Lincoln Street

Church members voice concerns about traffic from proposed Lincoln Street developments

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The project would be situated on a corner lot, next to the Assabet River Rail Trail. It has been designed to have 18 out of 24 parking spots inside the building with access off both Cashman and Lincoln streets.

“We were able to remove parking from the street,” said architect Ron Burke.

He added that the project would include rooftop solar, heat pumps for residents and a pocket park at the corner closest to the rail trail.

All 12 units would be rentals, said Morris.

The proposed project would replace a former auto repair building and a billboard.

Resident Steve Peck asked about charging stations for electric vehicles. Morris said

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Above: Alta Marlborough at 283-325 Lincoln St. will be a mixed-use development, with retail and 276 apartments.

Right: The property at 272 Lincoln St. is being eyed for a 12-unit multifamily dwelling. Just to the right is Sts. Anargyori Greek Orthodox Church.

spaces within the garage would be ready for electric vehicles.

In addition, Morris said the building will be all electric – no oil or natural gas to produce heat and hot water.

Church members voice concerns

Several members of the nearby Sts. Anargyori Greek Orthodox Church on Central Street – just down the street from the proposed housing project – praised the design of the project, but they voiced concerns about the potential of increased traffic.

One church member said, “It’s a horror show on Sunday” with traffic between their church and the Immaculate Conception Church just down the street.

Other church members, including Nick Kalfas, were concerned about having another housing project in the area. In June, the city approved plans for Alta Marlborough at 283325 Lincoln St.

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“There’s no need for more local housing in the area,” he said.

City Council members also voiced their support of the project, but they requested more information about the site plan.

The proposal has been sent to the council’s Urban Affairs Committee.

About Alta Marlborough

Just down Lincoln Street, on the other side of the Assabet River Rail Trail, Alta Marlborough will consist of three buildings (a parking garage with 448 spaces; two mixeduse buildings with groundfloor retail and 276 dwelling units; 22 off-street parking spaces and a restroom for those using the rail trail). The units will be a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments; a total of 28 units will be affordable. Alta Marlborough LLC (Wood Partners) has estimated that the project will house approximately 25 school-age children, since 58% of the units will be one-bedroom.

There will be an outdoor terrace and bicycle parking in the garage.

The project is scheduled to be completed in about two years.

The plans for Alta Marlborough are available at www. marlborough-ma.gov.

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MARLBOROUGH – The 44th annual Marlborough Garden Club Holiday Boutique will be held in person on Dec. 3 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Whitcomb Middle School, 25 Union St.

The boutique offers all you need for holiday decorating for your home as well as a specialty gift table.

There will be fresh winter greens, holiday decor, wreaths and tabletop creations. All items are handcrafted by the members the week before the event and will last through the holiday season.

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To learn more about membership or to receive the club’s customer newsletter, email the club at gardenclub01752@ gmail.com, visit www.Marlboroughgardenclub.org, or find them on Facebook at the Marlborough Garden Club.

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Marlborough resident’s research revolutionized mine safety

MARLBOROUGH THEN NOW

By Susan Alatalo History Columnist MARLBOROUGH - There is a typical-looking Marlborough street, Ellis Avenue, not far from Main Street, with no unusual landmarks, notable monuments or historical signage. But an internationally known scientist and inventor quietly lived there for years, within walking distance of the company that employed him.

Grant Wheat can be credited with saving thousands of miners’ lives through his diligent work developing battery-operated lamps for helmets.

The Marlborough resident’s dutiful widow ensured many of her husband’s patented inventions were safeguarded by donating them to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in 1961. The illustrative collection is accom-

The December 2, 1946, U.S. issue of Newsweek magazine featured this photo of a coal miner wearing a rechargeable electric headlamp developed by Marlborough inventor Grant Wheat. Internationally known scientist and inventor Grant Wheat, whose research led to the development of the battery-operated electric miner’s headlamp, lived in this home on Ellis Avenue in Marlborough.

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panied by a published history entitled “Story of Underground Lighting” which concludes with the Wheat Electric Rechargeable Cap Lamp.

In 1919 the newly established U.S. Bureau of Mines immediately approved the Wheat cap lamp.

Due to numerous fatal accidents in coal mines, scientists abroad, as well as in America, feverishly worked on headgear to make mining less hazardous. Among the scientists working on the problem were Thomas A. Edison, Sir Humphrey Davy, George Stephenson, William Clanny and Edward W. Bullard. Koehler Manufacturing Company, which started in Marlborough, gave Grant Wheat his own laboratory to woo him. It expanded into the vacant S.H. Howe shoe factory.

In the 1800s, miners were not mandated to wear protective headwear. They wore hats made of soft cloth or canvas with a leather brim and lamp bracket. Likewise, doughboystyle military helmets were unsuitable, due to weight and cost.

When open flame candles and carbide or oil-wick lamps were used in the mines, and prevalent mine gases such as methane easily explodes. Oxygen deprivation, haulage accidents, falls and low light were all too common in the workplace in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

A black and white photograph of a coal miner wearing a cap lamp made the cover of Newsweek magazine, in the December 2, 1946, American issue. Today, Koehler Manufacturing flourishes, still using the Wheat trade name on underground lighting equipment it makes now in Wilkes-Barre, Penn.

The Grant Wheat name is not on a plaque attached to his former home, but it is nearby on his gravestone in Maplewood Cemetery on Pleasant Street.

It is appropriately graced with delicate stalks of wheat, symbolizing a long, prosperous, well-lived life and inscribed: “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works…”

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