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Week Ahead: Learn How the Affordable Health Care Act Will Affect You, What's Going on in the Middle East, and More

Today's Forecast From the National Weather Service
  • Today: A chance of rain showers before 2am, then a slight chance of freezing rain after 5am. Cloudy, with a low around 31. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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What's Going on in the Middle East? Conversations at the Meeting House
Stuart Sears, PhD in Arabic culture and language and Sharon resident, will be discussing How has the Arab Spring developed? What is happening in Egypt and Syria. What has been the response of the US to these events? Of course, events may dictate the dialogue, but there is always a lot to talk about.
This is part of the ongoing Conversations at the Meetinghouse series. It is free and open to the public. 7 p.m. on Dec. 6


Blood and Guts: Breakthroughs and Advances in Medicine

Temple Israel Brotherhood Presents Blood and Guts: Breakthroughs and Advances in Medicine.

Sunday Morning Speaker Breakfast Speakers:

  • Scott Shikora, MD, FACS
  • Mark A. Popovsky, MD

Sunday, Dec. 8, 10am

Find out what's happening in Sharonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Cost: $10 at the door / $8 in advance

RSVP to Neal Fineman at flashfine@comcast.net or by calling 781-784-6344

Find out what's happening in Sharonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

RSVP online @ www.tisharon.org/Dec8SpeakerBreakfast  

To learn more click here.


The Affordable Care Act: How Will It Affect Us

The Sharon Democratic Town Committee is sponsoring a public forum: 
"The Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) How Will It Affect Us?" 

The speaker, Brian Rosman, is the Research Director of Health Care for All, 
the leading advocacy agency dedicated to quality affordable health care 
in Massachusetts. Formerly, Mr. Rosman was the Senior Policy Associate 
at the Schneider Institute for Health Policy at Brandeis University's 
Heller School, and General Counsel for the state legislature's Health 
Care Committee. 

This event is open to the public, free of charge, on Thursday, December 5 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Sharon Community Center.



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