To the editor: I am voting YES on Question 2 on the November ballot because more types of bottles (water, iced tea, etc.) will now be included. This will reduce plastic waste and litter enormously. But there’s also another great reason to vote for Question 2 on the ballot this November. With it, voters have…
Following are some words written in the 1970s by Harold McAleer that he recently submitted to the Lincoln Squirrel along with this photo. It’s not just the color, actually. After all, the colors are all bunched on one side of the color wheel – greens, and yellows and oranges and reds. And it’s not just the brilliance, mostly…
To the editor: The Community Center Study Committee and the Lincoln Council on Aging invite Lincoln residents of all ages to a public meeting on Friday, Oct. 17 at 1 p.m. in Bemis Hall to explore the need for a new community center in town. The Community Center Study Committee (CCSC) was appointed by the…
By Alice Waugh More than 100 residents packed into Hartwell Pod C for an October 8 charrette to share ideas for a community center in Lincoln and discuss where it might be located. The evening included lively discussion over pizza as attendees clustered around maps and models of five sites identified in a 2012 report by the Community Center Feasibility Study…
To the editor: If you’ve driven by 75 Tower Rd. any time since midsummer, you’ve seen a good deal of construction as a single-family house was renovated and turned into a two-bedroom apartment and a one-bedroom accessory apartment. The renovation, which is almost complete, will allow Lincoln to add an additional unit to our subsidized housing…
An October 13 Lincoln Squirrel article about Halloween-themed events gave an incorrect date for the Lincoln Family Association’s Halloween parade. The correct date is Sunday, Oct. 26….
LFA pumpkin decorating and parade The Lincoln Family Association is sponsoring two events at Codman Community Farms: pumpkin decorating on Wednesday, Oct. 15 and a Halloween parade on Sunday, Oct. 26. These are LFA member events. For more information on joining, see the LFA’s membership web page. Girl Scouts host Pumpkin Fair The Lincoln Girl…
The School Committee and the Board of Selectmen jointly voted last week to appoint Peter Borden as the interim School Committee member. Borden will serve as an appointed member until town elections in late March. Borden replaces Tom Sander, who stepped down in September. Other candidates for the interim position were Vin Cannistraro, Lisa Freedman, Philip Greenspun, Randy…
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To the editor: I have only met Ms. Antia briefly, but I am confident that she will be more responsive to her constituents than Tom Stanley has been. I’ve followed Stanley’s voting record for the past few years and have marveled at his weird choices. How could we have voted for this guy? His views…