🌱 Patch AM: Hamilton honors 100-year-old former selectman and devoted public servant

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• Hamilton honors 100-year-old former selectman and devoted public servant

Also on today's calendar: Understanding Dementia: Signs, Stages and Daily Challenges and 11 more events.

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• Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 67, low: 58.
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📰 News we're reading

• Obituary: Leon Purington (thelocalnews.news) — Longtime Hamilton resident and three-term selectman Leon Purington has died at age 100 after six decades of public service in town, including on the Hamilton Housing Authority and Hamilton-Wenham Rotary. Calling hours are set for Friday, Oct. 9 in Rowley, with a graveside service Saturday, Oct. 10 at the Town of Hamilton Cemetery, where neighbors and friends can pay their respects.
   

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Thursday October 1
• Understanding Dementia: Signs, Stages and Daily Challenges →
  Northshore Unitarian Universalist Church, 323 Locust St, Danvers
  4:00 pm
• Flamenkora →
  The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
  8:00 pm
Friday October 2
• Abraxas – The Ultimate Santana Tribute →
  Larcom Theatre, 13 Wallis St, Beverly
  8:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• All Saints Annual Community Blessing of the Animals Oct. 3 from 1 - 3 PM →
  All Saints Episcopal Church, 13 Holten St, Danvers
  1:00 pm
• Silent Auction Fundraiser →
  Wenham Insight Meditation Center 72 Grapevine Road, Wenham MA,
  4:30 pm
• Dueling Pianos →
  The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday September 30
• 1926: A Year In The Life Of Hammond & His Castle →
  Hammond Castle Museum, 80 Hesperus Ave, Gloucester
  5:30 pm
Sunday October 4
• Devils Footprint Annual Event 2026, Revolution →
  1 Meetinghouse Green, Ipswich
  9:00 am
Thursday October 8
• Dine In Giveback →
  Post Hamilton, 16 Bay Rd, Hamilton
  11:30 am
• En Plein Air Sketch Classes with Sue Wheeler →
  Hammond Castle Museum, 80 Hesperus Ave, Gloucester
  1:00 pm
Friday October 9
• Grunge Fest - Alice In Chains and Stone Temple Pilots Tribute Night →
  The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
  8:00 pm
Friday October 16
• Reckoners with Kevin James Graham →
  The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
  8:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Open House →
  Pingree School, 537 Highland St, Hamilton
  11:00 am
• Chelsea Berry →
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  7:00 pm

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Danvers

• Danvers Church To Host Month Of Pet Remembrance Events In October (patch.com)

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