By Susan Hall Mygatt After 21 years as the director of the Lincoln Conservation Department, Tom Gumbart will be leaving his position this December. Tom has guided the Lincoln Conservation Commission’s work to protect Lincoln’s wetlands and manage our conservation trails, forests, and farmland, with the important help of his land stewardship crew. Tom’s understanding…
Managers of Real restaurant depart; eatery’s future uncertain
Two of the three owner/managers of Lincoln’s Real restaurant have left the business, which has suspended service for the time being, although “there is no intention to close Real,” according to remaining manager Lindsay Parker. When Real opened in South Lincoln in 2019, Tom Fosnot was the primary chef and Ruth-Anne Adams was in charge…
News acorns
Two virtual events from the Walden Woods Project The Walden Woods Project is sponsoring two upcoming events. “A Virtual Lyceum: Writing Toward Resilience” on Friday, Nov. 6 from 7–8:15 p.m. will bring writers, scholars, and teachers together to examine the way society and individuals like Henry David Thoreau and Toni Morrison have protested and resisted…
Volunteers helped count thousands of election ballots cast early
(Editor’s note: This story was written and intended to be posted on Sunday, Nov. 1, but a technical error prevented its timely publication.) November 1, 2020 — Millions of ballots nationwide are already being tallied in advance of Election Day on Tuesday, and Lincoln is no different. On Sunday, Nov. 1, the Town Clerk staff…
Obituaries: Branch, Burgess, Koumantzelis, Marchant
Lincoln goes for Biden in a blowout as national results still undetermined
Lincoln’s unofficial election results are in, and as expected, Democrat Joe Biden trounced President Donald Trump by a margin of 81% to 19%. Statewide, Biden’s margin of victory was 66% to 33%. Lincolnites also approved both ballot questions by comfortable margins. However, 55% of voters statewide said no to ranked-choice voting, according to The New…
Police log for October 15–28, 2020
Police received reports this week of unemployment claims that were fraudulently filed in the name of Lincoln residents on Lewis Street, Brooks Road, Cambridge Turnpike, Stonehedge Road, Hemlock Circle, Linway Road, Weston Road (two), and South Great Road. October 15 Lewis St. (8:09 a.m.) — Caller reported that a contractor knocked down a power line…
Anneke Feuilletau de Bruyn, 1923–2020
Anna (Anneke) Feuilletau de Bruyn passed away on October 30, 2020. Anneke spent her last years in Lincoln, Massachusetts, with her son Marc Herant and his family, ending there a life of international travels that only saw her return to Holland, her country of national origin, on a handful of occasions. Anneke was born on…
Police dispatcher charged with child pornography resigns
The Lincoln police dispatcher arrested on October 13 for possession of child pornography resigned before a town termination hearing was to be held, Chief of Police Kevin Kennedy announced in a statement on November 3. He had been on administrative leave without pay since his arrest. “The facts surrounding the alleged crime are extremely concerning…
Susan Harding, 1942–2020
Susan Shelby (Patterson) Harding, age 78, died peacefully at home from metastatic brain cancer on October 27, 2o20. She was born July 13, 1942 in Louisville, Ky., the daughter of George C. and Kitty Park Patterson. She graduated from the Louisville Collegiate School in 1960 and from Radcliffe College in 1964 as a Phi Beta…