By Chris Burns Of course, a community center would be nice to have, but… The town debt service today is greater than what we spend for the Police Department or L-S High School or the entire town government. How high should it go? In the warrant for the March 26, 2022 Town Meeting, page 18…
My Turn: The real housing crisis is affordability
By Gail O’Keefe The HCA zoning decision looming is based on an assumption that we have a housing crisis in Massachusetts. Politicians have linked development to diversity, claiming all towns must help the state in the housing struggle. However, in looking at recent building data from local cities and towns, it seems very likely that…
A sappy art installation?
It’s early spring and that means it’s time to tap sugar maple trees for sap to make maple syrup. There’s a fairly standard procedure for doing this, but someone in Lincoln seems to be take a rather unconventional approach. Lincoln resident Jack Fultz spotted this setup near the intersection of Sandy Pond Road and Baker…
Connie Lewis, 1936–2024
Connie Lewis died peacefully March 2 in hospice care at Carleton-Willard Village in Bedford after a brief illness. An only child, Connie was born on August 3, 1936, in DeKalb County, Ga. to Constance (Adams) Lewis and Albert Washington Lewis Jr. Both parents died young, so Connie was raised with love by her mother’s sister-in-law,…
CapCom, CPC spending proposals to be aired on March 11
The Capital Planning Committee and the Community Preservation Committee will present their FY25 spending recommendations at a Zoom session on Monday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m. The session will provide information about the proposals and offer an opportunity for residents to ask questions in advance of the March 23 Annual Town Meeting. Click here for…
Clarification
The headline and some of the text in the March 7 article headlined about the March 4 Select Board meeting on two major issues has been edited to clarify that the board did not offer a full unconditional endorsement of the amended zoning bylaw as they did for the community center measure. “Our letter basically…
News acorns
Walden Woods seeks help, offers CSA shares The Walden Woods Project in Lincoln and Concord is seeking volunteers and a paid farm hand for the upcoming farm season. Click here for information on those positions. The organization is also offering a 16-week farm CSA share this summer — click here for details. Radon testing suggested…
Select Board issues positions on community center and HCA rezoning
(Editor’s note: This article was amended on March 10 to clarify that the Select Board did not explicitly endorse Article 3 even as it supported compliance with the Housing Choice Act.) The Select Board has endorsed both the community center project but took a more nuanced approach in its stand on a Housing Choice Act-compliant…
My Turn: Vander Meulen endorses Taylor for Planning Board
My Turn: In support of Article 3 at Town Meeting
By Joan Kimball I am supporting Article 3, the Housing Choice bylaw, at the March 23 Town Meeting. Having voted in favor of Article C (with the majority) at the December Special Town Meeting, I have since read carefully the pros and cons, attended meetings about the Housing Choice Act and made my decision. I…