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Chamber’s Authors & Innovation Event Coming to Watertown

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The Charles River Chamber’s Knowing What Matters: The Changing Mindset of Business event, part of the Authors and Innovators Business Ideas Festival, will be hosted by the Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown. The Charles River Regional Chamber provided the following information:

WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 26, 4:30 p.m.

WHERE: Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown

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The Authors and Innovators event is free, open to all

Today’s emerging leaders face unprecedented challenges. They need to work harder, smarter, and know what matters. That means tracking the latest developments in tech, retaining and attracting the right team, considering the broader community, and understanding that the only constant is change. 

Join us for this special event at the Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown to explore how leaders can navigate today’s business environment with determination, humility, and humor. FEATURED SPEAKERS

RON SHAICHAuthor of Knowing What MattersRon Shaich is the founder and former Chairman and CEO of Panera Bread and of Au Bon Pain and is the current Chairman and a lead investor in Cava, Tatte, Life Alive, and Level99.In Shaich’s last two decades as CEO, Panera generated annualized shareholder returns of 25 percent and was the best performing stock in the restaurant industry. Shaich is often credited with defining the $100 billion fast casual segment and is known for continually disrupting industry paradigms to find new ways to build companies of value and with values.

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Watertown Company Hosting Blood Drive With Mass. General

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The following information came from C4 Therapeutics:

There is nothing scarier than a blood shortage! Every two seconds, someone needs blood to aid in their treatment to go through surgery, to survive. C4 Therapeutics is hosting a blood drive on Thursday, Oct. 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. We are located at 490 Arsenal Way in Watertown; the Mass. General Hospital blood mobile will be in our front parking lot, where we have ample parking.

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Mosesian Arts Hosting Open Mid Comedy Event, No Experience Needed

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The following announcement was provided by the Mosesian Center for the Arts:

Join us this Friday, Oct. 20, at 8 p.m. for Open Mic Comedy! We’ve got a few spots left to perform and room still in the audience. For audience, admission is FREE, but reservations are recommended at mosesianarts.org/shows. There will be cabaret seating at tables in the lobby, additional tables in the bar, and plenty of standing room. The bar and concessions will be open 30 minutes before showtime and throughout the show.

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Council Approves Funding for A/C at Middle School, Printers for City Clerk’s Office

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Photo by Charlie BreitroseWatertown City Hall

The basement and first floor of Watertown Middle School will be getting air conditioning after the City Council approved funding last week. Over the last few years the Middle School’s HVAC system has been updated floor by floor, and the basement and first floor are the final areas to be upgraded, said City Manager George Proakis. On Oct. 10, the Council approved borrowing $315,000 which will be used by the Public Buildings Department to design and complete the work by the spring of 2024. There was already $72,000 in funding for the project in the City’s Capital Improvement Plan.

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Watertown Group Hosts Forum Titled “Make Polluters Pay”

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The following announcement was provided by Progressive Watertown and Watertown Faces Climate Change:

Are you interested in how we as a community can respond to climate challenges? Please join us for a Forum on Make Polluters Pay at the Watertown Public Library on Sunday, October 22 at 2 p.m.

Representative Steve Owens; Laurel Schwab, Watertown Senior Environmental Planner; and Dan Zackin, 350 MASS Legislative Coordinator will discuss how An Act Establishing a ClimateChange Superfund Promoting Polluter Responsibility will help Watertown and other communities across the state to adapt to climate change. Following the discussion, additional activities will be available and light refreshments will be served. The event is sponsored by Progressive Watertown and Watertown Faces Climate Change.

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OP-ED: MBTA has Terrible Track Record of Providing Service to Watertown Square

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An MBTA Bus drives through Watertown Yard. (Photo by Mark Pickering)

By Mark Pickering

The city is out to revitalize Watertown Square and has set out a series of meetings aimed at getting feedback from the general public. The overall effort will look at making the square more attractive to walkers, merchants and developers looking to address the housing crisis. The issue of transportation is a key part of the package. Even our urban neighbors note that car traffic has taken over Watertown Square – which could be the worst such intersection in Greater Boston.

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Our History: Edmund Fowle II and His House

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This pre-19th century depiction of the Fowle House, complete with horse and individual dressed in period attire was done by 16 year old Jordan Piantedosi and presented to the Historical Society during the closing ceremony of Treaty Day 2004. (Photo courtesy of Joyce Kelly)

This article is part of a series on local history provided by the Historical Society of Watertown. It was written by Joyce Kelly, Board member of the Historical Society of Watertown. Joyce writes articles for the newsletter and is the newsletter editor. This was published in our October 2007 newsletter, “The Town Crier.”