Absentee ballots for the October 15 primary for the open seat in the 5th Congressional District are available now in the Town Clerk’s office. To inquire, please call 781-259-2607. Below are sample ballots for the primary (click to enlarge). The election will take place on December 10….
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Meeting to look at community facilities, Lincoln Station, electricity
Community facilities needs, the future of Lincoln Station, and the possibility of Lincoln getting its own electrical utility are the topics that will be discussed at the annual “State of the Town” meeting on Saturday, November 9 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Brooks Auditorium.
Selectman disputes Feinberg column’s allegations
Lots of activities for kids coming up
Scarecrows at StonegateBring the kids to the third annual Build-a-Scarecrow weekend at Stonegate Gardens on Saturday, Oct. 5 and Sunday, Oct. 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to benefit the Lincoln School. For $15, Stonegate provides hay, twine, markers, stakes, instruction, and refreshments! You provide a pillowcase for the head and some old clothing and accessories…
Seniors warned about Medicare scam; info session on Oct. 25
Police report that scammers have been calling older residents in towns in the region saying they are from Medicare and trying to set up home visits. If you get such a call, try to get a phone number and report it to the Lincoln Police. Medicare does not call beneficiaries to set up home visits….
Nobel laureate David Hubel of Lincoln dies at 87
David Hubel of Lincoln, a Harvard scientist and Nobel Prize winner, died of kidney failure on September 22 at the age of 87. Hubel and two other scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1981 for discoveries in visual processing and development that ushered in the modern study of the cerebral cortex and changed…
Letter to the editor: Vote for Koutoukian
Editor’s note: The Lincoln Squirrel is happy to publish letters to the editor. Letters must be signed and sent to lincolnsquirrelnews@gmail.com by a verifiable Lincoln resident. Letters containing personal attacks, profanity, gross distortions of fact or other inappropriate material will not be published. The editor reserves the right to correct spelling, grammar, capitalization and punctuation, etc.
To the Editor:
On October 15, voters will elect Democratic and Republican candidates in a special primary election to fill Ed Markey’s seat from Massachusetts’ Fifth Congressional District.
We need progressive Democrat Peter Koutoujian to be our next representative to Congress. Whether it may be women’s rights in health care and the workplace, responsible gun violence prevention, public safety, protecting the environment and addressing climate change, education from preschool through adulthood, and building a strong 21st-century middle-class economy, Peter is hands-down the right person for the job.
Lincoln site being considered for new cell tower
By Alice Waugh AT&T Mobility is investigating the possibility of building a new cell tower on property just east of Stonegate Gardens on Route 117. “It’s an area where I think everyone knows cell phone signals are either very weak or nonexistent, and carriers are interested in trying to locate there,” said Larry Morgan, a…
India comes to Lincoln in October
Lincoln remembers 9/11
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