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Town Meeting and election notes

Girl Scouts offer babysitting, food for Town Meeting attendees The 7th-grade Girl Scouts are offering babysitting at the LEAP pod during Town Meeting on Saturday, March 19. Suggested donations are $25, as this is a fundraiser for the girls working towards a service trip. Please RSVP to mrkarty@yahoo.com or 954-471-1357 by Friday, March 18. All…

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Holy Week services at Lincoln churches announced

First Parish Church Sunday, March 27 (Easter Sunday) – Ministerial intern Mandy Beal will lead an Easter sunrise service at 6:20 a.m. on Old Lexington Road at the top of the Flint fields. The Rev. Manish Mishra-Marzetti will preside over Easter Sunday services of reflection and worship at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. in the sanctuary at 4 Bedford…

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Antia invite residents to meet Planning Board candidate Lincoln residents are invited to the home of Sharon and Bob Antia at 165 S. Great Rd. for coffee and conversation on Saturday, March 12 to meet Planning Board candidate Jennie Morris Gundy between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. You are welcome, though not required, to let us know you are coming by…

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Obituaries

(Editor’s note: This article has been updated to remove an incorrect link in the Ray Tomlinson segment.) Ray Tomlinson, 74 (March 5) — inventor of modern email who chose the “@” symbol to connect the username with the destination address. He and his partner Karen Seo raised miniature sheep in Lincoln. See obituaries by the Associated Press and the BBC….

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Volunteer/work opportunities in Lincoln

Work in gardens at Codman Estate Volunteer alongside Historic New England’s staff experts and members to care for and learn about historic gardens and landscapes at the Codman Estate. Work includes seasonally appropriate tasks such as weeding the gardens and paths, dividing plants, planting new materials, removing invasive species and other cleanup activities. You may…

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Lincoln goes for Kasich, Clinton in presidential primary

Here are the unofficial returns from the March 1 presidential primary in Lincoln. Republican primary Precinct 1 Precinct 2 Total votes Total % Kasich 158 84 242 36% Rubio 114 66 180 27% Trump 93 81 174 26% Cruz 20 19 39 6% Carson 6 10 16 2% Bush 7 1 8 1% Christie 1 0…

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Letter to the editor: Minuteman withdrawal ‘unfortunate’

To the editor: As a result of the recent vote at Special Town Meeting, it is unfortunate Lincoln is leaving the Minuteman High School district. A 260,000-square-foot total-replacement school facility will be built on Lincoln land, without Lincoln as a member town. While I am disappointed for Lincoln, I am thankful that students in remaining…

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Three Lincoln School students to perform in district music festival Lincoln School eighth-graders Jada Edwards and Simon Perry and seventh-grader Maria Hamandi were selected through a vigorous audition process to participate in the MMEA Eastern District Junior Festival at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School on March 4 and 5. The program is offered by the Massachusetts Music Educators Association as an enrichment opportunity that brings together the top…

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Minuteman school district down to 10 towns

By Alice Waugh Boxborough and Weston voted last week to withdraw from the Minuteman High School district, whittling the final number of member towns from 16 to 10. The other towns that voted to withdraw are Lincoln, which voted on February 23; Carlisle, Sudbury and Wayland. All 16 towns approved Minuteman’s revised regional agreement, which will take effect on…

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Letter to the editor: Sanders ‘walks the Lincoln talk’

To the editor, For many years, Lincolnites have taken to the floor of Town Meeting to seek support for citizens’ petitions to support a nuclear weapons freeze, arms control, and a variety of equal and human rights initiatives. We have endorsed petitions to oppose the war in Iraq, the Keystone pipeline, and the intrusion of…

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