195 Lincoln Rd. — Mitchell D. Schultz to Michael Share and Benjamin Mizell for $1,825,000 (April 8) 140 Lincoln Rd. — Colin Nissan to Salvatore S. Privitera Trust and Doris S. Privitera Trust for $432,000 (April 8) 9 Meadowbrook Rd. — Brian Rogers to Jonathan and Victoria Paly for $1,431,000 (April 15) 34 Farrar Rd….
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Property sales in February and March 2021
41B Indian Camp Lane — Ersan Seric to Alicia Googine for $325,298 (March 25) 3 Page Farm Rd. — Steven Wilcox to Monica Grewal and Jeffrey Ruberti for $1,798,000 (March 10) 22 Lincoln Rd. — Ronald McDougald to Lanping Yiu for $1,100,000 (March 5) 46 Todd Pond Rd. — Patricia Warner to Robert and Jill…
DeCordova hopes to add tent for special events
The deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum is proposing to reconfigure part of its parking area and walkway to create a new open space for special events. What is now a two-way driveway between the lower visitor parking lot and the horseshoe-shaped upper employee parking area will become a one-way vehicle-only roadway to be used mainly…
New survey seeks input on the future of South Lincoln
Residents are invited to fill out a new survey asking for thoughts on development at Lincoln Station. For the last two years, the Planning Board has been considering changes to the zoning in South Lincoln in the area around the Mall at Lincoln Station and the commuter rail station. The goal is to encourage more…
Accessory apartment issue results in razor-thin votes
For the second year in a row, Lincoln’s Annual Town Meeting in the Covid-19 era went off without a hitch under a tent in the Hartwell school parking lot. However, though as in any town meeting, there was some controversy — at one point resulting in 87-86 vote. The subject of not one but two…
Clark Gallery moving from mall to Lewis Street
(Editor’s note: this story was updated on April 23 to include a comment from Christina Van Vleck.) The Clark Gallery in the Mall at Lincoln Station is moving across Lincoln Road to the recently refurbished commercial space on the ground floor of 2 Lewis St. and may open in their new location as early as…
Clarification
The March 18 story headlined “Uncertainties surround new state multifamily housing law” stated that a new state law requires Lincoln and certain other towns to allow multifamily housing by right near MBTA stations. Towns that do not change their zoning bylaw are not subject to a penalty but they stand to lose access to certain…
Uncertainties surround new state multifamily housing law
A new state law effectively requires Lincoln and other MBTA communities to allow denser housing around their train stations, but it will be many months before the state clarifies the law and explains exactly what’s required, Town Counsel Joel Bard said at a March 17 Planning Board/SLPAC meeting on the topic. State zoning law as…
Property sales in January 2021
4 Oak Meadow Rd. — Petter Brumme to Michael and Victoria Landers for $1,200,000 (January 29) 14 Moccasin Hill — Christoph Kaufmann to Nancy and Gregory Fincke for $1,220,000 (January 25) 83 Page Road — Michael Kolowich to Jennifer and Joseph Kolchinsky for $3,250,000 (January 19) 134 Chestnut Circle — Zackary Barron to Deborah Page…
Planning Board sets hearings on zoning bylaw amendments
Amendments to the town’s accessory apartment regulations and new zoning language for stormwater management will be the subject of Planning Board public hearings on Monday, March 9 starting at 7:15 p.m. If approved, the zoning bylaw would add a cap on the number of accessory apartments allowed, equal to 5% of all residential units in…