News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
Following are links to obituaries of Lincoln residents who have died since May. John S. Waugh, 85 (August 22) Oliver “Scott” Veling, 60 (August 7) James Olivieri (July 26) Ralph R. Ragan, 90 (July 15) Stewart N. Smith, 82 (July 14) Margaret Chu, 93 (June 6) Alice C. Roat, 89 (May 5)…
The Lincoln-Sudbury Civic Orchestra (LSCO) will open its 2014-15 season with a free pops concert as a part of the Sudbury375 Field Day Celebration on Saturday, Sept. 6 at 7 p.m. at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. LSCO Executive Director Sudbury resident William Nicholson will conduct the LSCO, which includes regular members from Sudbury, Lincoln, Concord, Waltham, Lexington, Hudson, Andover, and Stow. This concert will also include musicians from the Concord Orchestra, Wellesley Symphony, Rivers Symphony Orchestra (Weston), Symphony Pro Musica (Hudson), and the Boston Philharmonic.
Dear Lincoln Squirrel readers, Due to a death in the family (John S. Waugh, 1929-2014), the Squirrel will not be posting for a period of time, but it will return. Thanks for all your good wishes. Alice Waugh Editor, The Lincoln Squirrel …
An August 5 Lincoln Squirrel item about trees struck by lightning in the Farrar Pond area in 2012 mistakenly indicated that the Farrar Pond Association is the owner of the blog at farrarpond.org. The error has been corrected in the article….
In response to the July 30 Lincoln Squirrel article about trees on Weston Road that have been hit by lightning recently, Lincoln resident Alaric Naiman noted that Farrarpond.org’s blog contains some excellent photos of another tall tree that was struck in 2012 and eventually toppled into the street. The tongue-in-cheek title of the September 2012 blog post was…
The following is a notice from Lt. Sean Kennedy of the Lincoln Police Department. We would like to notify the community that we have received numerous citizen complaints over the past few months of several different telephone scams. These citizen complaints are not unique to Lincoln, as neighboring communities are fielding similar complaints. Several of…
By Alice Waugh Two design firms are now working in parallel on potential town construction projects—a community center and Lincoln School renovations—and both will be discussed at the State of the Town meeting on November 15. After interviewing four candidate firms earlier this month, the new School Building Advisory Committee (SBAC) selected Dore & Whittier…
By Alice Waugh Several trees along a stretch of Weston Road having been taking their lumps. Earlier this year, a huge pine tree snapped and fell across the driveway at 60 Weston Rd. Shortly afterwards, however, much to the pleasant surprise of homeowner Sarah Cannon Holden, an unidentified person cut up the tree to allow…
A brand-new boardwalk through the wetlands behind Codman Pool is open for business—one of several bridge/boardwalk projects to come. The boardwalk between Sandy Pond Road and the Lincoln School campus—which opened in time for the Fourth (actually Fifth) of July fireworks—is the first to be funded by a state grant that Lincoln Land Manager Dave McKinnon applied for. It’s…
(Editor’s note: for background, see the Lincoln Squirrel, June 18, 2014.) To the editor: After careful review and consideration, the Parks and Recreation Department is sad announce the permanent closure and removal of the Strat’s Playground on Ballfield Road. In April 2014, the department authorized a safety inspection of the Playground. The resulting report cited…