This year, the eighth-graders’ group assisted by Town Clerk Susan Brooks and Town Moderator Sarah Cannon Holden is hoping to have Lincoln voters approve funds for two portable, 15-foot aluminum benches with backrests and shelves for use by sports teams who play on the fields next to Codman Pool. The benches would cost $800 to…
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Letter to the editor: Mostue running for fourth term on L-S School Committee
To the editor: I am declaring my candidacy as an incumbent for the Lincoln-Sudbury (L-S) School Committee. I have enjoyed serving for nine years on the committee and would be honored and delighted to continue for a fourth term. I view among the priorities of the L-S School Committee the continued maintenance of high standards…
GearTicks qualify for state championship
The Lincoln GearTicks FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) robotics team had another successful tournament earlier this month, winning all their events plus an additional award at the “Twister on Lowder Street” qualifier in Dedham. FTC is an annual challenge in which teams of students in grades 7-12 build and program small robots to play a game that changes…
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Con Com seeks member The Conservation Commission is looking for a new commissioner to complete the term of a member who has moved out of town. The group, which meets every third week on Wednesdays from 7-10:30 p.m., approves or denies permits under the guidelines of the state wetlands law and town bylaw. The Con Com also…
Minuteman High School prepares for hearings and looks for artifacts
Public hearings with two town boards are scheduled for the new Minuteman High School project starting this week. Meanwhile, a recent archeological dig at the site of the new building in Lincoln did not turn up any historically significant artifacts. The Planning Board will hold a public hearing for site plan review on Tuesday, Feb….
Town Meeting warrant article list published
The list of articles for the 2017 Annual Town Meeting on March 25 includes 42 articles that will ask residents for a “year” or “nay” on numerous issues that have been in the news in Lincoln over the past year or more. Below are links to previous Lincoln Squirrel stories about some of the items. The Squirrel will also publish…
Correction
A February 1 article headlined “Officials offer school recommendations, borrowing estimates” incorrectly referenced another upcoming multiboard meeting in February. The next such meeting will be on March 8 at 7 p.m. in the Brooks gym. The original story has been corrected. …
Officials offer school recommendations, borrowing estimates
Saying “we believe it’s time to act on our own,” School Committee Chair Jennifer Glass outlined next steps for a town-funded school project at a multi-board meeting earlier this week. Glass told the Board of Selectmen last month that her group recommended not applying again for state funding, but start the planning process for a…
School Committee recommends Lincoln-only school project; multiboard meeting Monday night
The School Committee has voted unanimously to recommend that the town move forward with a Lincoln-funded school project and not reapply for state funding. There will be a multi-board meeting on Monday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. in the Brooks gym to discuss the school project. In an earlier announcement about that meeting, the committee…
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LSSC hosts Lincoln presentation on High Tech High L-S faculty and staff who traveled out to High Tech High in California to delve a bit more deeply into maker spaces, innovation hubs and social entrepreneurship (areas being explored for future classes and extracurricular at L-S) will give a presentation at the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional School Committee’s meeting…