The Lincoln Council on Aging has hired a new co-assistant director with the tools to help meet the needs of the town’s growing senior population. Abby Butt started at the COA in September, sharing her job with Susan Isbell (she succeeds social worker Pam Mizrahi, who still leads a support group at the COA). Isbell helps…
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Tuesday workshops to focus on school’s educational priorities
The School Building Committee (SBC) and school project design team will hold a series of meetings this week with residents and students as they continue to answer the question: How will the building support our vision of education? Lincoln School administrators and faculty discussed the town’s educational priorities during a day-long session facilitated by the design team…
Five campus possibilities offered at SBC workshop
School Building Committee architects proposed some master planning objectives for the Ballfield Road campus as well as five general options for locating the various aspects of the Lincoln School around that campus at a public workshop on October 3. Before they even began presenting their thoughts, resident Steve Perlmutter summed up his feelings about the…
Mother of driver in bike accident protests ‘ghost bike’
The mother of a teenage driver involved in one of two fatal bike accidents in 2016 vehemently protested plans last week to install a “ghost bike” at the Public Safety building. Julie Lynch spoke a the Board of Selectmen meeting on September 25 about the pain that both families have gone through since the accident…
Letter to the editor: driver and families are also victims in bike accidents
(Editor’s note: this letter was submitted to the Squirrel on September 23, two days before the writer spoke about the issue at a Board of Selectmen meeting.) To the editor: Last week as I was returning from driving my child to soccer, two middle-aged men drove their bicycles through the stop sign on Sandy Pond…
Letter to the editor: everyone’s input needed at school project workshop
To the editor: What if you decided to redo your kitchen, hired a respected designer, and then asked a trusted neighbor to oversee the design and construction process? With a good professional and a tasteful neighbor, it might be fine, but would it really turn out the way you wanted? We have a great design…
Construction begins on new learning center at Drumlin Farm
Construction on Drumlin Farm’s new Environmental Learning Center has begun. Replacing the 50-year-old Education Building, the ELC and the accompanying outdoor educational pavilion will serve as the hub for environmental education programming, including Drumlin’s summer camp. At 3,700 square feet, the project (funded as part of Drumlin’s capital campaign) will be almost three times the size of the…
Minuteman school construction work on track thus far
Site preparation work for the new Minuteman High School building in Lincoln is progressing smoothly, according to construction officials, though residents are hearing more noise than they would like. Construction crews haven’t run into anything unexpected or unusual while clearing and excavating the site, said Walter Kincaid, a project executive for Gilbane Building Co. He…
Group aims to keep two building project committees aligned
The Campus Coordinating Group (CCG), which met for the first time on September 7, will begin work on an overarching timeline that lays out joint milestones and public workshops and charrettes for the Community Center Preliminary Planning & Design Committee (PPDC) and the School Building Committee (SBC). The CCG was formed so the members of the…
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Artists’ reception The Clark Gallery will host an artists’ reception with 17 artists to mark the opening of its Paperwork exhibit on Saturday, Sept. 9 from 4–6 p.m. Used book sale The Friends of the Lincoln Library resume their monthly used book sale on Saturday, Sept. 9 from 9 a.m.–noon in Bemis Hall. Support the Lincoln Library…