Town offers free Covid-19 rapid tests
For the past three weeks, the town has offered free PCR testing to residents in an effort to manage the spread of Covid-19 during the post-holiday surge. While those will no longer be offered, free iHealth antigen rapid test kits will be available for pickup starting Thursday, Jan. 27 for residents who:
- have symptoms associated with Covid-19
- have been identified as a close contact of someone with Covid-19
- may have been exposed to Covid-19
- have attended large gatherings or have traveled recently
Test kits can be picked up Monday through Friday between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the following locations:
- the dispatch window inside the Public Safety Building
- the Select Board Office inside Town Hall
- the Council on Aging and Human Services office inside Bemis Hall
Residents of Lincoln Woods and The Commons may also pick up kits at their respective main offices. Tests may also be picked up on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m.–1 p.m. at the dispatch window inside the Public Safety building.
If you have symptoms of Covid-19, please do not come pick up a test kit — send someone on your behalf. No pre-registration will be required, but you will be asked to register your name, address and email upon receipt of your test kits. You will be limited to one test kit per person in your household each time you come, but you may come repeatedly as long as your need is valid.
Pickup basketball for adults
Residents are invited to sign up for Lincoln’s weekly adult pickup basketball game (Tuesdays at 7:15 p.m. on the Brooks Gym). Click here to register.
Year-round reading challenges start with Black History Month
Thanks to the Friends of the Lincoln Library, the library is now able to offer reading challenges year-round through Beanstack, a free online service that offers book and activity logging, recommendations, book reviews, and more. Earn virtual badges and enter to win a prize at the end of your challenge. Monthly challenges are open to all readers over 18.
The first challenge will be the Black History Month Challenge, which will run for the entire month of February. Starting on Tuesday, Feb. 1, register on our website or download the mobile app, find your next great read, and get started. Learn more and register here.
Livestream the LSB Players’ Winter One Acts
The LSB Players’ next performance will be the 8th Annual Winter One Acts with performances available to livestream on Friday, Feb. 4 and Saturday, Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m. On tap are plays directed by current L-S students Celeste Caseria ’22 (“That’s Not How I Remembered It” by Don Zolidis), Grace Grandprey ’22 (“As It Was” by Lucy Atkinson), and Gustavo Molina ’22 (“I, Chorus” by Ian McWethy).
An individual livestream is $15 and a family livestream is $40. Click here for more information and to order an access code. Please note that the Access Code will allow you to view the performance on only one device at a time. Therefore, if you have family or friends who would like to view the performance from a different location, they will need their own access code. Email lsbtickets@gmail.com with any questions.
Care Dimensions gets grant for hospice programs
The Parmenter Foundation, a charitable organization that supports end-of-life care and bereavement services, announced a $19,300 grant for Care Dimensions hospice programs. The grant will fund two programs offered by Care Dimensions Hospice House to families in MetroWest communities:
- The SmartCare program, brings an elevated level of clinical home care called community paramedicine to their sickest and most frail home hospice patients when symptoms escalate
- The Bereavement Bag program in which volunteers fill and drop off supportive items to families who have lost a loved on during the pandemic, letting them know they’re not alone even though they may not be able to gather for grief and healing rituals
The grant, delivered as part of $236,000 awarded in Parmenter’s mission-focused areas of children’s grief support, adult bereavement, and hospice care, come as Massachusetts endures the staggering impacts of the Omicron variant and recently passed the grim milestone of 20,000 COVID-related deaths in the Commonwealth.
Parmenter also recently released a new series of resources on grief associated with pet loss, including a five-part animated video series, “Unconditional Love, Unique Loss,” which explores the grief and guilt associated with the loss of a pet, including perspectives from a local veterinarian, a certified pet chaplain, and a veterinary social worker.