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Donation Drive & Free Store to be Hosted by Watertown Mutual Aid

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Watertown Mutual Aid announced it will host a Donation Drive and Free Store on Sunday, Nov. 7. The event will be at Ballroom in Boston, 100 Parker St. in Watertown. The Donation Drive will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Accepted items:

Winter coats (new/like-new)Cold-weather clothes for kids, newborn to young adult (new/like-new)Diapers and baby wipesMenstrual productsPersonal care items (shampoo, toothpaste, etc.)

Shop at the Free Store from 1-3 p.m. Free and open to all!

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LETTER: Watertown Resident Shares His Experience Voting in the Town Election

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The following letter was written on Nov. 2, 2021. Dear Friends,

Re: Voter Shock! Today is Watertown Election Day, and as a civic minded individual, resident in the City known as the Town of Watertown, I did not linger in bed until my usual hour of 7:30 a.m., but rose to prepare to exercise my duty. I voted and believe that I have recovered sufficiently from my shock, that I may now share with you my experience. Things you should know:

·         Watertown once included the towns of Weston, Waltham and large portions of Lincoln, Belmont, and Cambridge.

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Watertown Hosting Veterans Day Breakfast on Nov. 11th

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The Watertown Veterans Services Office announced that Watertown will host its annual Veterans’ Day Breakfast on Veterans’ Day, November 11th. The event will take place at the Shutt Detachment, on 215 Mount Auburn St. The event starts at 9 a.m., with a brief ceremony followed by breakfast immediately after. Please contact Watertown Veterans’ Services if you have any questions, PGeorge@Watertown-ma.gov or 617-972-6416

Entertainment

Mosesian Center Hosts Musical Celebration of Exoplanet Science With Harvard Astrophysicist

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The following announcement was provided by Multiverse Concert Series:

Multiverse Concert Series presents their newest album by composer Dr. David Ibbett, Octave of Light, in an album release tour fusing classical music with EDM and the science of exoplanets. This project is a musical celebration of exoplanet science created in collaboration with Roy Gould of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Too small to be seen directly, most exoplanets are detected as shadows across their parent star. By analyzing these shadows, David has sonified (light->sound) their spectra into a musical language of molecules and exoplanets. Multiverse Concert Series presents their newest album by composer Dr. David Ibbett, Octave of Light, in an album release tour fusing classical music with EDM and the science of exoplanets.

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Hear About Biotech’s Impact from Co-founder of Moderna at Charles River Chamber’s Fall Breakfast

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The Charles River Regional Chamber will host its annual Fall Breakfast on Wednesday Nov. 17, 2021 from 10-11:30 a.m.

The Chamber sent out the following information:

Our Fall Business Breakfast returns – virtually – on Wed. Nov. 17th. This signature annual event – our 106th – is a celebration of the leadership, resilience and impact of our region’s businesses and nonprofits.

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Progressive Watertown Hosting Virtual Forum on “Rebuilding” American Democracy

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The following announcement was provided by Progressive Watertown:

Progressive Watertown presents: Our Democracy Under Siege — How to Rebuild a Better and More Just Democracy. A virtual public forum moderated by Michael Ansara. Hosted by Progressive Watertown.Sunday, Nov. 7th, from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

The Trump movement is a direct threat to our constitution. To understand the damage inflictedupon our democracy, we need to address the threats facing us.

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OBIT: Dennis McDade Jr., 89, St. Patrick’s High Grad, Celebrated His Irish Heritage

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Dennis McDade Jr.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday November 2, 2021 at 10:00 AM in St. Patrick Church Watertown for Dennis Edward McDade, Jr.

Mr. McDade was a son of the late Dennis McDade, Sr. & Catherine J. (Cooney) McDade. Dennis passed away on Thursday October 28, 2021 at the age of 89. He was born and raised in Watertown and was a proud graduate of St. Patrick High School.

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Watertown Resident Starring in Theater Production at Acton’s Theatre III

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Watertown’s Catherine Hersh will perform in “Lovers and Other Strangers” at Theatre III in Acton. The following announcement was provided by Theatre III:

Live theater is back at Acton’s community theater, Theatre III! Join us for our fall production, by Joseph Bologna and Renee Taylor, directed by Shahn and Ed Knights and produced by Linda Minkoff. Seduction, infidelity, passion, commitment, marriage! A comedy of 1970s love lives in five one-act vignettes, Lovers and Other Strangers lets us laugh at the timeless truths about relationships – and at the things that were totally groovy back in 1972.