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Weekend Fun: Tour a Historic Mansion, Yoga, Give Blood & More

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Gore PlaceTour the historic mansion at Gore Place on Friday and Saturday.

This is a weekend for learning more history of our town. At Gore Place, which is partly in Waltham, partly in Watertown, you can tour the historic home of Christopher and Rebecca Gore. He served as an ambassador, governor of Massachusetts, and US Senator in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. If you prefer to be outside on a summer’s day, tour the trees on the Gore Estate or tour Mount Auburn Cemetery. Feeling crafty? Check out the creative patching workshop at the library. There’s an intensive yoga workshop at Artemis Yoga for four days of going deep into your practice. And though some people may not think of giving blood as fun exactly, the blood drive at Hibernian Hall is important for the well being of all of us. Let’s pitch in to keep us all having fun. 

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Find Out About Watertown’s Miyawaki Forest Saturday

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Lowell Microforest YardArt made by students and adults in April.

The following announcement was provided by Trees for Watertown:

It’s Your Forest – A Drop-By at the Library

Drop by to learn more about Watertown’s first Miyawaki Microforest, to be planted in the J.R. Lowell schoolyard on October 26th, 2024. Everyone is invited! Art + science activities for kids.

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Retired Recreation Director Thanks Mentors, Reflects on Nearly 50 Years Working for City

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Recreation Director Peter Centola celebrates his retirement with his family. Pictured from left, daughter Leanne, mother-in-law Irene Samourian, Peter, wife Karen, daugther Tory, and son Philip. (Contributed Photo)

Recently-retired Recreation Director Peter Centola likes to tell people worked in Watertown for 48 years. He got his start in the mid-1970s but had a break in the middle, and at one point didn’t expect to return.

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Watertown Group Holding Vigil Remembering Those who Died in Hiroshima, Nagasaki

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Candleboats float on the Charles River in Watertown in memory of those who died in the nuclear bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The following announcement was provided by Watertown Citizens for Peace Justice & the Environment:

On Sunday, August 4 in Watertown Square the community will remember the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (flyer attached). The 7 p.m. event will begin with a silent vigil, followed by speaker Kevin Maher of the Soka Gakkai Buddhist Community, music by Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin and Suzy Giroux, and a launching of candle boats at the MDCR dock.