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Complete Streets survey input sought Residents are invited to participate in a survey about the upcoming Complete Streets study to look at existing conditions of roadways and roadside and come up with an improvement plan. Click here for more information or see the Lincoln Squirrel (September 14, 2016). The topic will also be discussed at…
Vote “yes” on Question 2 To the editor: As an educator, parent and student, I do not approve of decisions regarding education that are based entirely on (at times erroneously understood) monetary reasons. I would ask that citizens not blindly follow the “no” vote recommended by school committee. For those educators whose mission in life is that…
Dear Lincoln residents, At our October 6th meeting, the Lincoln School Committee voted unanimously to recommend a “no” vote on Ballot Question 2 (you can read our resolution here). Ballot Question 2 would lift the current charter school cap and allow up to twelve new publicly-funded charter schools each year. Also, each year it would allow charter…
Anyone who’s now on Medicare as well as their family members and other caregivers should plan to attend the Medicare 2017 Open Enrollment Insurance Update Session on Friday, Oct. 28 at 10 a.m. This session offers an opportunity to find out changes in Medicare’s benefits and costs and get information directly from supplemental insurance companies and the town’s Veterans…
A major traffic jam on Route 117 late Tuesday afternoon was caused by a two-car accident that resulted in the arrest of a Waltham man on multiple charges including OUI. A section of Route 117 around the accident site between Codman and Old Sudbury Roads was closed for several hours after the accident occurred shortly after 3 p.m….
Dr. Timothy Johnson to speak at St. Anne’s Join Dr. Timothy Johnson at St. Anne’s-in-the-Fields Church on Sunday, Oct. 23 at 9 a.m. for the first of a two-part forum series on his book, Finding God in the Questions: A Personal Journey. Ranked #8 on The New York Times Hardcover Advice Bestseller List, Finding God urges…
By Toby Frost It happened months ago. I was wending my way down across the library lawn from where I’d parked on Bedford Road to go to the library. As I neared the precious little crab apple trees by the sidewalk along Library Lane, my feet suddenly flew out from under me and I crashed to the…
Drumlin Farm hosts Halloween “Tales of the Night” Beware the Poultrygeist at Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary’s annual Tales of the Night! Put on your favorite costume, grab a flashlight, and come to a silly, spooky and family-friendly Halloween tradition on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 27 and 28 from 6:30-9 p.m. Visitors will have the chance to: Explore…
McLean Hospital ZBA hearing continues next week The Zoning Board of Appeals will continue its September 29 hearing on McLean Hospital’s Bypass Road proposal until Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Hall Donaldson Room. Neighboring families are challenging the town’s determination that McLean’s proposed 12-bed facility constitutes an educational use of the property….
Town officials and others recently donned hardhats and wielded shovels at two different Lincoln sites: the First Parish Church, which is doing interior renovations, and Care Dimensions’ new Greater Boston Hospice House on Winter Street. (Never mind that construction activity had already begun in both places—it’s the thought that counts.) The hospice facility, slated for completion…