News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
PTO hosts plant sale Spring is here and so is the PTO Plant Sale, which will take place on Saturday, May 9 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (rain or shine) at the Lincoln Town Offices. Stock up on your annuals and perennials, and bring the kids and show Mom you care with a beautiful Mother’s…
To the editor: Recent letters to the Lincoln Squirrel highlight some difficult and very important issues surrounding the proposed renovation of the Stearns Room of the First Parish in Lincoln. Ease of access by elderly or handicapped individuals is important. So also are sensitivity to neighbor’s concerns about encroachment on their properties and concerns about the effects of…
(Editor’s note: This incorporates a correction to the second item made on April 29.) Talk this Sunday on Flint homestead The Lincoln Historical Society and the Lincoln Historical Commission present “The Flint House: Past, Present Future” on Sunday, May 3 at 2 p.m. in Bemis Hall. Come hear a talk by local historian Jack Maclean and see historic images…
By Alice C. Waugh
Christopher “CJ” Dwyer of Littleton, a seventh-grade special-education student at the Lincoln School, died on April 25. Lincoln School K-4 Principal Steve McKenna made the announcement to school families in an email Monday morning.
Editor’s note: see a photo taken by Rob on Monday morning in Lincoln Through the Lens. To the editor: Lincoln is a town of many treasures. Sunday night and (early!) Monday morning, we were reminded the Lincoln Minute Men are well among them. On Sunday evening, the Minute Men reenacted the Sounding of the Alarm that…
The Lincoln Public Library has long welcomed artists who exhibit their work in its first-floor gallery space designed by renowned architect and modern art collector Graham Gund. But this spring, for the first time, the entire library will be transformed into a fine art gallery as the Friends of the Lincoln Library host a show and gala: “Grown, Shown and Owned in Lincoln.”
African drum and dance at St. Anne’s on May 3 All are invited to African drum and dance classes at St. Anne’s in-the-Fields Church on Sunday, May 3 from 6:30-9 p.m. Come drum with Master Moussa Traore from Mali (6:30-7:30 p.m.) and dance with seasoned teacher Alice Heller (7:40-9 p.m.). Drum class will be multilevel; bring a…
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Editor’s note: The Planning Commission continued its April 14 hearing for the First Parish Church to April 28 at the request of the church, which still needs approval for its drainage and landscaping plans and the roof material for rebuilding the Stearns Room. It has already won zoning approval for the proposal. To the editor:…
A graphic in a March 24 Boston Globe article about property taxes reveals that Lincoln has the third-highest average property tax bill in Massachusetts. The only municipalities with higher average bills (for cities and towns where data was available) were Weston and Sherborn. The top 10 were as follows: Weston $18,059 Sherborn $14,720 Lincoln $14,367 Dover $13,715 Wellesley…