Background information on funding for the school project has been added to the February 26 story headlined “Town gets good news on school borrowing costs”: Voters in December approved borrowing a total of $88.5 million for the school project, which will cost a total of $93.9 million. The initial bond is for $80 million; the…
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Town gets good news on school borrowing costs
The impact on property taxes from the school project won’t be quite as bad as many had feared. The interest rate for the lion’s share of the bonds that the town will issue to fund the project is 3.379%, compared to the 4% and 5% projections outlined by the Finance Committee in November. The town…
Storm addendum
Two more photos of storm damaged have been added to the February 25 story about the wind storm’s effects in Lincoln (“Wind storm causes power outages, road closures”). As of 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Eversource reported that there are still 72 customers without power due to 19 outages….
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Register to vote by Friday for Town Meeting, election Friday, March 1 is the last day to register to vote prior to the Lincoln Town Meeting on March 23 and the Lincoln town election on March 25. Click here to check your voter registration status. Click here to register online, or register in person at…
Wind storm causes power outages, road closures
It was a winter storm without the snow or a hurricane without the rain, but even without any precipitation, Monday’s wind storm to tear down plenty of trees and limbs in Lincoln. As of 5 p.m., Eversource reported that Lincoln had 347 customers without power due to more than 20 separate outages. In neighboring towns,…
Correction
The original headline on the February 21 letter to the editor (“Letter to the editor: response to leaf-blower proposal critique”) regarding the leaf-blower bylaw proposal was incomplete at the time of publication and has since been corrected. …
Library books beckon readers with tantalizing outfits
Sometimes a book isn’t just a book — it’s a promising blind date or a ticket to a faraway land. Since Valentine’s Day, the Lincoln Public Library has been offering a selection of “mystery books” — not whodunits, but rather books concealed in wrapping paper with only a couple of clues to help you decide…
Leaf blower issue comes before voters again
A group hoping to limit the use of gas-powered leaf-blowers in Lincoln will hold a public forum on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. in the Town Office Building to discuss regulations that will be voted on at the Annual Town Meeting in March. The Leaf Blower Study Group (now a subcommittee of the Conservation…
Corrections
In the February 6 story headlined “Magic Garden gets ready to welcome Ducklings and Explorers,” Magic Garden co-founder Barbara Low’s name was misspelled. In the February 5 story headlined “Who’s running for town office in March,” Town Clerk candidate Valerie Clerk’s name was inadvertently omitted from the list. Both errors have been corrected in the…
Magic Garden gets ready to welcome Ducklings and Explorers
The sunny rooms are gleaming with brand-new toys, books, cribs, and tiny chairs—all ready for little children next month and a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 3:30 p.m. Staff from the Magic Garden Children’s Center are busy preparing for the March 1 opening of two new rooms in a satellite location at the…