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Planning Board approves Bedford Road home, continues Civico hearing to June 9

LINCOLN — May 26, 2026 — Lincoln Planning Board approves Bedford Road teardown-and-rebuild, opens Civico's 20-unit Page Road hearing. The board on May 26 voted 4-1 to grant site plan review for Srinivas Anantha's 6,295-square-foot home at 127 Bedford Road, conditional

Select Board hears deCordova reopening plan, advances cannabis delivery moratorium

LINCOLN — May 18, 2026 — Lincoln Select Board hears deCordova 2028 reopening plan and advances cannabis delivery moratorium. Trustees of Reservations representatives Sarah Montrose and a colleague identified as Ashley walked the board through schematic designs for the Wangren, Linde and Dewey galleries, with construction targeted for winter 2026, fundraising launching

Planning Board endorses two ANR plans for Cambridge water-supply conservation transfer

LINCOLN — May 12, 2026 — Lincoln Planning Board clears the way for Cambridge to take roughly 75 conservation acres. The board unanimously endorsed two Approval Not Required plans on May 12 — one from Farrington Memorial Inc. dividing 295 Cambridge Turnpike into three lots, and one from Frank J. Panetta and Lyn

Select Board accepts $1.385 million in private gifts for Lincoln community center

LINCOLN — May 11, 2026 — Lincoln Select Board accepts $1.385 million in private gifts for community center. The board voted 3-0 to accept a $1,345,000 contribution from the Friends of the Lincoln Council on Aging and a separate $40,000 gift from the von Mertens family to

Planning Board approves removal of three Doherty's trees in split 3-2 vote

LINCOLN — April 28, 2026 — Lincoln Planning Board approves removal of three trees at Doherty's Garage in divided votes. The board voted 4-1 on April 28 to treat the request as a minor change under Section 17.3 and then 3-2 to approve the removal of a

Lincoln Select Board appoints two Housing Commission members and disbands two committees

LINCOLN — April 27, 2026 — Lincoln Select Board appoints two to Housing Commission and clears post-Town Meeting slate. The board on April 27 voted unanimously to seat David Levy and Zalen Stason for three-year Housing Commission terms, appoint Naila Karamally and Cynthia Graham to the IDEA Committee, disband the

Lincoln Select Board votes 3-0 to enter executive session on personnel complaint

LINCOLN — April 17, 2026 — Lincoln Select Board enters executive session on personnel complaint after minutes-long open meeting. The three-member board voted 3-0 Friday morning to move into closed session under Massachusetts General Law Chapter 30A, Section 21(a), Exemption 1, which permits private discussion of complaints or

Planning Board approves revised Ally Vet signs over neighbor objections

LINCOLN — April 14, 2026 — Lincoln Planning Board approves Ally Vet signs and hears a 144-unit Stonegate pitch. The board on April 14 unanimously approved a revised sign permit for Ally Specialty Veterinary Center at 16 Mill Street — one 24-by-18-inch ground sign capped at 5 feet and

Lincoln Select Board approves 20-year community center solar deal, adopts green procurement policy

LINCOLN — April 13, 2026 — Lincoln Select Board signs off on 20-year community center solar deal projecting $260,000 in savings. The board, which rotated its chair from Jennifer Glass to Jim Hutchinson, authorized Town Administrator Tim Higgins to execute a power purchase agreement with Select Energy for a 139-

Lincoln Planning Board endorses Dark Skies bylaw 3-1, sends to Town Meeting

LINCOLN — March 24, 2026 — Lincoln Planning Board endorses Dark Skies zoning bylaw 3-1 ahead of Town Meeting. Members Susan Hall Mygatt, Rob Ahlert and associate Craig Nicholson voted to endorse the amendment; Co-Chair Gary Taylor dissented, calling the 10 p.m. shutoff and fixture-replacement requirements an enforcement