Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School is looking for community members to talk to students this spring about their career paths and the educational and professional requirements for their respective fields. The 2016-17 speaker series began in November and has hosted speakers who work in engineering, mental health, banking, finance, alternative medicine, entrepreneurship and media/TV/film. The sessions occur in…
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Town to grapple once again with future of school project
At Town Meeting in March, residents will have yet another chance to chart a course for a multimillion-dollar school project—going it alone, or seeking partial state funding for the fifth time. But barring a major crisis at the Lincoln School, state funding is looking increasingly unlikely as the competition for grants gets fiercer by the year….
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Calling all public servants Looking for a rewarding if occasionally vexing way to feel more connected? Willing to undertake new challenges? Unafraid to speak up? Then run for local office! The annual Town Election will take place on Monday, March 27. Nomination papers are available at the Town Clerk’s Office now, and must be returned…
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Accident victim returns home Julie Payne Britton, who was seriously injured in an October 18 car accident on Route 117 in Lincoln, finally returned to her home in Greenfield, Mass., late last month after weeks of surgery and rehabilitation, according to this article in the Greenfield Recorder. Britton was on her way home from her employer’s headquarters…
2016: the year in review (part 1)
June Bemis Hall unveils new space New co-ed softball league is fielding teams Flint’s Pond fire yields unique research opportunity Event marks completion of new Hanscom Middle School May Residents turn out in force against McLean proposal Lincoln resident bilked out of more than $1.4 million Minuteman school building project hits another snag McLean Hospital…
State says no to Lincoln school funding for the third time
The state agency overseeing school project funding informed Lincoln today that the town would not be invited into the funding pipeline for a school project in 2017. This third rejection means residents must once again decide whether to wait and reapply next year, or proceed with an entirely town-funded school project. Lincoln submitted was among…
Lincoln robotics teams shine at multiple events
The last two weekends have been very busy for Lincoln robotics, as the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) team and all six of the Lincoln Recreation Department’s FIRST Lego League (FLL) teams competed in their first events this season. FTC is an annual challenge in which teams of students in grades 7-12…
Sale closes on Wang property; town will be asked for $850,000+
The sale of the 16-acre Bedford Road property owned by the late An and Lorraine Wang was completed on November 17 for $2.375 million, and residents will be asked at Town Meeting to approve the purchase of 12 of those acres for use as conservation land and a new town athletic field. The Rural Land Foundation…
‘Coming attractions’ aired at SOTT open forum
During the open forum segment of the November 12 State of the Town meeting, residents and officials made comments on past issues and previews of “coming attractions”: Town athletic fields Lincoln’s athletic fields are in poor condition because there are too few of them to allow a normal “rest period” for each field, said Parks and…
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More than one-quarter of voters cast early ballots As of Wednesday morning, 28 percent of the Lincoln electorate has voted, according to Town Clerk Susan Brooks. Though her office has not been tracking ballots cast by registration, the largest segment of the Lincoln electorate is unenrolled (53 percent), followed by Democrats at 36 percent and Republicans at…