News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
There are four important topics to be discussed at the State of the Town (SOTT) meeting on September 30, and the Select Board has devised a new way to help residents focus and give feedback on them. Rater than one continuous meeting, there will be four 45-minute repeating rotating sessions in different locations at the…
Tenants and visitors evacuated the commercial building along the railroad tracks on Friday, Sept. 1 after a malfunctioning bathroom ceiling fan started a small fire. Lincoln firefighters responded to a fire alarm activation at the building at 160 Lincoln Rd. at 2:03 p.m. and found the fire in the ceiling fan of the women’s room…
The Lincoln Review ceased publication in 2019 after more than 40 years — but now all of its back issues are available on the web where anyone can search and browse them. The Lincoln Review was founded in 1977 by Ruth Hapgood, Nancy Bower, and Margaret Marsh “to provide residents and friends of the town…
By Lynne Smith The agenda for the August 9 Community Center Building Committee working group was to be a discussion of the State of the Town presentation on September 30. However, the issues that have occupied the committee from the very beginning superseded that discussion: What is a community center for Lincoln? Is it a…
Evena, who was once what you might call well-padded, went on a strict diet and now looks great— but the slenderizing certainly wasn’t intentional. Evena is a three-year-old calico cat who went missing from her Willarch Road home in mid-May. As an indoor-outdoor cat, she was free to come and go through a window in…
Gerald Lee Foster, Lincoln architect, artist and author, died, on June 25 in Lincoln. He was 86. An artist from the start, Gerry’s skill carried him through a rich life, often by unexpected turns. He was at one time a student of the Boston painter R.H. Ives Gammell and later a vice president of The…
A July 9 house break-in and burglary on Davison Drive appears to be part of a regional pattern, according to Lincoln police, who also noted an uptick of car break-ins and thefts. “The region has seen a significant number of house breaks where the victims are of an Indian or Asian descent. This trend is…
Susan Hall Mygatt took these photos and video of Lincoln’s July 4 parade before the rains came. …
In the June 22 article headlined “My Turn: In support of a community center,” author Sally Kindleberger’s name was omitted. the article has been corrected. …
By Lynne Smith One of the reasons many of us suggested looking at other buildings in town to host programs for seniors was to reduce the size of buildings required on the small Hartwell campus. The space there is precious, especially the green space that hosts the approximately 150 children at LEAP and Magic Garden….