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News acorns – 2/7/15

Fanning event postponed With a winter storm watch now in effect, Sunday’s Bemis Free Lecture Series event featuring David Fanning from “Frontline” has been postponed. Fanning has kindly agreed to make himself available for a later date to be announced. Second leaf blower forum scheduled On Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m., Lincoln’s Leaf Blower Study Committee will…

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News acorns – 2/2/15

Lincoln School students excel At a January 31 audition, four Lincoln School music students qualified for the Eastern District Music Festival in March: violinist and concert mistress Katherine Feng and second violinist Evan Lee (orchestra), second trumpet John Dale (band) and soprano II Jada Edwards (chorus). Also auditioning were Kent Mashimo, Kevin Sheppard, Tara O’Malley, Jaelynn Rodney and Colin Christian. Students…

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News acorns – 1/29/15

Council on Aging events rescheduled The Better Business Bureau presentation scheduled for Friday, Jan. 30 has been canceled due to the predicted snow. We will reschedule for the spring. The Artist’s Coffee that was canceled on Tuesday, Jan. 27 has been rescheduled for Thursday, Feb. 26 at 2:30 p.m. Coming up at the library “Orcadian Rhythms:…

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Photos from the Blizzard of ’15

How you look at the snow depends on a lot of things, including your species. Here are some photos submitted to the Lincoln Squirrel of Juno and its aftermath. Click one of the images below to see a larger version in the lightbox. Once you’re there, click in the “i” icon at the bottom of the image to…

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Lincoln riding out the blizzard

So far, so good… as of 9:45 a.m., there have been no reports to Lincoln police or NStar of power outages in Lincoln due to the blizzard, though there are some on Cape Cod and the south shore (see map below). The Lincoln Police Department is providing continual updates via its Facebook page. Meanwhile, on…

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Letters to the editor: differing opinions on “We the People” Act

Editor’s note: The two letters below also appear as comments at the bottom of a January 8 letter that supported the “We the People” Act. We’re now posting them as separate letters for those who didn’t see the comments appended to that letter. Jan. 26, 2015 To the editor: The rebuttal letter from Mr. Michael R….

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“Top of the Town” postponed

Top of the Town postponed Due to the snowstorm predicted for tomorrow, the Friends of the Lincoln Council on Aging’s Top of the Town Winter Gala has been rescheduled for Sunday, Jan. 25 from 5-8 p.m. at the deCordova Museum….

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News acorns – 1/23/15

Hear about Lincoln’s aluminum house, and the town during World War II Did you know that Lincoln is home to one of the rare Alcoa aluminum houses that were built in 1957 to showcase aluminum building materials? On Thursday, Jan. 29 from 7-9 p.m. in the Lincoln Public Library, Katherine Mierzwa of Friends of Modern Architecture/Lincoln will give…

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Winter Carnival kicks off next Thursday

Winter Carnival 2015 PosterThe Lincoln Winter Carnival, an annual event sponsored by the Parks and Recreation Committee, starts on January 29 and features a pancake breakfast, a snow sculpture contest, poetry, bingo, and lots of other events for both adults and kids.

The carnival is designed to foster a sense of community throughout the town of Lincoln, and all events are sponsored by Lincoln-based organizations. Please check individual event details for age limits, admission fees, pre-registration information, etc.

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News acorns – 1/20/15

Route 128 to be topic of HATS forum The Hanscom Area Towns Committee (HATS) will have a roundtable meeting about concerns relating to Route 128 on Thursday, Jan. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Lincoln Town Office Building. Among those invited are Alyssa Sandoval, Bedford’s economic development coordinator; Stephanie Cronin, executive director of the Middlesex 3 Transportation Management…

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