The Citizen Digest contains links to stories about Current Events taking place within the next ten days and Community Announcements you may need. There is also a list of Coming Attractions for which you may wish to save the date.

Links to Current Events through Wednesday, December 19

Wednesday, December 05

• Bedford Recreation – winter program registration begins

Thursday, December 06

• Community Table Dinner
• Snow Village is still open at Chip-In Farm!
• Luminary sale to benefit the Bedford Minuteman Company’s scholarship fund
• Harvard Pottery Sale, with work by Carol Rissman and Pao-Fei Yang of Bedford
• Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night presented by the MCC theatre department in Lowell

Friday, December 07

• Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night presented by the MCC theatre department in Lowell

Saturday, December 08

• First night of Hanukkah

• Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night presented by the MCC theatre department in Lowell

Sunday, December 09

• Rotary Breakfast with Santa

• Community-Wide Chanukkah Party/Chanukkiah Contest/Mitzvah Mall at Temple Shalom Emeth
• Simhat Tot celebration at Temple Emunah
• Bedford Chamber of Commerce Holiday House Tour
• Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night presented by the MCC theatre department in Lowell

Monday, December 10

• Emerson Hospital Cookies by the Pound Sale
• Bedford Family Connection Boot Drive ends today
• Holiday tree lighting on Bedford Common

Tuesday, December 11

• Story Time with the Temple Emunah Rabbis at Barnes and Noble in Burlington

Thursday, December 13

• Bedford Education Foundation Book Fair & Kids for Kids performance
• Public meeting of the Ad hoc Sign Bylaw Review Committee

Friday, December 14

• Community Hanukkah Family Worship Service at Temple Shalom Emeth
• The Messiah – Masterworks Chorale’s 51^st annual community sing

Saturday, December 15

• Hanukkah-Havdallah Community Celebration at Temple Emunah
• Bedford Santa Gift-drop on Saturday, December 15
• The Messiah – Masterworks Chorale’s 51^st annual community sing

Wednesday, December 19

• The Longest Night, or Advent Blues, an ecumenical service

Community Announcements

• MCC’s Weekend College: Earn a Business Degree in 17 Months
• December events at the Council on Aging
• MCC earns three awards at NCMPR Regional Conference
• Job Opening: Religious Education Program – Administrative Assistant
• Bedford Family Connection Boot Drive thru December 10
• Luminary sale to benefit the Bedford Minuteman Company’s scholarship fund
• Sign up for Wizards Select Lacrosse at the Edge
• Bedford Schools’ PE/Health Department survey
• Now available: the newest version of Bedford’s Police Department smartphone app
• Can you use some help with your home heating bills?
• Volunteer opportunities to serve on town boards and committees
• Holiday vacation camp at The Edge
• Alcohol compliance checks to begin
• Openings on Capital Expenditures Committee and other town boards
• Town Hall rentals
• Seeking adult transport volunteers at Emerson Hospital

Coming Attractions

• Pumpernickel Puppets at the library on Thursday, December 27
• Final TED Talk, My (subversive) garden Plot on Sunday, January 6
• Library reception for retiring children’s librarian Sharon McDonald on Tuesday, January 8
• Town Caucus on Tuesday, January 8
• Thursday night movies resume at the library on Thursday, January 10
• Last day to obtain papers for Town election: Wednesday, January 16
• Last day to return papers for Town election: Friday, January 18
• Winter lecture series by Professor Dan Breen: Supreme Court Decisions at the Bedford Library begins on Sunday, January 20
• Library story times resume during the week of January 22
• Last day to object or withdraw from Town election ballot: Monday, February 4
• Last day to register to vote in the 2013 Town election: Friday, February 15
• Town election: Saturday, March 9
• Annual Town Meeting: Monday, March 25

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