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Bicyclist taken to hospital after fall

On Saturday, May 2 at about 3 p.m., Lincoln emergency personnel assisted an 83-year-old Arlington woman who fell off her bicycle while traveling north on Lincoln Road just north of Todd Pond Road. Her fall was due to a defect in the road; no other vehicles were involved. The woman was conscious and alert but was transported to the hospital. 

First Parish organizes drive for communities in need

The First Parish in Lincoln is holding a Mother’s Day pop-up drive for communities in need with a donation deadline of Monday, May 11. The church is collecting donations of supplies to support communities of color as well as the homeless who have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. The supplies will be distributed by Bay Cove Human Services in Boston to homeless men and women and to children of families they serve.

Residents can drop off donations on the church’s Stearns Room porch (across from the library at 4 Bedford Rd.) or have items picked up by contacting Mary Jo Veling at 781-259-8588 or veling1@hotmail.com. For more information, click here or contact Janet Boynton at janetkboynton@gmail.com or 781-259-0928.

Items needed include:

• Diapers in size 4 and 5 and baby wipes
• Stop & Shop gift cards (which can be purchased at Donelan’s)
• New men’s and women’s underwear, T-shirts, and sweatshirts in sizes L and XL
• New men’s and women’s socks and flip-flops in sizes L and XL
• Women’s hygiene supplies
• Essential toiletries in small containers
• Power bars, snacks, tea bags, single-serve sugar-free drink mix

Seedling sale benefits The Food Project

The Food Project is holding its annual seedling sale next Saturday and Sunday, May 9 and 10. We will have contactless pickup available on the farm at the end of Baker Bridge Road. Please visit thefoodproject.org/seedlings/ to order. 

Library now offers Acorn TV

The Lincoln Public Library is now offering Acorn TV’s streaming service to patrons with web-connected devices. Offerings include Vera, Land Girls, Doc Martin, and other mysteries, dramas, and comedies from Britain and beyond. To access Acorn TV, visit www.lincolnpl.org and have your Lincoln Public card number handy. You’ll be asked to create an Acorn account with a username and password. If you already have an account with RB Digital (the library offers RB Digital magazines), you can use that account information to access Acorn TV. 

Each patron will be allowed to check out one “license” per week, which includes unlimited access to view as many episodes of programming you like. When the week is over, you can simply check out another license to watch more content.

Anyone who needs assistance with any of the library’s online services, email lincoln@minlib.net.