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William R. Cummings Jr. dies at age 68

William R. Cummings Jr.

William Roy Cummings, Jr., of Fitchburg, formerly of Lincoln, died on February 21, 2026 at Fitchburg HealthCare following a lengthy illness. He was 68.

Known to many as Billy, he was born in Medford on January 4, 1958. He grew up in Lincoln and graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School with the class of 1977. He started his own business, Acton Landcare Landscaping and Snow Plowing, which he ran for most of his adult life until his health declined. Billy will be remembered for his hard work ethic during the many years he took care of his customers. He was a man who also enjoyed the simple pleasures in life: attending concerts, enjoying a meal at a local restaurant and spending quality time with his family and friends.

He leaves behind his three daughters: Lisa (Cummings) Gurrie married to Michael Gurrie, Carrie Cummings, and Kimberly (Cummings) Hays. He also leaves behind his grandchildren Isabella Hays, Hailey Cummings, Jackson Gurrie, and Brayden Gurrie, along with one brother, Thomas Cummings married to Morten Tjelum. Billy was preceded in death by his parents, William and Palma Cummings.

Private burial services are planned at Lincoln Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to the Parkinson’s Foundation. Arrangements have been entrusted to Dee Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Concord., which provided this obituary. Click here to share a memory.

Police log for Feb. 26–March 5, 2026

February 26

Page Road (5:53pm) — A person walking on Page Road reported the odor of natural gas. National Grid was notified.

Old Farm Road (1:50pm) — A person spoke with an officer regarding a possible scam.

February 27

Concord Road (8:36am) — A person spoke with an officer regarding a past motor vehicle crash.

The Commons of Lincoln (5:47pm) — An officer spoke with a person regarding a possible scam.

February 28

Indian Camp Lane (12:38pm) — A person spoke with an officer regarding a neighbor dispute.

Donelan’s Supermarket (4:47pm) — A caller requested an officer perform a check on a person who appeared to be confused. An officer spoke with the party; there was no issue.

Tower Road (6:50pm) — A person spoke with an officer regarding a possible harassment incident.

March 1

Harvest Circle (1:15pm) — An officer spoke with a person regarding some missing items.

March 2

Huckleberry Hill (3:22pm) — The fire department responded to a residence for the odor of gas inside the home. Firefighters located the source and rectified the issue.

Lincoln Woods (9:30am) — An officer responded to the area for the report of a past hit-and-run property damage incident.

Bypass Road (7:29am) — Police and fire units responded to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Route 2A and Lexington Road. A vehicle failed to yield and struck another. One of the operators was transported to the hospital and the operator responsible for the crash was issued a citation for failing to yield. Both vehicles were towed from the scene.

Wells Road (6:07am) — An officer assisted a resident with an issue related to their door lock.

March 3

Cambridge Turnpike westbound (9:42pm) — Officers assisted the Massachusetts State Police with a motor vehicle crash.

Lincoln Road (7:46pm) — An officer responded to the railroad crossing for the report of malfunctioning railroad gates. Keolis was notified.

March 4

Bedford Road (10:10am) — Officers assisted the Massachusetts State Police due to malfunctioning traffic lights.

Storey Drive (7:40pm) — Officers checked the area for the report of an occupied vehicle parked on the side of the road. The vehicle was gone on arrival.

Concord Road (3:05pm) — Police and fire units checked the area for the reported wire in the roadway. The fire department was able to move a support cable out of the road. The utility company was notified.

Trapelo Road (3:59pm) — An officer encountered several youths who were on the ice by the Cambridge Reservoir. They were advised to move from the area.

Lincoln Road (2:41pm) — A person retrieved some items from the police station.

March 5

Hanscom Law Enforcement, Robbins Road, Bedford (10:17am) — Hanscom Air Force Base Security Forces consulted with an officer regarding prescribed medication.

Greenridge Lane (9:59pm) — Police and fire units responded to the area for utility wires on fire. The fire department extinguished the flames and police remained on scene until the utility crews arrived.

Tower Road (11:14am) — An officer helped a detail officer with traffic flow on South Great Road and Tower Road.

Legal notice: Planning Board (16 Mill St.)

TOWN OF LINCOLN PLANNING BOARD
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR SIGN PERMIT

The Lincoln Planning Board will hold a public hearing at 7:01 PM on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 via hybrid meeting to review an application for a Sign Permit pursuant to Section 16.5 of the Zoning Bylaw. The applicant, Michelle Custead, proposes adding one building-mounted sign and one ground-mounted sign for Ally Specialty Veterinary Center at 16 Mill Street, Parcel 115-17-0. The application is available for review by e-mailing Jennifer Parker at parkerj@lincolnma.gov. The agenda with the Zoom information and meeting location will be posted to the town website at lincolntown.org/Calendar.aspx at least 48 hours prior to the hearing. This meeting will be converted to a fully remote meeting if the weather so dictates and appropriate notice will be provided. Anyone wishing to be heard may be present at the designated time and place, written comments will also be accepted.

Lynn DeLisi and Gary Taylor, Co-Chairs
Lincoln Planning Board

Note that legal notices often must be posted twice by law. For previous legal notices and details on how to submit a legal notice to the Lincoln Squirrel, click here.

Correction

The discussion of incorrect water billing for The Commons in Lincoln that was included in the March 5 Lincoln Squirrel story headlined “Water bills to go up by 13%” gave an incorrect date for when the new water meter at The Commons was installed. It was actually in late 2019 or early 2020, according to Water Department Superintendent Rick Nolli.

“After that meter was installed, for some reason, the department’s billing system did not have the correct settings and The Commons continued to pay their bills without question, even though they were incorrect,” Nolli said. “When we started the new water meter replacement program in 2024, we wanted to take care of all the larger meters before getting into residence homes, and The Commons was one of the first ones we did. The first and second billing cycle after the 2024 replacement is when the questions started coming in, wondering why the water bill was so much less than it had been, and that’s when we realized we had an issue.”

My Turn: Hanscom cost allocations

By Paul Blanchfield, Finance Committee chair

Preface: I am writing as an individual who happens to be the chair of the Lincoln Finance Committee and a member of the Collins Center Working Group.

For over 50 years, Lincoln Public Schools (LPS) has run the Hanscom K-8 school through contract with the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA).

The town benefits by being able to:

  • Educate the children of those that serve our country
  • Operate as a larger district, allowing for more extensive resources for students and staff
  • Share costs across Lincoln and Hanscom, which reduces overhead and Lincoln’s financial burden; and
  • Receive payment for these services at a higher rate than alternative arrangements. Bedford, which does not have a contract with DoDEA, educates Hanscom’s ninth- to 12th-grade students but receives federal impact aid and state mitigation aid, at a fraction of the reimbursement rate received by Lincoln via DoDEA.
Contract structure

The LPS Committee (LPSC) is solely responsible for the oversight and management of the contract, working with the Superintendent of Schools and in collaboration with town staff and committees as appropriate.

Contracts are constructed as a base year plus four one-year options exercised at DoDEA’s discretion (i.e., FY26–30 is a FY26 contract with four one-year options). In contracts up to FY25, LPS had a single negotiated fixed price for services provided within a year, independent of actual expenses. DoDEA does not provide additional funding, regardless of expenses, beyond that which is negotiated in advance, with a few exceptions (e.g., capital projects). The FY26–30 contract is based on the number of enrolled students. LPSC plans to evaluate the financial results for the new contract at the end of FY26 and determine whether there are implications for future year budgets and reserve policy decisions.

Over the life of the arrangement, revenues exceeded costs and the Hanscom Reserve Fund was established to maintain surpluses. It remains available for Hanscom-associated costs and/or future liabilities. In each contract negotiation, DoDEA regularly requests reductions to LPS’s initial proposals.

The Hanscom Reserve Fund has a current balance of ~$10 million against ~$14 million in unfunded liabilities (OPEB or other post-employment benefits, pension, unemployment), per the Collins Center.

Cost allocation methodology and working group

In late 2022, David Cuetos inquired about the Hanscom contract among numerous other concerns.

In June 2023, LPSC requested a review of the contract, procured a grant, and engaged the Collins Center, which provided a final report in May 2024, which was subsequently used to support FY26-30 contract negotiations. The report recommended the establishment of formal cost allocation methodologies for Hanscom-related OPEB, indirect town admin costs, and non-teacher pension costs, among other items.

A Collins Center Working Group was established in June 2024, including two LPSC members (Matina Madrick and Kim Rajdev), a Select Board member (Jim Hutchinson), a Finance Committee member (myself, Paul Blanchfield), and a member of the public (David Cuetos).

The group met in the summer of 2024 with a charge to:

  • Review the town’s indirect cost methodology and recommend an updated methodology
  • Confirm the town’s method to allocate OPEB and pension liabilities and propose an appropriate method going forward
  • Propose a plan to have disaggregated valuation statements for OPEB and MCRS pension liabilities across the Town of Lincoln, LPS, and Hanscom.

The working group recommended to:

  • Adopt a revised indirect cost methodology approach (percent of budget vs. fixed approach), which would result in an additional ~$190,000 in FY24 Hanscom-related costs.
  • Adopt a revised pension cost approach (disaggregated vs. fixed), which would result in an additional ~$215,000 in FY24 Hanscom-related costs.
  • The new methodology resulted in ~$1.5 million in additional Hanscom-related costs identified from FY21–FY24 from the $67 million contract over the same period, or 1.8% of the total.
Hanscom Reserve Fund transfers

LPSC adopted the working group’s recommendations for FY26 and beyond, with additional adjustments for the FY24 and FY25 pension liabilities. This was in recognition that the prior methodology was in place up to the end of FY24, that disaggregated actuarial assessments were not in place prior to FY24, and that the prior indirect cost methodology was adopted for the FY21-25 contract.

In addition, the Hanscom Reserve Fund could be needed to cover future liabilities, including but not limited to unemployment, retirement/OPEB liabilities, contract non-renewal, and closure costs should Lincoln not be awarded a future contract and/or if the base were to close. Reassessing costs from periods prior to FY21 (i.e., past contracts) was deemed not feasible given the lack of disaggregated actuarial assessments.

Summary

The town benefited from David Cuetos raising the issue and the town engaged, albeit slower than some might like, in a thorough process that included researching and confirming the issue, engaging a third-party (Collins Center) for support, establishing a working group, and adopting new methodologies.

LPSC manages the DoDEA contract and the Hanscom Reserve Fund and balances the risk and rewards of transferring funds to the town’s General Fund with the sizable potential future liabilities as noted above.

If the updated methodologies developed by the Working Group were applied to the full FY21–25 period vs. just for pension in FY24–25, they would have resulted in an additional $1.5 million in expenses ($600,000 million in pension costs and $900,000 million in indirect costs) that have not been authorized by LPSC to be transferred from the Hanscom Reserve Fund to the General Fund.

The Hanscom Reserve Fund remains available to LPSC to pay for Hanscom-related expenses or to transfer to the General Fund, now and in the future. As a fixed price contract through 2025, DoDEA will not pay LPS more for newfound expenses, and the same is true for 2026-30, save for changes in enrollment.

“My Turn” is a forum for readers to offer their letters to the editor or views on any subject of interest to other Lincolnians. Submissions must be signed with the writer’s name and street address and sent via email to lincolnsquirrelnews@gmail.com. Items will be edited for punctuation, spelling, style, etc., and will be published at the discretion of the editor. Submissions containing personal attacks, errors of fact, or other inappropriate material will not be published.

Protesters stand out against ICE at Hanscom Field

It was a cold and bleak afternoon, but that didn’t deter about two dozen residents of Lincoln and neighboring towns who stood with protest signs to protest ICE prisoner flights from Hanscom Field on March 6 as they have done every Friday for the past several months.

Many of the protesters are from Lincoln, though some did not want to give their names for fear of being targeted by people who support the actions of (ICE) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, such as the counter-protester who shouted at the group from across the road. One of the protesters was a woman dressed in a full-body owl costume (including mask) who strutted and flapped her wings in time to music such as “Immigrant Eyes” by Willie Nelson and “Get Up, Stand Up” by Bob Marley.

“I’m the entertainment,” she said.

They’re calling attention to the fact that ICE charters private planes to fly suspected illegal immigrants from its intake center in Burlington to detention centers elsewhere in the country. Almost three-quarters of those arrested have not been convicted of any crime, according to the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute. ICE temporarily stopped using Hanscom Field for transport flights last summer but resumed operations in the fall.  

“You do what you can do, being somewhere where you can cheer on the people fighting the good fight,” said AJ Fripp of Lincoln.

An area doctor who gave his name only as John handed out hand warmers, water and tissues for the protesters. Over the summer, he also helped a couple of people who fainted from the heat. The protesters “are people whoa actually give a damn,” he said. “It’s worth doing, I think.”

The protesters’ actions at Hanscom and elsewhere are “all about undermining the pillars of ICE,” such as the airfield services operations companies such as Signature Aviation that support the charter flights, said Andy Platt of Acton. “They’re not being forthright and honest in their role in facilitating these flights… this is all being supported by these myriad companies that may in some cases have good reputations to maintain.”

Among the regular Friday protesters are members of LincolnWitness.org, many of whom staged a nighttime vigil at Lincoln Town Hall in January. The group’s calendar lists future “De-ICE Hanscom” standouts as well as other area protests.

After the protesters had been there for a while, a counter-protester (a regular figure at these events and “our resident loony-tunes,” as one protester described her) arrived and harangued the group from the traffic island across from where they stood with their signs. Echoing familiar right-wing tropes, she said the government is “doing good to get rid of people who come through the open border — criminals, murderers, rapists [running around] while we were shut in our homes wearing masks” during the pandemic.

The woman, who would not give her name or hometown, went on to assert that the Epstein files had exonerated President Trump of any wrongdoing and that ICE protests around the country included “Antifa, No Kings, Jews Against ICE, and the Palestinian flag.”

Massport runs Hanscom Field but has no direct involvement in scheduling or operating flights and, as a federally obligated airport, does not have the power to restrict any legal flights, Massport spokesman Jennifer Mehigan told the Bedford Citizen in late January.

“ICE flights are coordinated and managed exclusively by the fixed base operators (FBOs),” she said. “Any questions about ICE flight details should be directed to the Department of Homeland Security.”

In January, Gov. Maura Healey demanded that two private airline companies, GlobalX Airlines and Eastern Air Express, stop providing flights from Hanscom Field for ICE to remove Massachusetts residents who have been detained.

“Flying these residents out of state and away from their support systems and legal counsel — often within hours of arrest — is intentionally cruel and purposely obstructs the due process and legal representation they are owed. This is not the justice we believe in or stand for in Massachusetts or as Americans. This practice must stop,” Healey said in a Dec. 15 letter to then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Acting ICE Director Todd Lyon.

Avelo Airlines, a commercial airline serving airports including the one in Wilmington, Del., announced on Jan. 9 that it was ending its nine-month-old partnership with ICE. The announcement came a week after two Delaware lawmakers introduced legislation to pressure the company to terminate its contract with ICE.

It’s unclear whether GlobalX Airlines is still flying ICE detainees out of Hanscom Field.

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Dark Skies group tries again for limits on new outdoor lighting

The Planning Board’s Dark Skies Subcommittee has drawn up amended zoning regulations for exterior lighting fixtures for new construction, and the issue will be on the agenda at two meetings this week: the Select Board on Monday, March 9, and a Planning Board public hearing on Tuesday, March 10 at 7:15pm.

The subcommittee has been trying since “dark skies” rules were first enacted in Lincoln in 2004 to update the regulations on outdoor lighting, which can be harmful to insects and wildlife (see their Jan. 12 Select Board presentation). An amendment proposed at Town Meeting in 2015 was hotly debated but ultimately went down to defeat. In 2025, the group drafted zoning and general bylaw amendments and initially got on the warrant for Town Meeting using citizens’ petitions but ultimately withdrew the items. This year, they had hoped to extend the rules to existing lighting but backed off at the suggestion of the Planning Board and Select Board.

“There’s often a misconception that this is making people have to makes changes in their current residence, and that is not the case,” said Sherry Haydock, co-chair of the subcommittee. If approved, the new rules will apply only to new and substantially renovated homes, though they will also apply to replacement fixtures (not just bulbs) on existing homes.

Members were also hoping to have new rules for streetlights and town-owned buildings, but those, too, will wait for another day. The two boards “really wanted us to do this in multiple stages,” Haydock said.

The 2004 bylaw says that outdoor lighting fixtures on new homes must be fully shielded light fixtures and have a color temperature of 3,000°K or below. The revisions that residents will vote on at Town Meeting on March 29 call for:

  • A color temperature upper limit of 2,700°K (lower figures correspond to the orange end of the color spectrum, with bluer and whiter lights having higher color temperatures)
  • Brightness limits of 450 lumens for walkway luminaires (lighting assembly consisting of a lamp/bulb, housing, etc.) and 900 lumens for all other exterior luminaires.
  • Shielding that causes no direct light to be emitted above a horizontal plane of the lowest light-emitting part of the fixture
  • Limits on “light trespass” onto environmentally sensitive areas and neighboring properties
  • Time restrictions: lights must be “turned off when a property or use is not actively occupied or in operation” between 10:00pm and sunrise for private homes, and for non-residential properties, within one hour after the close of business or the end of the activity or use for which the lighting is provided. In both cases, motion-activated lights that conform to the other rules are acceptable.
  • A detailed exterior lighting plan as part of construction proposals submitted to the Planning Board

The proposed regulations would exempt:

  • Emergency lighting used emergency responders
  • Temporary lighting used for construction, maintenance, repair, or special events for up to 30 days
  • Temporary holiday lighting
  • Lighting required by federal or state law
  • American flag illumination
  • Recreational and athletic field lighting (subject to Planning Board review)
  • Streetlights on public ways

The next step for the Dark Skies group will be working to manage lighting used on streetlights and public buildings. Streetlights have become more of a problem since 2012, when the town got a grant to update all of its streetlights with energy-efficient LED bulbs. However, the new bulbs are brighter than the old ones, and they were installed on many streetlights that weren’t working at the time.

Officials were unwilling to see new rules at this pot that would cost the town money needed to change public building lights and streetlights, though they agreed to hire a lighting consultant to examine this issue. Ideally, the town should “consider turning off the streetlights that don’t serve a purpose or seeing if they can dim them or change the color temperature, but that might need to be done of a street-by-street basis,” Haydock said.

The Dark Skies subcommittee has also published a summary document about the issue as well as an online survey to gauge residents’ knowledge about lighting rules and their feelings about restrictions. “We’re trying to ascertain is what is it people don’t know,” Haydock said. For example, “there’s no scientific data showing that leaving lights on improves security;” motion-activated lights are actually more effective, she said.

The group’s other immediate focus is education about “the importance of dark skies on the hope that people will voluntarily turn off their lights or lower the intensity,” Haydock said. there will also be a system in place where residents who feel that a neighbor’s outdoor lighting is excessive can contact a subcommittee member and have educational materials sent to the neighbor.

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Sally Kindleberger

Storytelling with Sally: Cat Tales

Beloved library volunteer and Lincoln resident Sally Kindleberger will share cat stories, poems, and songs using the art of storytelling on Saturday, March 14 from 2:00–2:45pm in the Lincoln Library’s Tarbell Room. This is an intergenerational program perfect for all ages. No registration necessary.  

Trivia night to benefit D.C. trip

The Lincoln eighth-grade tradition of the Washing D.C. trip is back, and organizers are working to rebuild consistent, successful fundraising events that can continue year after year. The Lincoln PTO is sponsoring a benefit Trivia Night on Sunday, March 15 at 6:00pm at the Painted Burro (99 3rd Ave., Waltham) for appetizers, laughs, and friendly competition hosted by Assistant Town Administrator Dan Pereira. Form a team of two to six players (adults only), or come solo or with a partial team and organizers will help match you up. Tickets are $45 per person (includes appetizers, event entry, and trivia competition). Additional food and beverages will be available for purchase. Register here.

LLCT/RLF events

The Lincoln Land Conservation Trust and Rural Land Foundation are hosting these upcoming events in April:

Adventures in Ecological Horticulture
Tuesday, April 7 at 7:00pm, LLCT office and Zoom
Today’s gardens must do more than look good — they must support and encourage biodiversity. Drawing on her work in urban spaces, ecological horticulturist Rebecca McMackin will share how we can create stunning wildlife-friendly landscapes in the toughest environments where she has done much of her work. Co-sponsored by LLCT, Lincoln Garden Club, Bemis Free Lecture Series, Walden Wood Project, Anne Sobol, and Monarch Meadows and Ecogardens. More info and Zoom link.

Whose Nest Is That?
Thursday, April 9 at 7:00pm, Zoom
Ever found a nest in your yard and wondered who built it? Tia Pinney, senior naturalist from Mass Audubon explores the nesting habits of common backyard birds and how to identify their remarkable homes. More info and Zoom link.

Water bills to go up by 13%

(Editor’s note: The section about The Commons in Lincoln was updated on March 6.)

Households on town water will see another double-digit increase in fiscal 2027 to continue funding big-ticket projects including the Lincoln Road water main replacement and installation of new “smart meters” at residences.

Rates will go up by 13% in the budget being presented at Town Meeting on March 29, Water Department Superintendent Rick Nolli said at a Water Commission public hearing on March 3. Rates went up by 10% both this year and last year.

Lincoln residents who use 70,000 gallons of water per year (a benchmark slightly higher than the actual figure) are now paying $744 a year. With the increase, that would rise to $841 a year, Nolli said. This is less than that residents of Concord and Wayland pay, but more than Lexington and Sudbury. Compared to some other Massachusetts towns with populations close to that of Lincoln, the town will be paying less than Topsfield ($1,716 a year), Rowley, Mendon, Rockport, Dover, and Merrimac ($928 a year), he said.

The $2.82 million overall operating budget represents a 34% increase over the current year’s. The biggest increases are for debt service ($873,925 in FY27 vs. $398,400 in FY26) and $284,574 in a one-time accounts-receivable adjustment. The latter expense arose because the department discovered that The Commons in Lincoln was being charged 10 times that they should have been since they installed a new primary water meter in late 2019 or early 2020 and it was “incorrectly configured in our billing system,” Nolli said.

The total overcharge was more than $500,000; in addition to the refund, the matter is being corrected by not charging for more recent items such as the new connections for the new units now under construction, and not billing The Commons for their water use since the error was discovered.

The matter may have gone undiscovered for much longer if the Commons hadn’t noticed the sudden reduction in the first bill they got after the billing system was corrected and called the Water Departmwnt about it. 

“After that meter was installed, for some reason, the department’s billing system did not have the correct settings and The Commons continued to pay their bills without question, even though they were incorrect,” Nolli said. “When we started the new water meter replacement program in 2024, we wanted to take care of all the larger meters before getting into residence homes, and The Commons was one of the first ones we did. The first and second billing cycle after the 2024 replacement is when the questions [from The Commons] started coming in, wondering why the water bill was so much less than it had been, and that’s when we realized we had an issue.”

The Water Department is also seeking $457,350 for capital items including year three of the four-year smart meter replacement project, a generator for the Tower Road well, and repairs to several buildings. This is substantially less than the capital requests approved at Town Meeting in March 2025 ($6.79 million) and 2024 ($2.41 million) for the water main project, smart meters and other smaller capital expenses. Most of those expenses are being paid for by bond sales.

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Town report hard copies available

If anyone is interested in a hard copy of the 2025 Annual Town report for FY2025, please stop by the Town Administrator’s office while supplies last. The report is also available online here. For additional materials relating to the Annual Town Meeting on March 29, click here.

LLCT/RLF events

The Lincoln Land Conservation Trust and Rural Land Foundation are hosting these upcoming Zoom events:

Emerson’s ‘Nature’
Tuesday, March 10 at 7:00pm
Ron McAdow reads selected excerpts from Emerson’s Nature, pairing the words with his own photographs of Lincoln’s landscapes. More info and Zoom link.

Pocket Forests
Tuesday, March 24 at 7:00pm
Discover how small, densely planted native forests can transform neighborhoods. Rachel Summers shares how pocket forests restore biodiversity, improve soil, and create thriving habitat in surprisingly small spaces. More info and Zoom link.

Blues/Latin music at First Parish

Guatemalan singer-songwriter Mercedes Escobar and her band will appear “Live in Lincoln Center” on Saturday, March 21 at 7:30pm in the First Parish stone church. Fluctuating between unleashed and sweet, Escobar’s voice has been likened to a mix between Linda Ronstadt and Howlin’ Wolf. She’s created a unique genre which blends the rawness of old blues and country vocals and guitar, with the intensity of magical realism lyrics and the sonic traditions of her home culture. Advance ticket purchase recommended.

Poll workers needed

The Town Clerk’s office is looking for more people interested in becoming poll workers. There will be three elections this year, the first being the Annual Town Election on Monday, March 30. Training is provided. This is a great way to support the election process and become part of a team meeting new neighbors and friends. If interested, please email foxv@lincolntown.org.

SpongeBob musical coming up

The Doomsday Clock is ticking, with Mount Humongous threatening to erupt and destroy Bikini Bottom! Plankton and Krabs are scheming, everyone is panicking, neighbors are turning on each other… can SpongeBob, Sandy, and Patrick save the town? “The SpongeBob Musical, Youth Edition” will be performed in the Donaldson auditorium by the Lincoln School middle schoolers on four days next week:

  • Wednesday, March 11 at 3:00pm
  • Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, March 12-14, at 7:00pm

Tickets are general admission and available at the door from 30 minutes before showtime ($10 for adults or $5 for students, seniors, and LPS employees. Cash or check only.