Christmas on the Common

The Bridgewater Business Association is sponsoring Christmas on the Common this Sunday from 12:30 PM to 4 PM. The event will feature food, hot drinks, photos with Santa, pony rides, holiday music and local businesses booths.

Library Coffee Mug Sale!

The Friends of the Bridgewater Public Library are currently selling coffee mugs with the slogan Sit-Sip-Read-Relax-Repeat. These mugs make great hostess gifts during the holiday season.

The mugs are for sale at the library's circulation desk and will also be available at the Friends Book Sale this Saturday. The regular price of the mugs is $8 however until December 25th you can buy a mug for $6 with the purchase of Friends coffee of cocoa.

For additional information, call the Bridgewater Public Library at 508.697.3331.

Santa's Workshop and Craft Fair

The Friends of Williams and George Mitchell School Parents Association are sponsoring Santa's Workshop & Craft Festival. The event will be held on Saturday, December 5th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bridgewater Middle School located at 166 Mt. Prospect Street. All proceeds from this event will benefit the students at the George Mitchell Elementary, Williams Intermediate and Bridgewater Middle School directly.

This exciting annual event will feature a "Just for Kids" Shop, photos with Santa, a bake sale, holiday crafts, raffles (including the new Ipod Nano and Game Stop gift cards), and a vendor/craft fair. The "Just for Kids" Shop offers hundreds of items priced at only $1.25 so children can purchase items for their family and friends. There will be more than twenty five vendors at the fair, including: The Cookie Jar, Mary Kay, Earth's Elements, Tastefully Simple, Tupperware and Lia Sophia. Also, stop by and see Jean Cochran, author and publisher of many children's books including "On A Dark, Dark Night."

Library Book Sale

The Friends of the Bridgewater Public Library will sponsor a book sale this weekend!

Date: Saturday, December 5th
Time: 10AM to noon
Location: Lower level of the Bridgewater Public Library

This is a name your own price event! Hope to see you there!

A Second Chance at Life

An entertaining evening of spirit reading with Sandy Alemian in honor of transplant patient Ilene McBride will take place this Friday, December 4th. The event will take place at the Bridgewater Knights of Columbus located at 582 Bedford Street in Bridgewater and will take begin at 7PM through 10PM.

Admission to the event is $35.00 for adults and tables of 8 may be reserved for $240.00 with pre-payment. Please call 508.353.9780 for advance tickets.

The event will feature a cash bar, but please bring your own light snack. A 50/50 raffle will take place with 50% going to the winner and 50% going to the McBride family. 50% of all ticket sales also go toward Ilene's transplant expenses.

Sandy Alemian is a local, well-known author, spirit medium, angel messenger and inspirational speaker. She co-founded Seeds of Hope and is offering her services to assist Ilene and her family through their unimaginable journey. Ilene has been battling Hodgkin's lymphoma since 2007 and doctors say a stem cell transplant is essential to her survival. She and her husband Tom have two young children in the B-R School System.

If you cannot attend but would like to make an online donation, please click here.

Offer from Cake by Paula

As a thank you to all of the former customers of Cake by Paula in 2009 and for any new customer living in Bridgewater looking to place an order , if you order a cake in 2010 you will save $10 of your custom order cake! Remember to book early so you are not left out in the cold. Cake by Paula creates the finest custom cakes for all occasions and each cake is baked fresh using only the highest quality ingredients.

Make your next function even more special with a cake from Cake by Paula located right here in Bridgewater. Call 508.415.9890 or email cakebypaula@yahoo.com.

Bridgewater Black Friday Sales

No need to rush out of town this Black Friday. Stay right here in Bridgewater and find some great sales at local businesses!

Uplifting Connections: 20% off all retail purchases when you spend $25 or more.

Central Square Boutique: $10 off any purchase of $50 or more of $5 off any purchase over $25.

Bridgewater Art & Custom Framing Open House

There will be an open house at Bridgewater Art & Custom Framing on December 6th from noon to 4PM. The open house will be at Bridgewater Art & Custom Framing's new location at 50 Central Square in Bridgewater.

Bring the kiddies to decorate homemade gingerbread ornaments. Take a break from the cold and enjoy mulled cider and chocolate covered caramel apples.

Stop in and get a $10 off coupon.

Holly Day Artisan Faire

Holly Day Artisan Faire, Saturday, December 5th from 9 AM to 3 PM. Handcrafted items from local artisans, cookie walk, holiday greens, white elephant sale, book sale, soup and bread lunch, and visits from Santa at 12 and 2.

Admission free. First Parish Unitarian-Universalist Church, 50 School Street. 508-697-2525.

BSC Opera Group Peformance

The Bridgewater State College Opera Group, under the direction of Donna Ames, will be performing their semester-end recital at Horace Mann Auditorium on Monday the 23^rd at 7:30 PM.

Works will include a variety of offerings including many of the works of Gilbert and Sullivan.