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Ms. G the groundhog at Climate Action Day on Feb. 2 Climate Action Day, featuring “Ms. G,” the Official Groundhog of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, returns as a virtual event at Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary with a new focus on climate science and weather on Wednesday, Feb. 2 at 10 a.m. on Facebook Live (@massaudubondrumlinfarm). Climate…

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Young graduates from firefighter management program Lincoln Fire Chief Brian Young was one of 34 fire officers to graduate from the state Chief Fire Officer Management Training Program on January 27. The 13-week program was delivered jointly by the Edward J. Collins Jr. Center for Public Management at UMass Boston and the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy….

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Town offers free Covid-19 rapid tests For the past three weeks, the town has offered free PCR testing to residents in an effort to manage the spread of Covid-19 during the post-holiday surge. While those will no longer be offered, free iHealth antigen rapid test kits will be available for pickup starting Thursday, Jan. 27 for…

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Police log for Jan. 17–23, 2022

January 17 Reports of trees or large branches down starting at 6:56 a.m. on South Great Road, Old Sudbury Road, Winter Street, Baker Bridge Road. Donelan’s Supermarket (2:33 a.m.) — Donelan’s reported that a pipe had burst and the store manager asked police to notify the Water Department that they’re done pumping out the basement….

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Film examines work of Modern teacher/artist FoMA/Lincoln (Friends of Modern Architecture) will present “Laszlo Moholy-Nagy: The New Bauhaus” on Thursday, Jan. 27 from 7-8:30 p.m. This film traces the life of one of the most influential artists and teachers of the Modern movement. With a focus on the New Bauhaus, a school he started in Chicago in…

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Town offices, library are reopening

Town buildings will reopen to the public on Monday, Jan. 24, and the library reopens on Saturday, Jan. 22 after a two-week pause in service in response to the post-holiday surge in Covid-19 infections. Public health data, as well as the town’s internal testing program, indicate that cases have slowed down sufficiently to resume normal…

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Property sales in November 2021

26 Morningside Lane — Alexander J. Nichols to Lauren Miller and Michael Brundage for $1,005,000 (November 30) 148 South Great Rd. — Stephen A. Fairfax to Jun Wang and He Qiong for $730,000 (November 23) 225 Aspen Circle — James J. Faran Jr. to Kathleen and John R. Edmondston for $850,000 (November 17) 324 Hemlock…

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Not complying with multifamily housing requirement could risk millions in potential state grants

(Editor’s note: This article includes a correction to the map supplied to the Lincoln Squirrel that appeared with the January 9 story headlined “New rules ask town to permit 750 housing units in South Lincoln.” The original map misidentified the amount of land that would be subject to multifamily zoning under the new state rules;…

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Police log for January 9–16, 2022

January 9 Old County Road (1:09 a.m.) — Waltham police reported they had a vehicle stopped on Trapelo Road that was involved in a domestic incident. A Lincoln officer responded; Waltham police handled the matter. Bypass Road (8:57 .m.) — One-car crash at Route 2A and Brooks Road. The vehicle was towed from the scene;…

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Correction

In the January 18 News Acorns, the Zoom registration link for the LincFam dance party was incorrect. The correct link is here. The original post has been updated….

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