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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

Lincoln Select Board authorizes $1.57 million Codman farm store renovation

LINCOLN — March 23, 2026 — Lincoln Select Board clears $1.57M Codman farm store rebuild and backs L-S regional agreement. The board voted 3-0 to authorize Codman Community Farms' relocation of its retail operation into Barn B with a walk-in cooler, prep space, staff room and loading

Lincoln Planning Board sends Dark Skies bylaw to Town Meeting after extensive edits

LINCOLN — March 10, 2026 — Lincoln Planning Board advances Dark Skies bylaw to Town Meeting after late-night edits. The board voted 5-0 to bring the rewritten Section 13.5 forward, deferring formal endorsement to March 24. Subcommittee Chair Sherry Haydock cited a town survey released the prior day in

Select Board pulls library HVAC articles from Town Meeting warrant

LINCOLN — March 9, 2026 — Lincoln pulls library HVAC articles after independent tax advisers flag a funding gap of up to $500,000. Town Administrator Tim Higgins told the Select Board on Monday that two energy-tax firms found the federal credit estimate of $1.6 million should be cut to

Lincoln Select Board signs March 28 Town Meeting warrant on 3-0 vote

LINCOLN — February 24, 2026 — Lincoln Select Board signs March 28 warrant and finalizes voter preview newsletter. The board voted 3-0 to sign the Annual Town Meeting warrant after Town Administrator Tim Higgins added a footnote clarifying that Article 8, a conventional gas boiler replacement for the library, must pass

Lincoln Planning Board endorses wetlands zoning repeal, conditionally OKs Conant Road lighting changes

LINCOLN — February 24, 2026 — Lincoln Planning Board clears wetlands repeal and conditionally approves Conant Road redesign. The board voted 4-0 to endorse Article 34 deleting Section 12.2, the W-Wetland and Watershed Protection District, after Conservation Director Michelle Grzenda confirmed the Conservation Commission had endorsed the change. A

Planning Board continues wetland-bylaw hearing to Feb. 24

LINCOLN — February 10, 2026 — Lincoln Planning Board delays vote on deleting 1973 wetland zoning section. The board unanimously continued the public hearing on Article 34 — which would strike Section 12.2, the W-Wetland and Watershed Protection District, and amend the Zoning Map accordingly — to 7:01 p.m. Feb.

Lincoln Select Board sets town meeting warrant order, hears water and rodenticide plans

LINCOLN — February 9, 2026 — Lincoln Select Board sets warrant order and hears $8.8M water plan ahead of town meeting. The board, chaired by Jennifer Glass with members Kim Bodnar and Jim Hutchinson, on Feb. 9 received presentations from Save Lincoln Wildlife on a Home Rule Petition banning anticoagulant rodenticides,

Planning Board approves Pine Ridge Road addition, defers dark-skies bylaw vote

LINCOLN — January 27, 2026 — Lincoln Planning Board approves Pine Ridge addition but holds back dark-skies bylaw endorsement. The board voted 5-0 on Jan. 27 to approve a 275-square-foot second-floor addition at 12 Pine Ridge Road and to permit average-natural-grade height calculations, after abutter

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