Codman arts and crafts festival on Sept. 12 The Codman Estate’s Fine Arts and Crafts Festival will be Saturday, Sept. 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine. This annual event features the work of more than 100 artisans, including painting, pottery, photography, jewelry, glass, fiber art, metalworking, woodworking, clothing, food wares, and folk art….
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Another former Celtic selling his Lincoln home
Who wants to commute 3,000 miles each way every day? Former Boston Celtics player Rajon Rondo, whose work address is now in Sacramento, is selling his Lincoln home overlooking the Cambridge reservoir. The asking price? Nothing remarkable by Lincoln standards—just $1.99 million, dropped from $2.45 million in May. “We especially appreciated being part of the…
A bevy of birds (Lincoln through the Lens)
Readers may submit photos for consideration for Lincoln Through the Lens by emailing them to lincolnsquirrelnews@gmail.com. If your photo is published, you’ll receive credit in the Squirrel. Photos must be taken in Lincoln and include the date, location, and names of any people who are identifiable in the photo. Previously published photos can be viewed…
Library invites residents to brainstorming session
Do you want more fiction in the stacks? Do you wish the Reading Room were better lit? Do you want nonfiction out of the basement? Do you think the Young Adult section is too small? Are you tired of pink and green? Do you wish you could meet a friend for tea at the library café? Do you have to duck under the low ceiling in the basement? Do you need more Internet support or electrical outlets? Whether you rush in and out of Circulation or linger in the stacks, do you dream of improving your library in ways small or large?
Join the Lincoln Public Library Board of Library Trustees and designers on Tuesday, September 1 at 7 p.m. in the Tarbell Room to explore possible improvements and enhancements to our library. Your opinion matters and the trustees want and need to hear from Lincoln residents.
News acorns
Literary walk at deCordova Inspired by Walking Sculpture, the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum is offering a free ambulatory event in the Park on Wednesday, August 26 at 6:30 p.m. with poet Cole Swensen that includes readings by some of literature’s greatest walkers and responsive writings. Lincoln Agricultural Day on Sept. 19 The second Annual Lincoln Agricultural Day sponsored…
Darius Theriault passes away in motorcycle accident
Darius Theriault, 27, died on July 4 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Shrewsbury. He is the son of Richard and Vita Theriault and brother of Minty Theriault, all of Lincoln. Darius grew up in Lincoln and played soccer, Pop Warner football and hockey in town programs. He graduated from Austin Preparatory School, attended Saint Anselm College and was finishing his degree at Framingham State University. Donations in his memory may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project.
The following article ran on July 7 in the MetroWest Daily News and is reprinted with permission.
Environmental Club at L-S wins national award
The Environmental Club at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School traveled to Washington, D.C., last month to receive the 2014 President’s Environmental Youth Award. The club, which includes Lincoln residents Clara Cousins and Savannah Snell along with Sudbury residents Michael Bader, Brianna Bisson and Grace Chin, received the award for their efforts to bring awareness of climate change to the 1,600…
40 percent of Lincoln ticks tested positive for Lyme in ’14
By Alice Waugh Forty percent of ticks submitted by Lincoln residents for testing in 2014 came back positive for the bacterium that causes Lyme disease—but some also carried bacteria that cause lesser-known tick-borne diseases. In this recent Bedford Citizen article, Dr. Anne Kiessling presented data from testing gathered by the Middlesex Tick Task Force, a group of…
Obituaries – 7/18/15
Joanna Crawford, 89 (died July 1) – instrumental in social justice work with the Martin Luther King Action Project at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. “How many Habitat trips, Food Bank expeditions, homeless shelter dinners, alternative service vacations did she make possible? Innumerable. She believed in service and in an education that took us out of our…
News acorns – 7/6/15
Watch video of the July 4 parade Harold McAleer has posted a video of the first few minutes of Lincoln’s July 4 parade. Click here for a five-minute version or watch the full 18-minute version (including a glimpse of the Lincoln Squirrel at the 13:20 mark). Berkshire condo rentals benefit Friends of the COA A generous…