd. Properties LLC to Robert and Karla Talanian for $1,420,000 (May 31) 96 Page Rd. — Dana Coombs to David Kahn and Annelise Parham for $875,000 (May 27) 141 Weston Rd. — Joanne Armstrong to Keith Gilbert and Stacy Osur $1,795,000 (May 26) 12 Brooks Hill Rd. — Mark Leonardi…