Lincoln team wins Latino and African American Tenacity Challenge Competition The L-S Tenacity Challenge Team “America’s Future,” whose members are all Lincoln School alumni, won first place in the 2019 Latino and African American Tenacity Challenge Competition on April 27 at Bedford High School. Their victory marks the first time a Lincoln-Sudbury team has placed in…
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Free heat pump brings Codman Community Farms closer to net zero
Codman Community Farms has been selected as a recipient of a free cold-climate heat pump from New England Ductless, one of the installers for HeatSmart Carlisle, Concord & Lincoln (HeatSmart CCL), based on the success of that program. HeatSmart CCL is community-led initiative to learn about and purchase clean energy technologies. New England Ductless of…
Lincoln committee pushing ahead with green goals
Gathering data on Lincoln’s greenhouse gas emissions and encouraging specific ways for residents to use more green energy are among this year’s goals for the Green Energy Committee (GEC). The GEC serves as the primary resource for the town to identify technologies, initiatives, and means to reduce Lincoln’s CO2 emissions. One of its long-term goals…
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French cartoon to be screened at high school Come see “Astérix et les Vikings,” a family-friendly movie organized by L-S students in a fifth-year French Cinema class, on Friday, May 17 at 7 p. m. in the L-S auditorium. The 79-minute movie based on a French comic strip follows Asterix and Obelix as they set…
Lincolnites get tips on becoming climate change activists
By Barbara Slayter and Peter Pease Co-chairs, Lincoln Democratic Town Committee Dozens of Lincoln residents turned out to learn how to become effective advocates around the issues of environmental justice and climate change at a session led by Andrew Gordon, legislative coordinator from 350 Mass, a grassroots environmental organization. Gordon, who spoke on April 6…
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Coming up at the deCordova Collaborate with Biennial artist Chanel Thervil to represent your superpower though vibrant color and bold, abstract shapes in “Towers of Power: Self Portrait Sculptures” on Sunday, May 5 from 1–3 p.m. (rain or shine). Add your unique element to a massive community installation punctuating deCordova’s landscape. This special ArtWeek program is great for all…
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Dozens of bikes collected for Bikes Not Bombs The Bikes Not Bombs collection in Lincoln on April 7 netted 83 bikes and monetary donations. Volunteers prepped the bikes for shipping during the day as well. The organization collects about 5,000 used bicycles and tons of used parts each year in greater Boston and New England;…
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Some of the kilowatt figures in the April 7 story headlined “Codman Community Farm to draw all its power from the sun” were incorrect. The story has been updated….
Codman Community Farm to draw all its power from the sun
(Editor’s note: this story was updated with corrected figures on April 8.) Codman Community Farms will install solar photovoltaic panels on the roofs of three barns and that will provide 100% of the facility’s electricity by this summer. Work will begin soon on reshingling the barns (which were last replaced more than 20 years ago)…
Conservation Dept. breaks out emission-free tools
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