Archived News for June, 2003
 

Dobrow and Picker appointed to the school committee
At the end of a long six-interview process, the three selectmen and three remaining school committee members voted to appoint Tufts educator, recent PTA president and current METCO Steering Committee member Julie Dobrow and former planning board chairman Dennis Picker to the two vacant seats on the school committee.  Both will serve until next March, when they will have to run for election.

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Indy files Open Meeting  Law complaint with DA's office
The Lincoln Independent has filed a complaint with the Middlesex District Attorney's office seeking to have the METCO Steering Committee, a subcommittee of the Lincoln School Committee, open its meetings to the public.

Originally meant to be a subcommittee of the school committee, the METCO Steering Committee referred to itself as such in its own draft documents. However, after complaints from the media to the school committee at the June 5 school committee meeting, the third draft eliminated all reference to having been formed by the school committee. The school superintendent now claims that it is his administrative group, and not subject to the Open Meeting Laws.

Click Here to read the letter sent to the District Attorney's office.

METCO Steering Committee documents, received under Freedom of Information Act request:

METCO Steering Committee ponders program costs
In preparing the letters above, steering committee member Cindy Sweetser argued for making the cost of the program a "central issue." Other members questioned this approach. The questionnaire that will be sent to residents has also undergone some editing.

Click on the images below to read the debate:

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Positions open on many town committees.
Recreation, Conservation, Pierce House, Housing, Historic District, etc.

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And then there were seven...
With the deadline for applications come and gone, seven candidates have thrown their hats in the ring.  The seven who have been confirmed are Dennis Picker, Julie Dobrow, Haley Blacklow, Richard Jewett, Maria Hylton, Elisa Sartori and Bill Munroe. There are two vacancies on the school committee.  Interviews will be held on June 19 with a decision by the school committee and selectmen following shortly thereafter.

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Historical Society nixes anniversary plans
The Lincoln Historical Society voted unanimously to reject a 250th Anniversary Committee proposal to host a program, as part of the anniversary celebration, that would feature a debate between performers impersonating John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.  The LHS felt that raising money to finance this historically inaccurate program (neither of those founding fathers had anything to do with Lincoln's founding) would be inappropriate. The program was first proposed by selectman Sara Mattes.

Click on the image below to read the LHS letter:

   

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Selectmen send letters to President Bush
As charged by Town Meeting, the selectmen sent the letters below to our nation's leader.  The letters oppose the war in Iraq, oppose the global privatization of water, and oppose provisions of the Patriot and Homeland Security Acts.  Note that the letter opposing the war is much shorter than the original letter sent by the selectmen, and that only two selectmen signed the letter opposing the Patriot Act.

Click on the images below to read the letters:

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Candidate declares for school committee
Former planning board member, Dennis Picker, has thrown his hat in the ring for a seat on the school committee.  There are two vacant seats due to the recent resignations of Mark Masterson and Jurrien Timmer.

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Cub Scouts in action
Lincoln Cub Scouts from Pack 127, Den 3 Bears complete a community service project at the Lincoln Fire Station.  The Scouts weeded and planted flowers around the flag pole in front of the station

Pictured are - left to right   Fire Chief John Burke, Harry Elder, Mitchell McGinty, Jeremy Robson, kneeling in front (l-r) Jack Cusano, William Bursaw



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Cable modem access coming...in June?
The cable trucks are still stringing the digital cable all over town.  Originally scheduled for late May, Comcast is now shooting for a rollout of its digital services in early June.

ClickHere to learn how to save $200 on high speed internet access

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School Committee interviews candidates for Assistant Superintendent
The battered remnants of a shrunken school committee (Ashton Peery, Sue Hollingsworth, the soon-departing Jurrien Timmer, and Hanscom representative Ron Deak) interviewed two candidates for the opportunity to replace Jeanne Whitten as Assistant Superintendent.  Finalists are Dr. Anne Koufman-Frederick, currently Director of Curriculum and Instruction at the Carroll School, and Dr. Paul Naso, a principal at Weston's Country School.

Click Here to read their bios, as prepared for the Mini-Link

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