News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
(Editor’s note: See this Lincoln Squirrel article from July 2016 for more background.) To the editor: Lincoln’s update to the Open Space and Recreation Plan (OSRP) is nearly complete (the previous update was published in 2008). The OSRP Committee has worked diligently over the last eight months to get to this point. There were two…
Minuteman High School has announced the launch of a new after-school program for students in grades 6-8 to explore a host of career pathways through project-based learning. Classes begin on March 21, and there will be an orientation session for parents on March 14 at 6 p.m. at Minuteman. Students can explore one of 21 different…
Millions of Americans concerned by the election of President Donald Trump marched on January 20, but for many, the question remains of what to do next. Lincoln musician Trevor Berens has a novel idea: offering house concerts for charity. Berens, a pianist and composer specializing in contemporary/avant-garde classical music, will come to the home of anyone…
For the Women’s March on January 21, the Lincoln Democratic Town Committee organized a bus to Boston Common for 50 participants under the group title of “Lincoln Marchers,” while many other residents made the trek to the nation’s capital. Marches in Washington and other U. S cities drew at least 1 million people in total, and…
On Tuesday evening, The Lincoln Squirrel will compile and publish a collection of photos and words from Lincolnites who attended a Women’s March in Washington,D.C., Boston or any other location. If you haven’t already done so, send your words and pictures to lincolnsquirrelnews@gmail.com by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 24. Thanks! Alice Waugh Editor, The…
Readers may submit photos for consideration for Lincoln Through the Lens by emailing them to lincolnsquirrelnews@gmail.com. If your photo is published, you’ll receive credit in the Squirrel. Photos must be taken in Lincoln and include the date, location, and names of any people who are identifiable in the photo. Previously published photos can be viewed…
By Alice Waugh Two prominent commercial properties in South Lincoln will see some changes—and perhaps new tenants—in the coming months. 152 Lincoln Rd., formerly occupied by the Cambridge Trust Co. until the branch closed its doors last year, was purchased in November by Cambridge West Partners for $1,015,000. Meanwhile, the new owners of the mansard-roofed…
Lincoln had a very successful early voting turnout in 2016—so successful that there will have to be some voting adjustments and probably expenditures made before the next biennial election in 2018. At almost 41 percent, Lincoln had the fifth-highest early voting turnout in Massachusetts in 2016, the first year in which early voting became available…
Mass Audubon’s Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary is set to host their annual Groundhog Day event on Thursday, Feb. 2. Watch Ms. G, the Official State Groundhog of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, deliver her 10th prognostication. The live groundhog forecast starts at 10 a.m., followed by winter activities such as meeting Drumlin Farm’s resident wildlife, exploring…
Setha G. Olson of Lincoln, formerly of Lexington, passed away on Jan. 13, 2017, leaving behind her husband of nearly 60 years, Eric Olson; her four children, Matt, Margaret, Sigrid and Charles Olson; and four grandchildren, Katherine and Erik Svetlichny, Benjamin and Peter Price-Olson. From the day she was born, on June 18, 1929, Setha…