In the October 25 article headlined “New HCA options would move some allowed units from south to north Lincoln,” information has been added after the “Resident input” subhead near the bottom about two public forums on the HCA options to be held on November 8, including a Zoom link. …
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My Turn: How would you use a community center?
By Ellen Meyer Shorb A friend asked me the other day, “Do you really think you will use the community center?” Absolutely, I said. Another friend leaned in to the conversation and said, “If we don’t build a community center, I may not stay in Lincoln.” The first friend said, “Tell me, how do you…
Corrections
The October 12 article headlined “CCBC drops one community center option and asks for another” mischaracterized the nature of one of the community center options as well as the December 2 Special Town Meeting vote. The third option now being formulated is not based on the 50% option but rather on the 75% one-story option…
Correction
The October 11 article that was originally headlined “Town moves forward with affordable housing zoning option, but another may be coming” had a misleading headline. It has been corrected to read: “Town moves forward with Housing Choice zoning option, but another may be coming.” Other corrections were made to clarify the characterization of the proposed…
Police log for September 30–October 7, 2023
September 30 Twin Pond Lane (3:46 a.m.) — A resident called to ask an officer check the area after their doorbell was activated. Police checked the area but were unable to locate anyone. Concord Road (9:47 a.m.) — A resident reported their mailbox was struck. Codman Road (5:30 p.m.) — A vehicle had stopped on…
What’s your opinion about the community center?
This is the first in a periodic series of informal, nonscientific “Lincoln Thinking” polls of Lincoln residents on important issues. Note: you do not have to be a Lincoln Squirrel subscriber to participate; the poll will live in the right sidebar of the Squirrel website, which is available to all. Our first poll is about…
Did you know… Julia Child got a boost from Lincoln’s Avis DeVoto?
By Sara Mattes Avis and her husband Bernard lived in the historic 1818 Hoar house on Weston Road, across from the Pierce House. Bernard DeVoto was an author of a series of popular histories of the American West (including the Pulitzer-Prize-winning Across the Wide Missouri), as well as books on Mark Twain and a regular…
The art of fine produce (Lincoln Through the Lens)
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New rotating-topic format for State of the Town meeting
There are four important topics to be discussed at the State of the Town (SOTT) meeting on September 30, and the Select Board has devised a new way to help residents focus and give feedback on them. Rater than one continuous meeting, there will be four 45-minute repeating rotating sessions in different locations at the…
Small fire extinguished at 160 Lincoln Rd.
Tenants and visitors evacuated the commercial building along the railroad tracks on Friday, Sept. 1 after a malfunctioning bathroom ceiling fan started a small fire. Lincoln firefighters responded to a fire alarm activation at the building at 160 Lincoln Rd. at 2:03 p.m. and found the fire in the ceiling fan of the women’s room…