News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
Susan Isbell of Virginia Road received a special award at the recent Lincoln Council on Aging volunteer luncheon, was proclaimed “Woman of the Year” for her extensive work helping at Bemis Hall during the medical leave of COA assistant director Pam Alberts. Sponsored by the Friends of the Lincoln Council on Aging and hosted by St….
Here are the events scheduled for May by the Lincoln Council on Aging.
Sublime sunflowers: pastel paint like the masters
May 2 at 1 p.m.
The COA is pleased to present award-winning pastel artist Greg Maichack who will offer his new hands-on workshop for beginners to advanced artists in pastel painting on Friday, May 2 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Bemis Hall. Maichack will provide insights into the lives of sunflower painters van Gogh, Monet and O’Keefe, and then participants will be coached to create their own sunflower paintings. The workshop is free, but please call the COA at 781-259-8811 to sign up. This workshop is supported in part by a grant from the Lincoln Cultural Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Here are just a few of the events coming up in Lincoln early next month. Click the links for details in the Lincoln Squirrel calendar or on the website of the group that’s running the event.
May Day Merriness — Thursday, May 1
1-2:30 p.m., Drumlin Farm
We’ll make and decorate May baskets, then gather flowers from spring’s bounty to fill them. Plant some flower seeds in the garden and some to take home. This is a great family program for all ages. Registration is required; $12 for Mass Audubon members, $15 for nonmembers. More info…
Following are events scheduled by the Lincoln Council on Aging for the rest of April.
Gentle yoga
April 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14 at 9 a.m.
Would you like to try yoga but are concerned it may be too rigorous for you? Try the COA’s new gentle yoga class with experienced instructor Jai Kaur Annamaria San Antonio. The class will be held on six Wednesday mornings at 9 a.m. beginning on April 9 at a cost of $30 for the course. You may do the class on the floor or in a chair and the instructor will help you adapt the poses to your special needs. You may try one class free. Please sign up in advance by calling the COA at 781-259-8811. This class is subsidized by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs
By Alice Waugh
Despite the uncertainty surrounding the funding and timeline for school repairs, the town will move ahead with investigating specific sites and costs for a community center as well as the cost or renovating Bemis Hall to help Council on Aging in the more immediate future.
Bruce Thomas hasn’t visited Lincoln in decades, but he always remembered his grandfather’s hometown with affection—and he wrote a column about it for his local newspaper. Thomas’ column, which appeared in February on the website of the Tribune Chronicle in Warren Ohio, reminisces about summer visits in the 1930s to the Lorreys, his grandparents and aunt…
New “spring greens” CSA offered by The Food Project To get a jump-start on the growing and distribution season, The Food Project has launched a brand new “Spring Greens” community-supported agriculture (CSA) share. For $200, you get five weeks of cooking and salad greens (4 pounds a week on average) grown in our high tunnel greenhouses…
If you need help paying your winter fuel bill, the Commonwealth’s Fuel Assistance Program may be able to help. The program provides a cash benefit (payable to an authorized fuel provider) for both home owners and renters whose incomes are eligible. How much you receive depends on your household income, how many people you have…
A multigenerational group of First Parish Church parishioners prepared and served lunch to guests on January 20 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) at the Community Day Center in Waltham, which serves homeless people in Waltham and several other western suburbs. The center also received a donation of $6,559 gathered from the annual Christmas offering organized…