K-8 task force named
The ad hoc group charged
with interviewing and appointing members to the K-8 Public School Task Force
has made its selections and there are some surprises on the list. The
new committee is strong on analytical skills and special needs expertise,
but light on previous experience in Lincoln town governance.
Patty Mostue was
named the school committee liaison task force member. The seven other
members are Jerry Green, David Urion, Kathy McHugh, Beth
Lerman, Lesley Allison, Ralph Derbyshire and Jurrien Timmer.
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in previous news:
ZBA overrules planning board on guide service bldg.
According to reliable
sources, the Zoning Board of Appeals' decision on the new Cambridge Trust
building is being signed by board members and will be issued in the next few
days. In it, the ZBA will find that the process by which the Boynton
Company, owners of the property at 152 Lincoln Road, received building and
occupancy permits was flawed and that a special permit should have been
required. Both permits, issued by the building inspector with the
encouragement of the planning board, will be revoked, though the decision
will be stayed for 60 days to allow the Boyntons to apply for a special
permit from the ZBA.
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Peskin to run for Planning Board
South Great Road resident Barbara Peskin has taken
out nomination papers for the five-year seat on the planning board currently
held by board chairman, Crawley Cooper.
Peskin has been active in opposing commercial encroachment into residential
neighborhoods, particularly along Rt. 117. She is currently a
co-defendant (along with the ZBA) in a lawsuit brought by the real
estate developer/owner of the Millbrook Farm property, who is appealing the ZBA's
recent ruling regarding that site.
Cooper has yet to announce whether he plans to seek a third term.
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Creel decides not to run
After giving it serious
consideration, ZBA memberBuckner Creel announced
that he won't run for a seat on the board of selectmen next year. Creel
cited work commitments and a desire to serve on the K-8 Public School Task
Force, for which he had previously interviewed, as issues that factored into
his decision.
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Former supt. Mcquillan's budget role
examined
Former school
superintendent Mark McQuillan's role in
the town's recent budget crisis is being re-examined after his appointment
as deputy commissioner of the state department of education.
CLICK HERE
to read the (1/4) story from the Boston Globe
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Lincoln's political season gets underway
Gary Taylor
has become the first candidate to pull nomination papers to run for the seat
on the board of selectmen currently held by
John Kerr.
Taylor is a member of the housing commission, a former member of the finance
committee, and has been a candidate for appointment to the soon-to-be-formed
K-8 public school task force. It is unclear if he will remain a
candidate for that group. Kerr's announcement that he would not seek a
fourth term was made public in yesterday's (1/3) Lincoln Journal.
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Lincoln resident Sophie Freud profiled
in Boston Globe
CLICK HERE
to read the (1/3) profile of the "granddaughter of Sigmund."
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Task force formation comm.
reschedules meeting to Jan. 10; Appts. to be made then
The task force responsible
for deciding who to appoint to the K-8 Public School Task Force decided at
its early morning meeting today (1/3) to reschedule its next meeting from
Jan. 8 to Thursday, January 10th at 7:30 pm at Town Offices. The ad
hoc group plans to interview the few remaining potential candidates at that
time and then make appointments to the task force. The first meeting of the
K-8 Task Force has been scheduled for Friday, January 18th at 8 am.
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Jane Barnet dead at 64
Former long-time town employee and Juniper Ridge Road
resident, Jane Barnet, died after a brief illness in Bonsecour
Hospital in Venice, FL on Sunday, December 30. She was 64 years old.
Her daughters, Pamela Carpenter and Tenny Spinnet, both of Danvers, were
with her when she passed away. Jane had been the administrator in the
town building inspector's office, and also served as assistant
town clerk, at the time of her retirement two years ago.
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Mort Braun dies at 81; served town for
25 years
He served on the Zoning Board of Appeals for twenty years and on
the Planning Board for another five years.
Click Here to read his
obituary from the 12/30 Boston Globe.
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