The proposed community center, which is headed for a town meeting vote later this month, will be one of the topics discussed at the first of two State of the Town (SOTT) meetings on Monday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. Click here to register for the first night and get the Zoom link. At a…
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Town counsel slaps down voter roll complaint made by Lincoln resident
The November 8 election in Lincoln went as smoothly as it usually does, though there was one complication beforehand — town officials had to deal with a formal complaint of suspected voter fraud lodged by Todd Pond Road resident Thomas Risser. In his October 31 complaint, Risser alleged that there were 357 people who were…
Town seeks $325,000 to move ahead with community center
There will be a Special Town Meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 7:30pm in the Donaldson Auditorium that will ask voters to approve spending $325,000 for the next phase of work to develop a community center. The money will pay for hiring an owner’s project manager and an architect for the project, which is expected…
State of the Town meetings look to the future
There will be a two-night State of the Town meeting via Zoom in mid-November with an overarching theme: “What should Lincoln be like in 2050?” “Lincoln’s boards and committees are focused on work that will have long-term implications for and impacts on our town. There are conversations about housing, education, human services, multi-modal transportation, diversity…
Lincoln changes Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day
Columbus Day will hereafter be known as Indigenous People’s Day in Lincoln after the Select Board voted unanimously to change the name of the holiday on town documents, two years after the Lincoln Public Schools did the same thing. The vote came after discussion and public comment continued from the board’s September 19 meeting. All…
Town debates changing the name of Columbus Day
Columbus Day or Indigenous People’s Day? Several residents at the September 19 Select Board meeting argued in favor of changing the name of the holiday in Lincoln, though the speakers were not unanimous. As of October 2021, more than 20 Massachusetts towns including Boston had changed the name of the holiday, and a statewide Indigenous…
My Turn: Dozens more express support for Hutchinson
(Editor’s note: the signatories with asterisks below also signed this letter of support that was posted on March 21.) While we are delighted that there is a contested race for Select, the Lincoln residents listed below are writing to endorse Jim Hutchinson for the Select Board. We think that Jim has the breadth and depth…
Group scales back proposal to ban fossil fuels in new construction
(Editor’s note: This story was amended on March 22 to include updated links to the original and revised versions of Article 31.) A citizens’ petition on the warrant at Town Meeting asks residents to support the first step in a process that would allow Lincoln to restrict the use of fossil fuels in new buildings…
Public forum on town budget set for March 15
As the March 26 Annual Town Meeting draws near, the Finance Committee will host a virtual Town Budget Q&A on Tuesday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m. (see below for Zoom link). The proposed budget for fiscal 2023 is 3.0% higher than last year’s. A summary can be found on page 8 of the Financial Section…
My Turn: Hogue makes his case as Select Board candidate
By Adam Hogue (Editor’s note: Hogue is running against Jim Hutchinson for the Select Board seat being vacated by James Craig. He sent the following to LincolnTalk in answer to a question about what local issues he believes are important and how his experience and qualifications would contribute to addressing those challenges. His answer is…