🌱 How a Watertown student’s UConn research is changing ER care

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Watertown student’s UConn research is changing ER care

Also on today's calendar: Christmas Cocktail Class and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 42 and low of 38 degrees.
• Friday: Windy; rain in the morning, temps: high: 55, low: 24.
• Saturday: Sun, then clouds; colder, with a high of 37 and low of 31 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• UConn Medical Students Always Advancing Scientific Knowledge (uconn.edu) — A Watertown native, UConn medical student Niki Meka, is earning recognition for emergency medicine research through UConn’s growing Summer Research Program. The article highlights how she and classmates statewide are using projects in ultrasound, global health, and pediatric AI tools to build skills, win awards, and contribute to better patient care while still in training.
   

📸 Around Watertown

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Watertown

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• Live Music w/ Tom Scarola — Hawk Ridge Winery
  Hawk Ridge Winery, 28 Plungis Rd, Watertown
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• Make Your Own Herbal Heating Pad
  Watertown Library Association , 470 Main St , Watertown
  6:30 pm

Sunday December 21

• Christmas Cocktail Class
  Connecticut Distilling Tasting Lounge , 2066 Thomaston Ave , Waterbury
  4:00 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Library Closed
  Watertown Library Association , 470 Main Street , Watertown

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Exercise Your Mind
  Silas Bronson Library Auditorium
  2:30 pm
• Young Writers' Group
  Howard Whittemore Memorial Library , 243 Church St , Naugatuck
  4:00 pm
• Movie Night: Home Alone - Sponsored by the Class of 2029
  Thomaston High School Auditorium Auditorum
  6:00 pm
• Waterbury Writers
  Silas Bronson Library Auditorium
  6:00 pm
• Make Your Own Herbal Heating Pad
  Watertown Library Association , 470 Main St , Watertown
  6:30 pm
• Flow + Restore
  Nourished Roots Yoga , 34 Main St , Thomaston
  7:15 pm

Friday December 19

• Plymouth Family Resource Center Playgroup Visit (all ages, with a caregiver)
  Terryville Public Library , 238 Main St , Terryville
  10:15 am
• Bloom Where Planted: Soup Wreath
  Litchfield Community Center , 421 Bantam Rd , Litchfield
  11:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• McDonald's posted a job opening for Shift Manager I & Shift Manager II in Watertown. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Thomaston

• Waterbury water struggles impacting restaurants and households (nbcconnecticut.com)

Bethlehem

• Man faces kidnapping, assault charges after Norwich domestic incident, police say (greenwichtime.com)

Waterbury

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-- The Patch AM Team

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