Boston Globe covers Lincoln age
discrimination suit
Click Here to read the Boston
Globe's story about the age discrimination suit filed with the MCAD by
former town employee Paul Harvey. See Indie coverage
below.
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Town resident Rosemary Nadolski's memorial
service held in Lincoln
There was a standing-room-only crowd in attendance as friends and
family said good-bye to Rosemary. Long-time parish priest Father
Brennan returned from his new parish to lead the service, remarking that
he hadn't seen so many people in the church since President Bush attended a
service there for his brother-in-law.
Click Here to
read the Boston Globe obituary.
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Aunt Sadies' owner presents 40B housing plan
James P. Digiovanni, owner of the Aunt Sadies' property
on South Great Road (Rt. 117) and the Tower Road lot
abutting that property, met with concerned residents at a
selectmen-sponsored public meeting to outline his plans to develop that
property. Preliminary plans call for relocating the farm stand so that
eight units, two of them affordable, could be built.
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Former town employee files age
discrimination complaint
Former long-time DPW worker Paul Harvey has filed a
complaint with the MA Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD). In his
complaint, filed on October 18th, Harvey claims he was laid off in July
because of his age and because he was perceived to be disabled. Previously, in a letter dated July 10th, DPW superintendent
Vincent DeAmicis, sounding a lot like a lawyer, denied Harvey's
grievance.
Click on the images below to read the town's letter
to Harvey and his MCAD complaint:
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Hanscom airlines not taking off
Save Our Heritage has
obtained information on passenger loads for the period July-September 2002
for Shuttle America and Boston-Maine
Airways, the two airlines currently running commercial flights out of
Hanscom. The information comes from
monthly operations reports that the airlines submit to Massport, which Save
Our Heritage in turn receives from Massport via a public records request.
Both airlines reported that their load factors have leveled off...well below
the profitable radar screen. Records show that Shuttle America's
Hanscom-Trenton flights have been flying only 33% full, while Boston-Maine
Airways flights flew at a paltry 5% of capacity.
| Shuttle America
Sept Aug
Jul |
| Scheduled flights
257 297
379 Actual flights
253 292 331
Cancellation rate 2%
2% 13%
Tot. pax
5802 6423 5701
Tot. ops
506 584 662
Pax/op
11 11 9
Load factor
33% 33% 27%
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Boston-Maine Airways |
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Sept Aug Jul
Tot. pax 44 50 12
Tot. ops 46 52 22
Pax/op 1 1 0.5
Load factor 5% 5% 2.6%
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It's cable-bashing time
The Lincoln Cable Committee will be holding a Public Hearing on
Tuesday, Oct 22nd at 7:30 pm in Town Offices to hear comments on the
satisfaction level with AT&T cable service. This is part of a franchise
renewal process and plays an important part of the soon to commence
negotiations for the extension of that franchise license. The survey sent
out in September has had an over 25% response rate and has been tabulated,
along with about 15 pages of comments. The survey results will be made
available around the time of the Public Hearing on the Town's website. Call
for more info: 259.0466.
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Resident points out inaccurate address on
Tower Road 40B development notice
South Lincoln neighborhood watchdog Barbara Peskin pointed out to
Town Administrator Tim Higgins, in a October 23 email, that the 40B
development being considered for the property abutting Aunt Sadie's retail
center is actually at 173 Tower Road, not 302 South Great Road.
Peskin wrote:
"I noticed, doing some research today, that on September 26th the
Globe...published the proposed 40b development at "302 South Great
Road" based on information the Selectman gave the Globe.
I understand that on October 3rd, [selectman Gary Taylor] publicly
said that the Selectmen, or at least he, already supports Mr.
DiGiovanni's 40b proposal at 173 Tower Road. The Housing Commission
has told at least one town resident that they have already discussed
and approved Mr. DiGiovanni's proposal at at least one of the Housing
Commission meetings. When the Selectman and Housing Commission
formally report to the ZBA that they support the proposal, it will
have less authority if the procedure for the 10/23/02 public
information session, the only time the public will be invited to
participate, was flawed. (None of my neighbors or abutters around the
property have been contacted by the Selectman or the Housing
Commission to get feedback, to date. And those who live along Tower
Road or the side streets off of it may never now that this could
effect them, until construction starts, without accurate public
notice.)
I know that the Selectmen hosted informational meeting is not a part
of the formal comprehensive permit hearings before the ZBA, but still,
the issue raised on 10/23 may be reported to the ZBA by the Selectmen
or others present as the sense of the town.
I believe if you don't accurately publish the street address where the
development will occur, that you are doing town residents a
disservice.
You should note, as well, that 173 Tower Road is a distinct map and
parcel from 300 South Great Road and 302 South Great Road.
Thank you, in advance, for considering my comments.
Barbara
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Fincom asks town committees for 0% growth
budgets
Due to significant cuts in state aid and other revenue sources, the finance
committee has requested that all town committees and boards prepare budgets
that are level-funded with the current fiscal year's budget. It is also
preparing a series of commentaries on the budget process to explain how it
arrived at the 0% Budget Guideline request.
CLICK HERE to read
part one of the Finance Committee's commentary
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Five candidates raise their hands for the seat on the ZBA
The selectmen have received letters of interest from five residents
for the vacant position on the Zoning Board of Appeals. Long-time
member Peter Guldberg announced that he was resigning effective the
beginning of this month. Potential candidates include Gus Browne,
currently ZBA associate member; Tom Black, former finance committee
chairman; Crawley Cooper, long-time member of the Planning Board and
current Fence Viewer; Barbara Peskin, candidate for the planning
board earlier this year; and Old Concord Road resident Ann Hardman.
The selectmen are in the process of scheduling a time to interview the
candidates.
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Let the convincing begin...
Aren't sure if you can attend the
Lincoln League of Women Voters public meeting in favor of the CPA Amendment?
Don't know if you want to be lectured to for an hour or more about how great
the CPA is? Don't worry, the Indie
has the proposed agenda for that meeting, as written by CPA Committee
chairman Chris
Klem. It includes the talking points and
who's going to make 'em. The LLWV meeting is scheduled for October 27th.
Click on the images below to read the meeting's
agenda:
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in previous news:
Selectmen issue charge to Moderate Housing
Task Force
The selectmen are on an extremely fast track to develop an action
plan by January, 2003 to increase the town's low- and moderate-income
housing stock. They are appointing a committee comprised of
representatives from housing-related town committees and non government
organizations to study the issue. No private residents have been
invited to serve on the committee.
Click on the image below to read the selectmen's
charge:
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N. Lincoln residents told to sacrifice
for the "greater good"
North Lincoln residents expressed dismay over the recent placement of
traffic counting strips on Sunnyside Lane without their prior knowledge.
When one resident inquired of the DPW what the purpose of the traffic
counters was, that resident was informed that the study was undertaken at
the request of Minute Man National Park to see if Sunnyside Lane could be
closed.
Residents are upset because they thought they had an agreement with the
selectmen that they would be notified before any further action regarding
the possible sale of lots on that street. In an email sent to
selectmen chairperson Sara Mattes, and obtained by the Lincoln
Independent, one resident questioned why residents were not informed
in advance of this development.
Mattes wrote in response:
"As I responded to someone else in your neighborhood
earlier, this is part of the data gathering that was identified at the
front end of an open process. NO plan, except those precluded by
wetlands and zoning, is off the table.
The Natl. Park has nothing to do w/ the request for the counts. Why
did anyone call DPW and think they would get an answer regarding
policy? Please, please collect all questions and concerns and
funnel them through Mark [Pierson]. As this was a piece of data
collection identified early on, I did not think it necessary to
"report in."
There is much else of great concern to ALL the town, such as the
budget free-fall we are experiencing, the two 40B proposals moving
forward (as 40Bs pile up, we will be hit w/ budget-busting school
enrollments, mandates from DEP to seek new wells, etc., etc.) the
Massport projections of 87,000 jet operations by 2015. There is such a
thing as "the greater good" in this democracy. We're all trying as
hard as we can to insure all voices are heard and all
opinions respected, but every opinion can see its way to
implementation."
Sara |
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'State of the Town' Meeting scheduled for
Saturday, October 19th
The selectmen are planning to hold a townwide, Quaker-style meeting to
discuss the state of the town. It is scheduled for Saturday, October
19th from 1-4 pm at the Donaldson Auditorium,. In advance of the
meeting, all town boards, committees and departments were asked to summarize
the long- and short-term issues they face.
Click on the listings below to read that group's
report:
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