News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
To the editor: I think it’s fair to say that this election was a truly epic undertaking—16 days from start to finish, 4,000 total votes cast (roughly half during the 100 hours of early voting). And we’d like to thank every one of you who helped to pull it off: from the volunteer poll workers…
Perhaps ironically in this year of drought, the Flint’s Pond dam will be getting some rehab work this winter to make sure it can withstand a 50-year flood. A hydraulic evaluation required by the Office of Dam Safety indicated that the dam would overtop during a 50-year flood because the current spillway is undersized, said Water Department Superintendent…
The headline and a sentence in the fifth paragraph of the story headlined “Sale closes on Wang property; town will be asked for $850,000” have been modified to clarify that voters will be asked to appropriate more than $850,000, with an as-yet-unspecified additional sum to be requested for building an athletic field. The story has…
A proposed bylaw change would make it easier for homeowners to create accessory apartments in Lincoln as a means of increasing the town’s supply of affordable housing. The Affordable Accessory Apartment Program is a public/private partnership between individual homeowners and the town whereby homeowners rent accessory apartments to tenants who earn 60–80 percent of the area’s media income,…
A November 14 article headlined “Benefits and hurdles for solar array at landfill discussed” used an incorrect abbreviation when saying that a solar array at the transfer station could have “a capacity of 1.4 mW” (milliwatts). It should have said “a capacity of 1.4 MW” (megawatts). The original article has bene edited to reflect this correction….
A report by the Solar PV Working Group concluded that the best site for a municipal solar photovoltaic array is the capped town landfill, with the roof of the public safety building coming in second. Solar Design Associates, a consulting firm hired by the solar working group, looked at 25 potential sites in town. A solar…
A more complete (though still unofficial) tally of Lincoln’s election results shows that Lincolnites voted in favor of expanding charter schools—and was one of very few Massachusetts cities and towns to do so. Preliminary results that were sent to the Squirrel on Tuesday night contained a typographical error in the results for Question 2 that seemed to indicate…
Alan Krentzel, 65 (November 3) – computer information consultant; tai chi and qigong teacher. John P. Kennedy, 80 (October 15) — former accountant and St. Joseph’s Church congregant….
In the November 6 story titled “Kids plant bulbs to help next spring’s honeybees,” the adult in one of the photos was misidentified due to initially incorrect information supplied to the Squirrel. She is Lincoln community member Kate Dahmen….
To the editor: The Lincoln Democratic Town Committee endorses Katherine Clark for U.S. Congress, Tom Stanley for State Representative, and Michael Barrett for State Senator. Massachusetts and Lincoln have been well served by Congresswoman Katherine Clark. She distinguished herself in leading a protest on the House floor with Representative John Lewis to chastise the Republican…