News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
Lincoln officials are looking for answers from Keolis after a car that was driving through the railroad crossing on Route 117 was almost hit by a train — just three months after a similar incident left a Wilmington woman dead. A shaken Lincoln resident called 911 on the afternoon of April 11 after an oncoming…
Climate action “icebreaker” meetings next week Climate Action Lincoln, a subcommittee of the Green Energy Committee, is starting a community conversation about what it means to plan for climate change. There will be three “icebreaker” sessions next week: Thursday, April 21 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom — click here to register and get the link…
Lincoln students in this year’s FIRST robotics programs tackled worldwide shipping and transportation problems in two February events. The 12-member high school GearTicks team participated in the FIRST Tech Challenge Freight Frenzy qualifier in Canton, while the FIRST Lego League Explore team (grades 2-4) in Cargo Connect designed models of package sorting centers and forms…
March 27 South Great Road (8:24 p.m.) — A walk-in to the station reported a vehicle operating erratically on Route117 near the railroad tracks. Officers checked the area but were unable to locate. March 28 Lincoln Police Department (4:07 p.m.) — Bus driver complained about the railroad gates going down when a train is not…
First Parish in Lincoln (UU/UCC) 4 and 14 Bedford Road, Lincoln Worship Sunday, April 10 at 10 a.m. — student minister Sarah Klockowski will lead Palm Sunday worship and officiate communion. Links for registering to join worship in person in the sanctuary or via Zoom can be found on the church website. Religious Exploration Children…
Film: “The Power to Heal” The First Parish Church’s racial justice journey continues on Thursday, April 7 at 7 p.m. on Zoom with a screening of the award-winning PBS documentary “The Power to Heal.” Central to the struggle to secure equal and adequate access to healthcare for all Americans is how a new national program,…
The March 29 story headlined “Town Meeting 2022 roundup” has been updated to correct errors in the section about Water Department appropriations. This includes correcting the figure for an asset management plan appropriation for the Water Department ($22,500, not $2,200), and a corrected explanation of how federal ARPA money rather than town funds will be…
Session on no-till gardening The Lincoln Agricultural Commission and the Lincoln Garden Club will host a Zoom presentation on “No-Till Gardening and Cover Crops” on Tuesday, April 5 at 7 p.m. Register here or on the Garden Club website. Using no-till and cover-crop methods ;on our farms and in our gardens not only helps sequester carbon but…
March 18 Lincoln Road (10:47 a.m.) — Officer conducting traffic enforcement stopped a vehicle. During the interaction, the operator asked the officer for assistance from social services in their community. The officer met the operator at the station and provided assistance and information. Page Road (12:28 p.m.) — Well-being check was requested on the resident….
In the March 29 story headlined “Flint tops voting for Planning Board; Hutchinson, Rajdev elected,” the Lincoln/Sudbury vote breakdown for L-S School Committee challenger Maura Carty was reversed. Of the three candidates in that race, she got the most votes in Sudbury but the fewest in Lincoln. …