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McGean recognized by Boston Globe

The Boston Globe recently included Tricia McGean, the public health nurse for several towns including Lincoln, in its lineup of 2020 Everyday Heroes: “Tricia Emery McGean spends every day and night, including weekends, trying to keep local communities healthy… She handles contract tracing for local schools, sometimes working overnight to ensure the safety of the community.”

Annual First Day celebration canceled

Due to the ongoing pandemic, the Pierce House Committee and manager Victoria Otis have reluctantly decided to cancel this year’s First Day celebration, an annal tradition where residents come together at the Pierce House on New Year’s Day for food, drink and entertainment.

Update from Drumlin Farm food effort

Renata Pomponi, the Wildlife Sanctuary Director at Drumlin Farm in Lincoln, provided this update to her article (“My Turn: Drumlin Farm pitches in with produce during pandemic”) on December 3 about the Drumlin Farm Food Donation Program:

Over the course of the 2020 growing season, Drumlin Farm has distributed over 17,000 pounds of veggies and 600 dozen eggs to people in need around eastern Massachusetts. We are grateful to the Lincoln Agricultural Commission for provided funding this summer to allow Drumlin Farm to begin making twice-a-month contributions of produce and eggs to the Lincoln food pantry. The Ogden Codman Trust then stepped forward with a generous grant to allow us to continue the program through the winter, with eggs from our chickens and greens coming soon from our hoop house.

Our hunger relief work in Lincoln has been a true community partnership, and we are honored to be part of making the connections from farm and farmer to those who truly need our food.

The December 3 article has been updated to include this information.