News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
By Alice Waugh
Hundreds of Lincoln residents shivered through extended power outages resulting from the February 5 snowstorm, but many of them shared updates, advice and even offers of hospitality online, even as another snowstorm approached.
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Here is a list of property sales in Lincoln in November and December 2015. The Lincoln Squirrel will publish this list approximately once a month going forward. December 2015 7L South Commons — Thomas Pascoe, trustee, to Gregory Rowe for $442,000 (December 30) 2 Lewis St. — Sejfi Protopapa to 2 Lewis LLC for $850,000 (December 24)…
Dear Squirrel readers, Clearly a lot of people in Lincoln (including yours truly, who is writing on her laptop at Panera) are still without power. Some Lincolnites have posted about this on LincolnTalk, but I’d like to hear from as many folks as possible so I can write a story. If you still have no…
By Alice Waugh A cost-estimate comparison by the Vocational Education Options Working Group (VEOWG) shows that Lincoln would pay considerably more to send students to Minuteman High School than to any of three other area technical schools, even if Lincoln withdraws from the Minuteman school district. According to an analysis for fiscal year 2020 by the VEOWG (see below),…
To the editor: I am the proud parent of two Minuteman Vocational High School graduates. Both of my children were and are extremely well prepared for the workforce and for admission to any competitive college. I am a long-term Lincoln resident (I grew up there and attended Lincoln schools from the Lincoln Nursery School through Lincoln-Sudbury Regional…
Jennifer Burney
By Alice Waugh
Jennifer Burney’s opinion after a week in Lincoln? “I love it!”
Burney is starting her second week as Lincoln’s new director of planning and land use, was director of planning in Southborough for three years. Before that, she held the same post in Bolton for six years, and assistant town planner and director of community development in Sudbury from 2006-07. Burney succeeds Chris Reilly, who held the position for five years until becoming planning director in Billerica in late 2015.
Spots still open on town ballot There are still two offices on the Town Election ballot without any candidates: one for a three-year seat on the Planning Board and the other for a three-year seat as a Bemis Trustee. Please call the Town Clerk’s office at 781-259-2607 for further information. Cardboard Ox at next LOMA The…
* “L-L-A-M-A,” as most people know, is one of only three ways to spell this word. A “one-L” lama is a teacher of Tibetan Buddhism; a “two-L” llama is the creature resembling an alpaca; and a “three-L” lllama is a wicked big fire in Summahville. Readers may submit photos for consideration for Lincoln Through the…
In the sprint to get approvals for the revised Minuteman High School regional agreement, Arlington got the ball rolling with a Special Town Meeting (STM) vote in favor of the new deal on January 25.