Sharon Antia
By Alice Waugh
Sharon Antia of Lincoln has opinions and isn’t shy about sharing them with the people she meets—and she’s hoping enough of those people will vote for her in November to win her a seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
[Read more…] about Lincoln’s Antia sets sights on state legislature
Bill Elliott
An organ concert in memory of former Lincoln resident William Elliott, who died on March 24 at the age of 82, will be performed in the First Parish Church in Lincoln on Saturday, June 14 at 11 a.m. on the church’s newly refurbished organ by music director Ian Watson.
Elliott worked with the space program to develop infrared missile launch detection from satellites, did heavy metals analysis on astronauts’ hair to determine physiological changes due to space flight and zero gravity, and invented a novel kind of analytical instrument that is the basis of many patents. Later in life he helped draft legislation to ensure safe drinking water for Massachusetts residents, and served as the chair of the Shutesbury Board of Health for many years.
Other recent obituaries:
Dorothy B. Foust, 87 (May 21)—former clerk of First Parish Church
Richard Dickie, age unknown (April 28)—World War II veteran and father of Willard Dickie of Lincoln
A number of Lincoln residents have received calls or visits from the Lysco Chimney Maintenance and Repair Co. saying they’re in the area and asking if homeowners would like their chimneys cleaned. The Lincoln Police warn that this company has a long list of complaints against them for being very aggressive on the telephone and then, if the homeowner agrees to have them clean the chimney, wanting to perform other costly repairs that do not need to be done and are not done properly. The workers are using a white van with the word Lysco on it. If you have concerns or have had Lysco come to your home, please call Lincoln Police Officer Surette at 781-259-8113.
Celebrate the strawberry harvest by heading to Drumlin Farm on Saturday, June 14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dig in the dirt with our farm staff, meet some berry-loving animals, and pick your own strawberries to take home. Drumlin’s strawberries, like all of its produce, are grown without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides.
All activities except strawberry picking are free with admission ($8 for adults, $6 for seniors and children 2-12, free for Mass Audubon members). Pick-your-own strawberries will be available for purchase from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., weather permitting and while supplies last, with a limit of one quart per person picking.
Special programs during the day:
Below are some of the other programs coming up at Drumlin. See the Drumlin schedule website for details on events, costs and ages.
The Friends of the Lincoln Library’s monthly used book sale is on Saturday, June 14 from 9 a.m. to noon in the basement of Bemis Hall. You can fill a paper grocery bag with adult and children’s books for only $10 (tax included). We also have a good selection of individually priced special books, as well as some CDs, DVDs and audio books.
We always need more books, so donations may be left in the wooden boxes in the Bemis Hall entrance on Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. No textbooks, no magazines or books that are musty or have been written in, please.
Berryfield Farm in Lincoln is offering Hooves, Paws & Claws (HPC) and Pony Partners. HPC is a six-week program for young adults age 18-22 years with a focus on teaching adult social skills and accountability to the group and the horses. Appropriate students for this program are able-bodied, have receptive and expressive language, can follow directions, and are able to do simple tasks with minimal support. The six-student program meets on Friday afternoons from 3:30-5:30 p.m. starting Friday, June 13 and costs $235 (limited scholarship aid is available) Fore more information, contact Director of Programming and Instructor Allie Richardson at friendsfortomorrow@gmail.com or 617-823-5271.
The Pony Partner Program is an experiential empowerment group for able-bodied girls age 8-10 who have a love of animals and are struggling socially, personally and/or academically. PonyPartners is not about learning to ride; it’s a chance to explore and develop knowledge of horses, the herd (both two- and four-legged) and the power of body language. The six-student program will meet on Friday afternoons from 3:30-5:30 p.m. for 10 weeks starting September 5 and costs $550. Limited scholarship aid is available for both programs. Interested parents should contact instructor and program coordinator Lucy Cornish at lucyfcornish@gmail.com or 781-538-6769.
Reminder: students who are already attending higher education institutions have until Monday, June 16 to apply for a need-based scholarship. These awards are available only to Lincoln residents who are currently attending a college, university, vocational school or community college. n institution of higher education. Application instructions and forms are available on the Lincoln town website. Funding for this program has been provided by the Ogden Codman Trust.
Mass Audubon’s Drumlin Farm has been honored for its dedication to science education and their commitment to collaborative partnerships at this year’s Museum Institute for Teaching Science (MITS) annual meeting. MITS is an umbrella organization that brings together museums, nature centers, and other science and cultural organizations to provide professional development programs for educators with the goal of improving STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education. The event spotlighted the role of informal science organizations like Drumlin Farm in increasing scientific literacy among both students and teachers.
Lincoln veterans and their spouses enjoyed a special barbecue lunch at the Council on Aging on May 30 (click to enlarge). Photo collage by Howard McAleer
To the editor:
I am writing to invite you to join me in supporting a meaningful and important project in Lincoln.
As you may know, Care Dimensions, a nonprofit organization with 35 years of experience in hospice care, has purchased land on Winter Street on the Waltham/Lincoln line to build a beautiful inpatient Hospice Center to provide medical, emotional, social and spiritual care for people in their final days of life.
[Read more…] about Letter to the editor: Support hospice project
Below are June events sponsored by the Lincoln Council on Aging. For more information, call the COA at 781-259-8811.
Coffee with artist Ellen Milan
June 5 at 2:30 p.m.
Indulge your senses in the grace and liveliness of paintings on silk, prints, pastels, and scratch board engravings by Ellen Milan in the Bemis Hall Artists Gallery this month. You are also invited to meet Ellen at the “Coffee with the Artist” on June 5 at 2:30 p.m.Ellen’s work has been included in public and private collections and shows in Wisconsin, Massachusetts, New York, Israel and Europe. Locally, her work has been part of group shows at the Danforth Museum, Concord Art Association and elsewhere. Last year she had exhibitions at the Lincoln Library and the Harvey Wheeler Community Center. You can see the full scope of her work in various media, including wearable art, at www.ellenmilan.com.
Micah Greene of Lincoln, artistic director of Wax Wings Productions.
By Alice Waugh
To Bemis, or not to Bemis, that is the question. And the answer is “to Bemis,” which is where residents can go on June 13 and 14 to see Shakespeare’s Hamlet by Wax Wings Productions, of which Lincoln resident Micah Greene is artistic director.
A Gulfstream IV jet. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
A private plane crashed on Saturday night at Hanscom Field in Bedford—the first fatal crash at Hanscom since a military plane went down in the Lincoln portion of Hanscom in 1968.
New Jersey philanthropist Lewis Katz, three friends and three crew members were killed after their private jet crashed 2,000 feet beyond the end of the runway after attempting to take off and burst into flames, according to multiple news sources. Katz and his companions had flown into Hanscom earlier in the day to attend a fundraiser at the Concord home of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and her husband Richard.
The plane was a Gulfstream IV, a $38 million twin-engine business jet that can accommodate up to 26 passengers and a crew of four.
Former Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell had also been invited to the Goodwins’ event but had a previous commitment, according to the Boston Globe.
On May 22, 1968, a C-54 military transport plane crashed just off Route 2A in Lincoln, killing one and injuring three. The plane was en route to Hanscom from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland when a fire broke out in one of its four propeller engines and the pilot radioed for emergency landing instructions, according to an article in the Globe’s May 23, 1968 edition. According to Globe, the three survivors escaped through a cockpit window and made their way to the road 200 yards away before being rescued by an Air Force ambulance crew.
Anyone who heard or saw Saturday’s crash, or who remembers the 1968 crash, is invited to contact the Lincoln Squirrel at lincolnsquirrelnews@gmail.com.
Outdoor water use restrictions in effectUnder the annual mandatory restriction on outdoor water public water use, which runs from May 1 through September 30, outdoor water use is allowed only twice a week depending on your house number. Even-numbered houses may use outdoor water on Tuesdays and/or Thursdays, while odd-numbered houses may do so on Wednesdays and/or Fridays. All water use must take place between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. Drip irrigation is allowed only on the specified days but may be done at any hour of the day. Restricted activities included:
Exceptions include irrigation to establish a new lawn and plantings during the months of May and September and watering lawns, gardens, flowers and ornamental plants by means of a hand-held hose. For complete details, see this Lincoln Water Department web page.
The Creek River String Band (CRSB) will perform at LOMA (Lincoln Open-Mike Acoustic) on Monday, June 9 from 7-10 p.m. in Bemis Hall. CRSB has been making waves in the New England music scene with a mix of bluegrass,Tex-Mex, folk, pop and blues tunes! Band members are Stroker Rogovin (accordion, vocals), Jeremy Majewski (banjo), Doug Turnbull (mando, guitar, vocals), Fred Kosak (guitar, mando, vocals), Kim Patch (fiddle) and Eric Smalley (Bass). CRSB performs regularly at local venues, such as Sally O’Briens and Precinct. They recently released their first EP, Creek River String Band.
LOMA is a monthly event. Perform or just come listen to acoustic music and spoken word. Admission is free and refreshments are provided. Performers can sign up at the event or email Rich Eilbert at loma3re@gmail.com before noon of the open-mike day for a slot. Names of those who are signed up by 7:15 will be drawn at random. We have a sound system with mikes and instrumental pickups suitable for individuals or small groups playing acoustic-style. Brad Meyer and Brent Clark ably handle the sound. We expect everyone will have a chance to perform, but in case of overflow, the first 20 performers to sign up will be given priority.
The fall lineup for LOMA will include Julie Dougherty on September 8, the Wednesdays on October 20, the Rafters on November 10, and Glenn Pettit on December 8.
Join other Codman Community Farms members for a fun family overnight to support the farm. Pitch your tent at 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 14. Dinner catered by Blue Ribbon Barbecue, plus s’mores, games and an old-fashioned singalong around the campfire. There will be breakfast on Sunday with coffee, orange juice and bagels. A tent site is $30 and includes breakfast for all campers in the tent. Tickets ($25 for adults, $15 for children under 12) need to be purchased by all campers and are also available to those just wishing to come for the evening. Reserve online at www.codmanfarm.org, call 781-259-0456 or email info@codmanfarm.org.
Lincoln residents of all ages are invited to meet with a nurse through a free town service. Come to get your blood pressure and/or body mass index checked, ask questions, or learn about wellness resources. Clinics will be held at the Community Building at Lincoln Woods (50 Wells Rd.) from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday, June 13 and Friday, July 11. These clinics are funded by the Ogden Codman Trust and provided by Emerson Hospital Home Care. For more information, please call the Council on Aging at (781-259-8811.
Rick Roth, snake expert and director of the Cape Ann Vernal Pond Team, will talk about the lives and habits of his favorite snakes from New England and around the world on Saturday, June 14 from 3-4 p.m. in Hartwell Pod B. This show-and-tell will allow the audience to see these creatures up close… or at a safe distance. Co-sponsored by the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust and the Parks and Recreation Department. Suggested donation of $5, or $15 for a family of three or more.
The Lincoln Recycling Committee is holding its third annual bike drive for Bikes Not Bombs on Saturday, June 28 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Hartwell parking lot. All types of bikes, adult or children’s, in any condition, parts, and/or condition are appreciated. The committee will partner with Bikes Not Bombs, which ships about 5,000 donated bikes to economic development projects in Ghana, Tanzania, Guatemala and Nevis Island each year. The remaining collected bikes are used in the organization’s Jamaica Plain location for the youth Earn-a-Bike programs, and others are repaired by teenage mechanics as part of their vocational training programs. Bikes Not Bombs requests a $10 per bike donation to defray storage, processing and shipping costs. The organization can provide a signed, dated receipt for the cash donation and the value of each donated bicycle. To learn more, contact Laura Berland at 781-259-8149 or lauraberland@comcast.net, or Bernadette Quirk at 781-259-3186 or quirkx4@msn.com.
The Old Town Hall Exchange is offering four intergenerational crafts workshops at Bemis Hall featuring artists associated with the Exchange. The workshops are for middle or high school students and adults. Each workshop costs $15 per person. Please sign up by calling the Council on Aging at 781-259-8811.
These workshops are supported in part by a grant from the Lincoln Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
In a May 27 article about the revised hospice proposal from Care Dimensions, two numbers were reversed. The floor area in the new proposal compared to the original submission is 42,400 vs. 27,600 square feet. The article has been corrected.
The original (top) and revised plans for the Care Dimensions hospice facility on Winter Street.
By Alice Waugh
Care Dimensions has submitted a downsized plan for an inpatient hospice facility on Winter Street that calls for a building in the plan that’s 35 percent smaller than the first one reviewed by the Zoning Board of Appeals in March.
[Read more…] about Care Dimensions returns with downsized hospice proposal