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McLean Hospital plans teen residential facility on Bypass Road

By Alice Waugh Bypass Road residents, including a member of the town’s Board of Health, are furious about a proposal by McLean Hospital to open a residential facility for teens and young adults in their neighborhood, saying they were given no opportunity to comment before Lincoln’s town counsel issued an opinion saying that the facility was exempt from the…

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House allocates $1.72 million in state aid for Lincoln

The $39.5 billion state budget bill for fiscal 2017 unanimously passed by the state House of Representatives last month includes $1.72 million in state aid for Lincoln, according to Rep. Thomas Stanley (9th Middlesex). “I’m thrilled with the state aid Lincoln received in the House budget, including my amendment that was adopted to assist the town’s financial burden for the…

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Residents moving into new areas at the Commons

The new assisted nursing, skilled nursing and memory care units at The Commons are open for business and accepting at least one new resident every day. The units opened to residents on April 1. As of earlier this week, 27 residents had moved into assisted living, which has a capacity of 40, while eight of the 40…

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Virtual tour of New England cemeteries on May 5 On Thursday, May 5 at 10 a.m. at the Lincoln Public Library, the Gravestone Girls present a program about New England cemetery art, history and symbolism, including graveyards in Lincoln.  The “virtual tour” will go from colonial burial grounds through the rural cemetery movement of the 19th century…

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AKA Bistro to close Sunday; Blazes may take its place

By Alice Waugh Mother’s Day will be the last day of business for AKA Bistro, which garnered widespread praise for its innovative French and Japanese cuisine but was a victim of not one but two natural disasters. Meanwhile, Richard Card, the Lincoln resident behind the proposed Blazes bookstore/coffee shop/cocktail bar, has made an offer to lease…

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Mother’s Day plant sale The Food Project is holding a Mother’s Day Weekend Plant Sale on Saturday and Sunday, May 7-8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. On sale will be vegetables, herbs and flower seedlings to start your garden. The Food Project is located at the intersection of Rt. 126 and Baker Bridge Road. Baroque concert reminder…

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Middle schoolers perform Baghdad Zoo on Friday On Friday, April 29 at 4:30 p.m. in the Brooks auditorium, students will perform a short play, Baghdad Zoo, before performing it at the day-long Massachusetts Middle School Drama Festival in Fall River on Saturday. Drama teacher Kristin Hall has been working with students in grades 6-8 since September on the play, and…

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MBTA monopole session postponed

Tonight’s scheduled presentation to the Planning Board about a plan to build three monopoles along the commuter-rail right of way in Lincoln has been postponed after federal officials recommended reclassifying the proposal as a multi-use WiFi project. At the request of Lincoln officials, MBTA representatives had planned to attend tonight’s Planning Board meeting to answer questions about the agency’s proposal to…

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Climate justice film series kicks off Tuesday St. Anne’s-in-the-Fields Church will show Just Eat It, the first in a series of films on climate justice, on Tuesday, April 26. A soup supper will be served at 6:30 p.m. and screening begins at 6:50 p.m. The evening is free and open to the public, though a donation to…

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Green Energy Committee offers free home assessment

The Green Energy Committee (GEC) is sponsoring the Lincoln Energy Challenge to help residents reduce their home energy consumption, increase rooftop solar and community solar farms, and sign up for renewable sources of electricity, particularly solar and wind. The first stop on the way to saving money and energy is a no-cost home energy assessment tailored specifically…

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