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Legislators’ forum at L-S on March 5

On Tuesday, March 5, Massachusetts State Senators Michael Barrett and Jamie Eldridge and State Representatives Tom Conroy and Thomas Stanley will provide Lincoln and Sudbury residents with an update on the FY14 state budget and its impact on education, green initiatives and legislative initiatives of interest to our towns. The session, which is hosted by the L-S…

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Library closed; extra police on duty

This is from the Lincoln Police Department’s Facebook page: “Residents are advised to remain in their homes and off the roads for the duration of the blizzard. Your home is the safest location to ride out the storm. In the event your home becomes unsafe or uninhabitable, contact the police station (781-259-8111) and we will…

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Events rescheduled as blizzard bears down

OK, so the crowds weren’t quite this bad at Donelan’s on Thursday, but the store was certainly doing a brisk business for a weekday afternoon. Store manager Jason Deveau said Friday morning that he had gotten a warehouse delivery a day early and that there was plenty of bread, milk, water and other staples on…

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Lincoln’s groundhog in today’s Boston Globe!

Boston Globe columnist Yvonne Abraham seems to be on the Ms. G bandwagon in the drive to have Drumlin Farm’s resident groundhog named as the official groundhog for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. You can read her column here (which we will note appeared after two stories in The Lincoln Squirrel here and here)….

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Financial help is available for fuel bills and more

Do you need help paying your winter fuel bill? Call the Lincoln Council on Aging, which can help you apply for funds from the Massachusetts Fuel Assistance Program. The program provides a cash benefit, payable to an authorized fuel provider, for both home owners and renters with eligible incomes. How much you receive depends on your…

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Help guide the future of housing in Lincoln

The Lincoln Housing Commission invites residents to participate in a survey about the town’s new five-year Housing Plan—and it’s also looking for new commission member. The Housing Commission wants to understand what residents think Lincoln’s housing priorities should be and what kinds of housing needs should be addressed in the new plan. Results from this survey…

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School project survey announced

By Alice Waugh How do you really feel about the school building project? The Lincoln School District is surveying town voters to find out what they like and don’t like about the plan that was voted on in November—and what would garner more support for the project. Registered voters may complete the survey online or fill…

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Residents ask for more financial, community use considerations in school project

By Alice Waugh

Heeding the School Building Committee’s call for more public input on what the school building project should look like, dozens attended a January 9 SBC workshop and asked for a building that considered the needs of the broader community and was closely connected to its surrounding natural environment.

The workshop’s goal was to reexamine the guiding principles and evaluation criteria that were used in developing the school project. Residents broke into groups and contributed ideas that were then written on poster paper hung on the walls of Reed Gym.

The SBC will decide on a final consolidated set of criteria at its January 22 meeting.

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School, LEAP beefing up security

The Lincoln After-school Extended-day Program (LEAP) has begun keepings its door locked at times, and this week the Lincoln Schools will announce measures to increase security in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shootings. When the children are indoors doing homework or other activities, LEAP visitors must now ring a doorbell and be admitted…

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Déjà vu?

From the editor: I had an oddly sad feeling when I picked up my Lincoln Journal yesterday and saw that the only “pure Lincoln” story was a piece about the transfer station swap table that I wrote back in July 2012. This was a “tryout” story the editor had assigned me to see if I could…

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