News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
Bicyclers are gearing up for Lincoln’s second annual PMC Kids Ride on Sunday, May 1. The ride to raise money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy Fund starts at 8:30 a.m. at the Pierce House. Children from ages 3-15 can participate by riding or volunteering. There are three routes: a loop around the Pierce House garden for…
A new Lincoln collaborative called People for Pollinators is sponsoring three events to advance its mission to promote, protect and create native habitat that supports the vitality of pollinators in the face of bee colony collapse. People for Pollinators had its roots at an April 2015 symposium on pollinators in crisis with bee researcher Noah Wilson-Rich. The event sparked…
Disneynature’s ‘Wings of Life’ to be shown The Lincoln Land Conservation Trust presents a family-friendly movie matinee, Disneynature’s Wings of Life, on Wednesday, April 27 at 3:45 p.m. at the Lincoln Public Library. The movie utilizes riveting high-speed, time lapse and macro filmmaking techniques to showcase in spectacular detail the unsung heroes of our planet: butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, bats and…
Dukakis to speak in Lincoln The Bemis Free Lecture Series presents former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis speaking on “America’s Role in a Post-Obama World” on Wednesday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m. in Brooks Auditorium. Admission is free. Architecture talk at Gropius House Join Dr. Sophie Hochhäusl, assistant professor of 20th-century architecture at Boston University, for…
Thomas Leggat, 89 (April 9) — co-founder of commercial and industrial real estate firm Leggat, McCall and Werner. A service to celebrate Tom’s life will be held Saturday, May 7 at 2 p.m. at the First Parish in Lincoln. Henry Cretella, 89 (April 11) — attorney and retired U.S. Coast Guard captain….
Dear readers, It’s been almost a week since the Lincoln Squirrel became a paid subscriber site, and I want to give a huge thank-you all of you who have been willing to support the Squirrel and have patiently navigated the subscription process. You might be interested to know the numbers: as of Thursday afternoon, there…
School vacation events for kids at library Wednesday, April 20 — Bugworks: “Creepy Crawley” for ages 3-5 at 11 a.m. and “Bugology” for kids age 3-5 at noon. Sign up in advance by calling 781-259-8465. Thursday, April 21 at 3 p.m. — “I Spy Butterfly” puppet workshop. Puppeteer Faye Dupras presents a “see/make/play” puppet workshop for…
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Lincoln will receive more than $250,000 as part of a state bond authorization that will result in funding to help municipalities complete road, bridge and other infrastructure improvement projects. Every spring, the state legislature allots funding to each town based on road miles and population, said Chris Bibbo, superintendent of the Lincoln Department of Public…
First of all, a big thank-you to everyone who’s already signed up as a paid subscriber to the Lincoln Squirrel—I really appreciate it! If you haven’t signed up as a paid subscriber yet, you have until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, April 10. After that, you’ll still see the first few lines of each story in…