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Acton COA Presents: Hearing Screening Appointments with Audiologist Megan Ford

Acton Senior Center 30 Sudbury Road Rear, Acton

Megan Ford Au.D., a licensed audiologist in practice since 1998, will provide hearing screenings, ear wax checks, and basic hearing aid checks. Please allow 15 minutes for your appointment. Dr. Ford has worked at several major medical centers in Boston, Cleveland and Worcester. In 2013 she opened her private practice, HearSmart Audiology, in Littleton. There has been such a high demand for Dr. Ford’s appointments, she will now be coming to the Center monthly! To sign up for a slot, contact the Council on Aging by phone (978-929-6652) or email (seniorcenter@actonma.gov). Acton 60+ only.

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Acton COA Presents: Becoming Janet: Finding Myself in the Holocaust with Author Janet Singer Applefield

Acton Senior Center 30 Sudbury Road Rear, Acton

The Friends of the Acton Council on Aging proudly announce that the Honoring Excellence program will host Holocaust Survivor, Author and Public Speaker Janet Singer Applefield. Janet wrote a memoir about her experience as a Jewish child in Poland, surviving by taking on the identity of a deceased Catholic girl and hiding in plain sight with the aid of strangers. Her father, weighing just 110 pounds, survived the Theresienstadt camp-ghetto and reunited with his daughter. He transcribed Janet’s recollections of her years of survival, which served as the basis for her memoir. Refreshments will be served following the program. At

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Opening celebration: 549 Main Street

549 Main Street 549 Main Street, Acton

You are cordially invited to join us in celebrating the public opening of the 549 Main Street property, known by many as the Conant land. This multi-year project represents a partnership of state and local government, the Conant family, and non-governmental organizations in preserving historical, natural, and water resources while opening new opportunities for public passive recreation. Welcome Remarks Refreshments Guided Walk (for those interested) Parking is available at 8 Post Office Square Behind, Acton, MA - please look for blue arrows directing you to the site. Please wear comfortable shoes. Mobility assistance will be available from the parking area.

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Library: Virtual – “The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto” with Historian Elizabeth R. Hyman

Zoom

Register for the Zoom link here. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is one of the most storied events of the Holocaust, yet previous accounts of which have almost entirely focused on its male participants. In "The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto: The True Story of Five Courageous Young Women Who Sparked an Uprising", Holocaust historian Elizabeth Hyman introduces five young, courageous Polish Jewish women—known as “the girls” by the leadership of the resistance and “bandits” by their Nazi oppressors—who were central to the Jewish resistance as fighters, commanders, couriers, and smugglers. Join us as Elizabeth shares this extraordinary, important, and