News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
By Barbara Slayter Since 2021, when Gov. Baker signed the Housing Choice Act (HCA) requiring communities on transport lines connecting them to Boston to comply with zoning requirements that permit an increase of multi-family housing, I have been keeping an eye on both the proposals of the Housing Choice Act Working Group and various community…
In the November 8 “News Acorns,” the headline for the upcoming Pernambuco Chamber Ensemble concert gave the wrong location. It will take place in St. Anne’s-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church. Also, the LSB Players’ production of “Curtains”runs through Saturday, Nov. 18, not Sunday. The post and calendar listings have been updated….
In the October 25 article headlined “New HCA options would move some allowed units from south to north Lincoln,” information has been added after the “Resident input” subhead near the bottom about two public forums on the HCA options to be held on November 8, including a Zoom link. …
By Ellen Meyer Shorb A friend asked me the other day, “Do you really think you will use the community center?” Absolutely, I said. Another friend leaned in to the conversation and said, “If we don’t build a community center, I may not stay in Lincoln.” The first friend said, “Tell me, how do you…
The October 12 article headlined “CCBC drops one community center option and asks for another” mischaracterized the nature of one of the community center options as well as the December 2 Special Town Meeting vote. The third option now being formulated is not based on the 50% option but rather on the 75% one-story option…
The October 11 article that was originally headlined “Town moves forward with affordable housing zoning option, but another may be coming” had a misleading headline. It has been corrected to read: “Town moves forward with Housing Choice zoning option, but another may be coming.” Other corrections were made to clarify the characterization of the proposed…
September 30 Twin Pond Lane (3:46 a.m.) — A resident called to ask an officer check the area after their doorbell was activated. Police checked the area but were unable to locate anyone. Concord Road (9:47 a.m.) — A resident reported their mailbox was struck. Codman Road (5:30 p.m.) — A vehicle had stopped on…
This is the first in a periodic series of informal, nonscientific “Lincoln Thinking” polls of Lincoln residents on important issues. Note: you do not have to be a Lincoln Squirrel subscriber to participate; the poll will live in the right sidebar of the Squirrel website, which is available to all. Our first poll is about…
By Sara Mattes Avis and her husband Bernard lived in the historic 1818 Hoar house on Weston Road, across from the Pierce House. Bernard DeVoto was an author of a series of popular histories of the American West (including the Pulitzer-Prize-winning Across the Wide Missouri), as well as books on Mark Twain and a regular…
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