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20 Brooks Rd. — John B. Collins to Erik Larsen and Jeannie Chun for $935,000 (January 17). 118 Lexington Rd. — Patrick T. Davis to John Yee and Chung-Yee Mia for $1,460,000 (January 18). 28 Old Concord Rd. — Clifford C. Cort to Keith M. Gilbert for $2,430,000 (January 31)….
(Editor’s note: There will be a multi-board meeting and forum on Wednesday, March 8 at 7 p.m. in the Brooks Gym. This is the second such meeting in recent weeks about the school project; click here for coverage of the first multiboard meeting on January 30.) To the editor: Last April, Lincoln again applied for state funding…
The first paragraph of the March 6 article headlined “More candidate answers before March 11 forum” gave an incorrect date for the upcoming candidate forum at Lincoln Woods. It is March 11, not March 27 (that’s the date of the election). Also, the last word in Laura Sander’s response was cut off. Both errors have…
Absentee ballots available Absentee ballots for the March 27 town 2017 election are now available in the Town Office Building. Residents can come in and vote over the counter or apply by mail. Under state law, the town cannot allow anyone to deliver a physical ballot to a voter. A family member may apply for…
After nine years on the School Committee during a period when the town planned and then failed to advance a school building project, committee chair Jennifer Glass is hoping to apply what she’s learned to a new town government position: Board of Selectman member. Glass is running against Allen Vander Meulen for the remaining year…
ADDENDUM: This article was updated on March 2 to include Vander Meulen’s campaign website. (Editor’s note: The Lincoln Squirrel will profile Board of Selectman candidate Jennifer Glass on March 2. Click here for an earlier story about candidate Jonathan Dwyer.) Allen Vander Meulen has been an IT executive and a minister. Now he hopes to…
Piyusha Kundu of Sudbury took top honors at the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School finals of Poetry Out Loud, a national poetry recitation contest, at an event at Bemis Hall on February 3. Sixteen students competed, including Lincoln residents Rebecca Dubrovsky and Owen Finsthwait, and Sudbury residents Ethan Minkoff, Marisa Singh, Lara Garabedian, Michaella DeSantis, Melody Phu, Elina Suter, Ella…
The Lincoln GearTicks FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) robotics team had another successful tournament earlier this month, winning all their events plus an additional award at the “Twister on Lowder Street” qualifier in Dedham. FTC is an annual challenge in which teams of students in grades 7-12 build and program small robots to play a game that changes…
Con Com seeks member The Conservation Commission is looking for a new commissioner to complete the term of a member who has moved out of town. The group, which meets every third week on Wednesdays from 7-10:30 p.m., approves or denies permits under the guidelines of the state wetlands law and town bylaw. The Con Com also…
The Lincoln Planning Board will hold public hearings on Tuesday, Feb. 28 to review applications for Site Plan Review at the following times: 7 p.m. — Emanuel Lewin, 105 Tower Road, proposes to construct a new home at 35 Huckleberry Hill. 7:15 p.m. — Elizabeth and Robert Orgel, 237 Old Concord Road, propose to construct a…