The Care Dimensions hospice facility on Winter Street is running a bit behind but is expected to open to patients in early 2018. Construction started in late summer 2016 on the 18-bed, 27,500-square-foot inpatient hospice facility will provide a home-like setting for terminally ill patients who need hospital-level care for pain and symptom management where hospice physicians,…
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Council on Aging activities in October
Lincoln Academy with Meghan Lytton—Stories, facts and photos from the Iditarod Trail October 2 at 12:30 p.m. Come to Bemis Hall on Monday, Oct. 2 at 12:30 to hear Meghan Lytton discuss “Stories, Facts and Photos from the Iditarod Trail.” Save yourself the long trip to Nome, Alaska to learn about the Iditarod Trail Race, where dogs pull a sled…
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Get school project news via email and enter to win Subscribe to the Lincoln School Project website any time before Friday, Sept. 29 at noon and you’ll be entered to win a $25 gift certificate to Donelan’s or a Lincoln Parks and Recreation program (whichever one you choose). Those who’ve already subscribed are also entered to win. There are…
COA activities in September
New fitness classes for all levels September 5 at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Looking for an opportunity to get fit and toned, limber up, and enhance your physical and mental well-being? Try one of the Council on Aging’s new fitness classes at Bemis Hall. At 11:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, come to Stretch and…
Council on Aging activities in August
Lincoln Trad Jazz Band August 3 at 12:30 p.m. August 31 at 12:30 p.m. (both at Bemis Hall) Regular exercise for wellness and independence August 10 at 11:30 a.m. Our bodies are meant to move. As we age our bodies lose muscle mass and bone density, a condition known as sarcopenia, which the National Institutes…
Council on Aging activities in July
Two projects under way at Hanscom
Starting in August, residents who live near Hanscom Field may notice more noise than usual as air traffic is temporarily rerouted during two separate runway reconstruction projects. However, another unrelated project—construction of a new hangar for Boston MedFlight—will not result in any increase in noise or air traffic in the area Logan Airport is now…
Council on Aging activities in June
Council on Aging activities in May
Watercolors with Jane Cooper May 1 at 9 a.m. Jane Cooper will offer fun dabbling in watercolor painting of scenes of nature, landscapes or some favorite sky. Two sessions of four classes will be offered Fridays and Mondays in May from 9–11 a.m. beginning May 1 and 15 at Bemis Hall. Cost is $30/session. Please…
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Climate justice series continues with ‘A Plastic Ocean’ St. Anne’s Episcopal Church will screen the feature-length documentary A Plastic Ocean on Tuesday, April 25 as part of the church’s ongoing series of films on climate justice. The evening begins at 6:30 p.m. with a light vegetarian supper and the film will start at 7 p.m. A Plastic…