[LincolnTalk] Disposable plates

[Benjamin Shiller]

I was wondering if anyone knows why the school uses disposable plates for
the school lunch. Seems like a lot of waste generated every weekday.

Benjamin Shiller
Associate Professor of Economics
Brandeis University
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[LincolnTalk] Free 3 drawer teak file cabinet

[melbee1...@yahoo.com via Lincoln]

Hello LT! We have a solid teak 3 drawer file cabinet that we have been using as 
a dresser for the past 10 years. It is still in great shape and definitely has 
life left. Hoping someone can find a home for it. We did have to cut the safety 
strap to be able to remove the drawers as it was too heavy to move without 
doing so.
Thanks!
Melissa

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Re: [LincolnTalk] Will Town Meeting be on zoom?

[JMG at Lincolntalk]

The site's appearance can vary a great deal, depending on the device you are using and the age of your browser. I suggest this page for an overview of Town Meeting day.JennieOn Mar 25, 2025, at 1:07 PM, ANDREW PANG via Lincoln  wrote:Here is the Town's web page dedicated to Town Meeting: https://www.lincolntown.org/1538/2025-Annual-Town-MeetingThe link to this page is on the home "landing page" at www.lincolntown.org, so I am unsure why you had difficulty reaching it.The Article List and Warrant are the agenda for the day, in two different formats.I believe that Town Meeting is simulcast but do not see a link or instructions for that on this page. I will ask staff in the Town Offices because that page seems the logical place to put a link.You are correct that state law precludes any kind of remote voting at Town Meeting, on any platform.  That is, it is not a Zoom limitation but a legal one.Andrew PangMember, Town Meeting Study CommitteeOn 03/25/2025 12:40 PM EDT 37 Bassett  wrote:Wondering if town meeting will be on zoom, recognizing that there is no way to vote on zoom. Or some other live stream?Also I’m looking for the agenda/ schedule for the day.Couldn’t find this info on Town website.Mary Helen LorenzSent from my iPad-- The LincolnTalk mailing list.To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org.Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/.Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln.-- The LincolnTalk mailing list.To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org.Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/.Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln.-- 
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[LincolnTalk] Conservation Dept. News - Late March/Early April Events

[Grzenda, Michele]

Happy Spring!

If you missed the Rescue Metro West Raptors Event held in Lincoln on 3/10, 
here's a link to the event 
recording
 and the 
slides.
   Follow Save Lincoln Wildlife Facebook 
Page or email 
i...@savelincolnwildlife.org to get more 
involved.

Here are some upcoming events held by various conservation organizations which 
may interest you:

3/27/25: Protect Our Predators: Your Role in Safeguarding Birds of Prey from 
Rodent Poison, 7pm (Zoom)
Did you know the very products meant to control rodents are devastating our 
local wildlife? Join Michele Grzenda, Naturalist and Lincoln's Conservation 
Director, for an eye-opening virtual workshop about protecting Massachusetts' 
magnificent birds of prey and wild predators from a hidden threat in our 
neighborhoods. In this action-focused Zoom session, you'll discover:

  1.  The surprising connection between common rodent poisons and the decline 
of our hawks, owls, and other wildlife

  1.  Real success stories from MA communities already making positive changes

  1.  How to connect with passionate advocates in your area
Be part of a growing movement across Massachusetts to protect our natural 
heritage! Whether you're a wildlife enthusiast, pet owner, or concerned 
neighbor, your voice matters in this crucial effort. Together, we can create 
safer communities for both wildlife and people. Register 
HERE.
  (Sponsored by Appalachian Mountain Club's Conservation Committees)

4/7/25: Discover the Magic of Goldenrod: A Gift to Wildlife - Bemis Hall or 
Online, 7:00 p.m.
Join Francie Von Mertens as she unveils why Doug Tallamy, author of Bringing 
Nature Home, celebrated the Goldenrod species as one of nature's greatest gifts 
to wildlife as Francie presents In Praise of Goldenrods, in Gardens and Beyond. 
For more information and to register, Click 
HERE. (sponsored by the Lincoln Garden Club)

April 5th: Vernal Pool Exploration: LLCT and Lincoln Conservation Department 
are pleased to host two vernal pool exploration events:

  *   [FULL] Session 1: 11am-12:30pm Ages 15+ - Geared towards adolescents and 
adults, with more emphasis on vernal pool ecology.
  *   Session 2: 1-2:30pm Ages 5+ - For families with children. Ranger Will 
Leona and Land Manager Ryan Brown will share fun facts about vernal pools and 
offer a close-up look at some of the critters that call vernal pools home. 
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
  *   Click HERE for more info and to 
register

Spring Conservation Trail Walks start on April 8th - Join Conservation staff on 
Tuesday mornings as we visit different trails in Lincoln (see flier 
here).
 Registration required in order to keep group size under 18 people and to 
ensure we can contact you in case of cancellation due to weather or public 
health concerns.  Please RSVP 
here.
 (Select the tab with the date you wish to join us). You may also RSVP by 
calling the Conservation Dept. at 781-259-2612 or email 
conservat...@lincolntown.org. (Sponsored 
by Lincoln Conservation Commission & Lincoln Council on Aging and Human 
Services).

April 10th (7-8:30pm) (Zoom): Planting in Community and Planting for the 
Future: Soil ecologist and educator Rachel Neurath will explore the incredible 
potential of native plants to support pollinators, store carbon, and restore 
soil health. Her focus is community - ecosystem community, and also our own 
community, which can come together and plant for the future. Click HERE for 
more info and to 
register.
 (Sponsored by LLCT)

April 11th (1-3pm) Volunteer Conservation Crew - Fieldwork Fridays - Land 
management staff of the Conservation Department and Land Trust will be hosting 
six volunteer workdays focused on invasive plant species control this spring 
and summer. (Starting March 14th). Volunteers will get the chance to make a 
positive impact on our conservation land and enjoy the great outdoors! Come for 
one or come for all. For more information, click 
HERE
 and RSVP HERE. (select the tab with the date(s) 
you wish to join us).



** Lincoln Town Meeting will be held on March 29th.  To learn 

[LincolnTalk] Two great Village University classes starts one week from today!

[Sara Mattes]

Title: Email from Concord-Carlisle Adult & Community Education
FYI -One on Supreme Court.Sent from my iPadBegin forwarded message:From: Concord-Carlisle Adult & Community Education Date: March 25, 2025 at 10:13:26 AM EDTTo: samat...@gmail.comSubject: Two great Village University classes starts one week from today!Reply-To: a...@concordps.org
  
  Open up to see which classes. Village University Spring 2025Two classes begin next Tuesday! 
 
 Electricity and Magnetism with Steve Reznek

Not knowing what electricity and magnetism (E/M) are has not stopped us from learning how to use them. The course traces that learning. The paradox has been called the “Action at a Distance Dilemma”. How can one object affect another when separated from it? The people who have tried to resolve this have been called many things - gods, priests, magicians and physicists. The ancient ideas were Devine mysteries. The course next treats the 1700’s experiments. They explored electrical effects and proposed both the correct and incorrect explanations of their causes. By the 1800’s the modern interpretation began to emerge. Newton’s idea of a field laid the ground work. The central ideas were the electric and magnetic fields with charges and currents as their sources. The final concept was the description of the way a change in a source or a field would charge the other fields. The great realization was that in order to build a motor, a television or a computer: YOU DON’T NEED TO KNOW WHAT E/M ARE. ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW IS HOW CHANGING ONE THING AFFECTS THE OTHERS. Although the E/M interactions are expressed in mathematics, the course does not include math nor require a math background.

5 Tu | Apr 1-Apr 29 | 10 am-12 pm | Online
Register now!   
 
 More Notable Supreme Court Cases of 2024 and 2025 with Doug Wilkins

Last year's extraordinary U.S. Supreme Court term wasn't just about gun regulation, abortion, President Trump and agency power (all of which we discussed in the fall). The Court also addressed free speech, cutting edge social media issues and voting rights, among other things. Already this year, it has decided the Tik Tok case, including free speech. We will read and discuss summaries of four or five 2024 cases that are significant in themselves or that hint at the justices' likely direction on important questions in the near future. While this course will start where our Fall discussion ended, it is self-contained and does not assume that you took any prior course. We will analyze one case per week and ask:

Did the justices honestly try to determine what the constitution, precedent and facts require?
Or do their decisions just reflect the majority’s policy preferences or partisan behavior?
Which judges provided "swing votes" and why?

As one justice says, to answer these questions, we must “read the decision.” Doug will draw on his experience as a recently-retired trial court judge and, previously, a lawyer who briefed and argued cases in state and federal appellate courts, including one U. S. Supreme Court oral argument.

5 Tu | Apr 1-May 6 | 3-4 pm | Newbury Court
*No class 4/15
Register now!   
 See our other upcoming Village University classes  
Seeing Red: The History of Color in Art with Nancy Baker

5 Mo | Apr 7-May 12 | 10-11:30 am | Online
Register now!   
 
Thank you to everyone who has already registered!

CCACE is thrilled to be able to offer Village University programs to our community members. These courses are free of charge; however, to help support our programs there is a suggested donation of $60 for the first course per semester and $30 for each additional Village University course per participant per semester. For our one day programs the suggested donation is $25. You may donate online or by phone at the time of registration or mail a check. We appreciate your support at any level!
 
 
Would you or someone you know be interested 
in teaching a Village University course? 
Contact us at a...@concordps.org!
 
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978-318-1432
    CCACE is a self-supporting program of the Concord-Carlisle Regional School District. Our programs are made possible through student fees, with student financial aid made possible in-part through a grant from the Concord Carlisle Foundation. Please consider making a donation to help us continue to bring great educational opportunities & financial assistance to all in our community.Support our scholarship fundConcord-Carlisle Adult & Community Education | 500 Walden St   | Concord, MA 02472 US  Unsubscribe | 

[LincolnTalk] Tom Krusinski

[susan winship via Lincoln]

Does anyone have his contact information?
Many years ago, for the South Sudanese families ,  SSEF had a Saturday Program 
in Lincoln at the Pods. Many kids volunteered and many adults from Lincoln. I 
am so grateful for their time and energy! The parents had a series of 
workshops, and the kids went to Drumlin Farm and worked with outdoor educators. 
Also, Tom offered movement classes- the kids LOVED him. He was amazing.
We are having a Gala on May 17 in Arlington and would very much like to invite 
him...does anyone have his contact info?
The kids he worked with are now in college and many have graduated. He would be 
amazed
If you would like to come to our Gala please go to our website SSEFBoston.org 
to get tickets!
 
Susan
 
Susan Winship, LICSW
Executive Director
South Sudanese Enrichment for Families
PO Box 492
Lincoln, MA 01773
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Re: [LincolnTalk] Garage floor painting / epoxy application sugestions

[Ursula Nowak]

Hi Lacho,

You could try Hub Masonry. Anatolie Melnic is a stone mason who lives right
here in Lincoln. I have been very pleased with his work. He repointed a
chimney, and repaired an outside wall of the house and parts of my patio.
Each time he did beautiful work and his estimates were much lower than the
other estimates I got. I was especially pleased how he took time to see
what was the real issue with our wall which led to a different solution and
much cheaper repair.

I haven't had my garage floor done, but I know that he does that kind of
work too. I have seen impressive photos of garage floors he has done.

Anatolie Melnic
Hub Masonry
(617) 314-4095
hubmaso...@yahoo.com


Ursula

On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM Lacho Ranchev  wrote:

> Hello neighbours!
>
> Any suggestions for 2 car garage floor painting / epoxy application?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Best,
> Lacho
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Re: [LincolnTalk] Will Town Meeting be on zoom?

[ANDREW PANG via Lincoln]

Here is the Town's web page dedicated to Town Meeting: 
https://www.lincolntown.org/1538/2025-Annual-Town-Meeting
The link to this page is on the home "landing page" at www.lincolntown.org, so 
I am unsure why you had difficulty reaching it.

The Article List and Warrant are the agenda for the day, in two different 
formats.

I believe that Town Meeting is simulcast but do not see a link or instructions 
for that on this page. I will ask staff in the Town Offices because that page 
seems the logical place to put a link.

You are correct that state law precludes any kind of remote voting at Town 
Meeting, on any platform.  That is, it is not a Zoom limitation but a legal one.

Andrew Pang
Member, Town Meeting Study Committee


> On 03/25/2025 12:40 PM EDT 37 Bassett  wrote:
> 
>  
> Wondering if town meeting will be on zoom, recognizing that there is no way 
> to vote on zoom. Or some other live stream?
> 
> Also I’m looking for the agenda/ schedule for the day.
> Couldn’t find this info on Town website.
> 
> Mary Helen Lorenz
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[LincolnTalk] Will Town Meeting be on zoom?

[37 Bassett]

Wondering if town meeting will be on zoom, recognizing that there is no way to 
vote on zoom. Or some other live stream?

Also I’m looking for the agenda/ schedule for the day.
Couldn’t find this info on Town website.

Mary Helen Lorenz
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Re: [LincolnTalk] Will Town Meeting be on zoom?

[ANDREW PANG via Lincoln]

The Town Meeting web page has now been updated with information on viewing the 
event on cable TV and on-line, with a link.

See: https://www.lincolntown.org/1538/2025-Annual-Town-Meeting

Thank you for bringing to our attention this lack of information about live 
streaming, so that we could address that.

Andrew Pang
Town Meeting Study Committee





> On 03/25/2025 12:40 PM EDT 37 Bassett  wrote:
> 
>  
> Wondering if town meeting will be on zoom, recognizing that there is no way 
> to vote on zoom. Or some other live stream?
> 
> Also I’m looking for the agenda/ schedule for the day.
> Couldn’t find this info on Town website.
> 
> Mary Helen Lorenz
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[LincolnTalk] FW: Revolutionary New England Choral Music

[June L Matthews]

Hello, Lincoln Talk.  Enjoy a musical start to your 250th celebration (unless 
you've already started)!  Boston composer William Billings (1746-1800) and many 
others wrote dozens of a cappella choral pieces, mostly in four-part harmony, 
with the aim of teaching music and improving the standard of congregational 
singing in New England parishes.  Some works were hymns, some laments or 
dirges, some lengthy anthems with Biblical texts, some marching tunes (maybe 
sung by our own Minute Men), some exuberant expressions of patriotism (after 
we'd won the war).  Hear this music brought to life on Sunday, March 30 by the 
group Norumbega Harmony, founded at Wellesley College (hence the name) in the 
1970s by singing master Professor Stephen Marini, who will also entertain with 
commentary on the songs.  All ages are welcome.

What:  Choral Songs of Revolutionary New England
When: Sunday, March 30, 3:00 pm
Where:  Newton Highlands Congregational Church, 54 Lincoln St. Newton 02461 (an 
easy 20-minute drive from Lincoln: S on Rte.128, E on Rte. 9, and you're nearly 
there)
Free-will offering

Please contact me, June Matthews, if you have questions or would like further 
information (matth...@mit.edu)
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[LincolnTalk] Get your tickets - Club Codman is coming - Saturday, May 10th!

[Abigail Adams]

Dust off your wigs, platforms, and polyester because Club Codman is coming
to Codman Farm - Saturday, May 10th at 8 pm!

Purchase tickets here:

https://codmanfarm.org/classes-events/2025/5/10/club-codman-save-the-date

What is Club Codman?

It’s an annual tradition and fundraiser that could possibly be the single
most entertaining evening of the entire year!

It’s a costume (optional) party ~ dance party ~ adults-only fun ~ for
anyone who is ready to say goodbye to winter blues and welcome in the
Spring and Summer with a good cheer. Great music, great drinks, and just a
plain old good time.  It’s not complicated folks, it’s just a party to have
a party.

Peacock about, maybe embarrass yourself a little bit, put on that thing you
swore you’d never be seen in public wearing, and dance like you own the
dance floor! Or not. But come anyway. We’re all friends here.






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Abigail Adams
Education, Community Engagement and Marketing Manager
Codman Community Farms
www.codmanfarm.org
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[LincolnTalk] Are Your Utlility Bills Too High? Losing Energy?

[CJ Sizer]

*Visit with Green Coaches at the CFREE table this Saturday.*
*How Can We Help You?*

*See You at Town Meeting *
* March 29th!*
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Re: [LincolnTalk] Experiences building an in-law apartment? Handicapped accessibility advice?

[Shivani Munjal]

Hi Kim,

I work with a lot of seniors who prefer to age in place.  I recommend
consulting with Olga of WR Builders:


Olga Ramiro Ban

o...@wrbuildersinc.com

WR Builders Inc.

i...@wrbuildersinc.com

https://www.wrbuildersinc.com/

397 Elliot St, Newton, MA 02464

*Phone: *(617) 641-6000




On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM Kim Jalet  wrote:

> Hi LT,
>
> We are considering converting our detached garage into an in-law apartment
> for my parents.  We are in the preliminary planning stages and are looking
> for any advice/input/experiences anyone who has done something similar can
> offer.  If you've done something like this, what do you wish you had known
> or considered?  What lessons did you learn?  What advice or recommendations
> do you have?
>
> We would also be interested in recommendations for architects and other
> professionals that we would need.
>
> Additionally, we would be interested in hearing how people have adjusted
> their homes to make them more handicapped accessible.  If we are going to
> build something for my parents as they age, we would like to make sure it's
> outfitted with what they will need.  One parent already uses a walker and
> sometimes a wheelchair.
>
> We appreciate any suggestions you have!
>
> Sincerely, Kim Jalet (Brooks Rd.)
>
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