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Cheers Watertown! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Ready for a hilarious Dracula to haunt Arsenal Street this October?
  • Want free mental health first aid training right here in Watertown?
  • How Watertown factored into this nail-biter state senate recount

Also on today's calendar: Jagged Little Pill and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What day of the year is trucker's day? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 79 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Saturday: Some sun, then clouds; cooler, temps: high: 66, low: 49.
  • Sunday: Cloudy and cool; p.m. rain, with a high of 64 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 'Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors' Opens Actors' Shakespeare Project's 2026-27 Season (watertownmanews.com) — Watertown's Mosesian Center for the Arts will host Actors' Shakespeare Project's "Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors" from October 9 to November 1, bringing a campy, Halloween-ready vampire spoof to 321 Arsenal Street. The production features Elliot Norton Award-winner Paul Melendy and a Boston-based creative team, with tickets ranging from limited $20 seats to standard prices up to $90. Local theatergoers can expect a playful, horror-themed night out close to home.
   

• Free Adult Mental Health First Aid Training Offered by Wayside Multi-Service Center (watertownmanews.com) — A free Adult Mental Health First Aid course is being offered in early October at Lexington Gardens Learning Center on Phillip Darch Road in Watertown, with funding from the Watertown Community Foundation. Residents can learn to recognize mental health and substance use challenges, respond in a crisis, and connect people with help. Registration is required by October 1, and participants completing both evenings earn a certificate.
   

• 'Foot Soldiers Of Democracy': Belmont's State Senate Recount Reaffirms Brownsberger's Victory (belmontonian.com) — Watertown voters played a key role in a razor-thin state senate Democratic primary, where a district-wide recount ultimately reaffirmed incumbent Will Brownsberger's 35-vote victory. The race, spanning Belmont, Watertown, and parts of Boston and Cambridge, drew extra attention because it followed a dispute over Boston's proposed commercial tax hike, and both campaigns praised the meticulous recount process.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Belmont

  • Solid defense helps Belmont prevail over Middlesex League rival Winchester (bostonherald.com)
  • Real Estate Transactions for Aug. 17, 2026 to Aug. 28, 2026 (belmontvoice.org)
  • Belmont Books hosts Trans Poetry Night with readings, open mic, Tue., Sept. 22 (bostonspiritmagazine.com)

Cambridge

Newton

  • The RealReal To Open First Massachusetts Store In Chestnut Hill (patch.com)
  • Newton Woman May Lose Mini Horse Therapy Animal: Report (patch.com)

Ok Watertown! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: 10-4, good buddy! (Thank you Jean H. for sending it in!)
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