News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
J. Walter Brain, 79 (April 19) – Landscape architect and writer James G. Birmingham, 84 (April 18) – former broker with Proctor Cook and Co. Annette Griggs, 85 (March 14) – former LPN and ceramicist Anthony Pickman, 98 (February 20) – former president and trustee of Longy School of Music Previously reported in the Lincoln Squirrel:…
To the editor:
As a town resident living near Minuteman High School, I have always considered the high school a very good neighbor. Minuteman runs a fine program, which serves four to six Lincoln students each year. The superintendent’s house is on Mill Street in Lincoln, so he has every reason to join with Lincoln neighbors in protecting the tranquility and scenery of an area dominated by the landscape of Minuteman National Historical Park.
Lincoln’s population may be small, but it’s near the top of the list in the its concentration of millionaires among its residents in 2012, according to this recent Boston Globe article. The Globe article includes a map showing each town’s number of millionaires per 1,000 residents. The state’s largest city, Boston, has the largest overall number of millionaire taxpayers…
Adrian Smith, son of Lincoln’s Colin and Diana Smith, is in Nepal helping with earthquake relief (see
Water mains to get annual flushing As part of its water quality and distribution maintenance program, the Lincoln Water Department is now conducting its annual flushing program of town water mains. Flushing will take place between 8:30 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. on weekdays and will continue until early June. Residents may experience discoloration of the water as…
A Nepalese child in the earthquake rubble. (Photo from OLE Nepal’s Indiegogo fundraising page)
Editor’s note: An April 30 letter to the editor from Diana Smith noted that her son Adrian is in Nepal and is collecting PayPal donations for supplies that will be transported to rural villages. On May 3 she noted that readers can also donate via check if they prefer not to use PayPal. Direct contributions to Adrian are not tax-deductible, but 100 percent of the gift goes to help the villagers; there are no administrative fees. Adrian and his friends will be carrying the supplies through the mountains to the villages because the roads are blocked. You can make out a check to Adrian Smith and mail it c/o Diana Smith, P.O. Box 6294, Lincoln, MA 01773. The memo can say “Earthquake Relief.”
By Alice C. Waugh
Only a few months after Rakesh Karmacharya and his family began calling Lincoln home, much of their homeland lies in rubble after the devastating earthquake in Nepal.
Lenore Travis
Oxbow Road resident Lenore Travis, who died unexpectedly late last month, was remembered for her agriculture-focused volunteer work and as a longtime member of the Shady Hill School community.
Library closes early on Saturday On Saturday, May 9, the Lincoln Public Library will close at 4 p.m. in preparation for The Friends of the Lincoln Public Library’s Fine Arts Gala. See this Lincoln Squirrel story for more information. Middlesex County DA to speak on parents, minors and alcohol On Monday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m., Middlesex County District Attorney Marian…
Editor’s note: The following is a press release from the office of Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan. A spokesperson declined to provide any further information. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan has announced that Rene Walker, 44, formerly a civilian at Hanscom Air Force Base Lincoln, has pleaded guilty in Middlesex Superior Court to charges of trafficking…
PMC Kids Ride needs riders and volunteers; prizes announced Lincoln’s first annual PMC Kids Ride to fight cancer is Sunday, May 3 (see this Lincoln Squirrel article for more information). If you can’t ride but wish to donate, Something Special is selling limited-edition PMC bracelets for $10 created by sixth-grader Will Levy, founder of the…