Lincoln News

New England Common Assessment Program results released Friday classified the Lincoln public school district as making significant progress in both reading in math over the past five years, with reading proficiency increasing 9 percent, and math proficiency increasing 8 percent since 2007.

If all goes as planned, Navigant Credit Union will open a second branch in Lincoln this year at what's now Coventry Credit Union, 56 Railroad St.

The Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program will be offered at Symmetrics Wellness Movement Center, 1525 Louisquisset Pike, beginning Friday, Feb.

The Republican Primary in Florida brought to light much about that state's high unemployment rate, and some mention of the struggles in its cities for quality education.

Members of the Pawtucket Police Department presented the city's new online crime-tracking program last Friday, in-depth analytics they say will increase public safety and reduce misinformation.

Last week's story for our Cumberland readers was just the latest illustration of how ridiculous the town's independent fire district set-up is, and how right town voters were in 2010 to approve, by a margin of 80-20, the consolidation of those districts into one.