Mary Eldredge News Today

Note: This is the fifth installment in a multi-part series covering the history of Lincoln in commemoration of the town’s 150th anniversary.

“It’s fine,” Eldredge said, before heading back indoors. The Dec. 24 visit with her children was brief, but Kenny Eldredge and Christine Skidmore said they were thrilled they got to see their mother — in person — the day before Christmas. “Even if it’s only a half-hour, it’s great,” Skidmore said. As the spiraling cases of COVID-19 shut Cape nursing homes —  including Liberty Commons — to indoor visitors, fears of a return to the social isolation experienced during th...