Community Corner
UPDATED: Dedham Square Circle's Annual Dedham Square Holiday Stroll
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Dedham Square Circle's Annual Dedham Square Holiday Stroll is Today, Dec. 3 from 5-9 p.m. The stores we all love will have many specials discounts, raffles, and more going on and remain open late. From carolers to WODS 103.3 FM being there to play our favorite holiday tunes this you will be sorry if you miss. Santa will be making his guest appearance so bring your children, family, friends and head down for an evening filled with pure fun
DelloIacono Book signing
Head to 430 Legacy Place, this Sunday, Dec. 5 from 2-4 p.m. to support Dedham Author DelloIacono, who will be signing her book published this year, Rebellion. For more info on the book, see www.tatepublishing.com.
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Make Arrangements Dedham Sq. Closes at 5 p.m. today
Dedham Square will be closed to traffic starting at 5 p.m. today. The town parking lot, across from will remain open, and overflow parking will be available at Town Hall on Bryant Street and at the lot on the corner of High Street and East Street near the bridge. This may be an inconvenience if you don't plan for it, so be sure to let all your friends and families know.
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Santa at Dedham Community House
If you happen to miss Santa Today at the Holiday Stroll it's OK because Santa is coming to DCH! From 10 a.m. to noon Volunteers and staff will host Santa at the , so bring the family, say hello to the Big Man in red and have a great time participating in holiday fun and getting your picture taken with Santa.
Former Resident, Writer Heads to BC to Discuss Book
Anita Shreve, former Dedham Resident, Tufts University Graduate, and bestselling fiction writer, will be heading to Boston College this coming Monday, Dec. 6 to sign and discuss her new book Rescue.
Shreve's books are known for interpersonal relationship themes of grief and loss, and of women facing tribulations. She has authored such titles as The Pilot's Wife, The Weight of Water, The Last Time They Met and Body Surfing. She has been honored with the PEN/L. L. Winship Award and the New England Book Award for fiction, and her book, The Pilot's Wife, was selected for "Oprah's Book Club."
The Pilot's Wife was adapted for a TV movie, and The Weight of Water was released as a film in 2002. Shreve will also host a book signing at Nest tomorrow during the Dedham Square Stroll.
Lifesaving at the Dedham Library
On Monday evening, at the Dedham Library, Amber Socci, Library Employee and Dedham Resident, observed a woman who had some cake and went to read her newspaper. After a while she heard someone say, "Oh No," and then soon after heard Sarah MacDonald, who was volunteering at the time say something to the same effect.
Socci then got up to see what was going on and saw that the patron was kneeling on the floor choking. MacDonald told her to call 911, but at that time no one had performed the Heimlich. Socci told MacDonald to call while she proceeded to perform the Heimlich on the woman.
The woman coughed up the cake and was catching her breath before she was moved to one of the back offices until the ambulance arrived. She was checked and was found to be okay and did not leave in the ambulance.
