Chat with Lincoln’s public health nurse Do you have questions about Covid-19 prevention, transmission, symptoms, or treatment? Are there other concerns you have about seasonal health issues such as ticks and Lyme disease or EEE? Do you have general health questions? Join Tricia McGean, Lincoln’s Public Health Nurse, on Wednesday, June 10 at 10 a.m….
My Turn: Many are disenfranchised at Town Meeting
By Carol DiGianni Since the pandemic is still clearly a hazard for those of us who are seniors, or otherwise incapacitated, it seems like an oversight not to have options for some form of remote voting on Town Meeting warrant articles. There is remote voting in the upcoming election — why not for those of…
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Hanscom students compete for national history award
Seven students at Hanscom Middle School will represent Massachusetts in this year’s National History Day, a rigorous academic contest that engages 500,000 middle and high school students in historical research. The Hanscom student projects — all based on this year’s “Breaking Barriers” theme — include exhibits, research papers, and documentary films. The projects were selected…
My Turn: BLM movement must extend to prison reform
By Laura Berland Nowhere are racial disparities more starkly on display than in our nation’s prison system. African-Americans are incarcerated in state prisons across the country at more than five times the rate of whites, and at least ten times the rate in five states. If you think Massachusetts is an exception to this terrible…
Water Commission to hold forum on its spending requests
The Water Commission will hold a public forum via Zoom on Tuesday, June 9 at 9 a.m. in advance of the June 13 Town Meeting to take comments and answer questions about its fiscal-year 2021 budget, which includes a capital borrowing request of $270,000 and an operating budget of $1.835 million — 38% higher than this…
Candlelight gathering for Black Lives Matter draws hundreds
A candlelight gathering organized on the fly by a Lincoln high school student drew hundreds of Lincolnites to Pierce Park on Friday evening for reflection and solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. It was one of hundreds of protests and vigils that have spontaneously taken place all over the country since the death of…
Capital funding, community preservation requests detailed
Voters at Town Meeting on June 13 will be asked to approve a total of $1.73 million for items requested by the Capital Planning Committee (CapCom) and the Community Preservation Committee (CPC). The two most expensive items on the list of 12 sought by CapCom are $108,000 for a loader for the Department of Public…
Town Meeting forum links updated
My Turn: A vision for gun control
Editor’s note: When it was originally scheduled in lat March, the Annual Town Meeting was to include a vote on this motion: “To see if the town will vote to support the proposal of the Eighth Grade Warrant Article Group to support the Parkland, Florida school students’ March for Our Lives [effort] to end school…