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🌱 Patch AM: New biotech startup brings high-tech autoimmune research jobs to Watertown.
And check out Join Rock Voices, the community choir that ONLY sings rock music! on the Watertown Patch calendar

Good morning Watertown! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- New biotech startup brings high-tech autoimmune research jobs to Watertown.
Also on today's calendar: Join Rock Voices, the community choir that ONLY sings rock music! and 15 more events.
Today's riddle: Why should you never iron a 4-leaf colver? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Beautiful with clouds and sun, with a high of 70 and low of 56 degrees.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and nice, temps: high: 78, low: 64.
- Friday: Chance of a p.m. shower, with a high of 82 and low of 56 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Pittsburgh biotech partners with Boston-area company, forming new startup (post-gazette.com) — A new biotech startup, ai3Bio, will split its headquarters between Pittsburgh and Watertown, bringing about 15 jobs to a Watertown office focused on autoimmune disease treatments. Formed from Corner Therapeutics and Pittsburgh's Novasenta, the company just raised $48 million to advance two novel platforms that target disease-causing immune cells, with clinical trials still several years away.
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📸 Around Watertown
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Watertown
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★ Featured events ★
- Join Rock Voices, the community choir that ONLY sings rock music! →
The First Parish in Cambridge, Unitarian Universalist, 3 Church St, Cambridge
7:00 pm - Coins, Stamps & Collectibles: Free Appraisal Day at the Spellman Museum →
Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History, 241 Wellesley St, Weston
10:00 am - Girl Scout Kickoff →
Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts - Headquarters/Office, 265 Beaver St, Waltham
1:00 pm - Free English as a Second Language Classes →
21 Bruce Rd, Waltham
11:45 am - Commonwealth School Virtual Open House →
Virtual,
6:30 pm - Intro to ADUs →
111 High St, Medford
6:30 pm - Join Rock Voices, the community choir that ONLY sings rock music! →
Brookline Senior Center, 93 Winchester St, Brookline
7:00 pm - MAA Open House →
Mount Alvernia Academy, 20 Manet Rd, Newton
8:30 am - The Vartanian Vision Benefit →
Gotham Comedy Club NYC, 208 W 23rd St, New York
6:30 pm
Thursday October 1
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
Tuesday October 6
Wednesday October 14
Monday October 19
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Other local events
- Raise Some Dough →
Panera Bread, 1100 Lexington St, Waltham
12:00 pm - Raise Some Dough →
Panera Bread, 1100 Lexington St, Waltham
12:00 pm - WHS Class of "76" 50th Reunion! →
Copper House Tavern
4:00 pm - DHARMA TALK + MEDITATION with Lama Tsering ~ Free/Donation →
The Arlington Center, 369 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington
12:00 pm - Soccer Night →
Victory Field, 40 Orchard St, Watertown
4:00 pm - Phantom of the Opera with LIVE Orchestra →
Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square, Somerville
7:30 pm - Waltham's Comic Book & Collectibles Show →
193 Elm St, Waltham
10:00 am - Watertown Indigenous Peoples Day →
Hosmer School, 1 Concord Rd, Watertown
12:00 pm - Boston Haunted Walk - The Most Amazing Halloween Walk Anywhere! →
Massachusetts Horticultural Society - Garden at Elm Bank, 900 Washington St, Wellesley
11:30 am
Wednesday September 30
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
Saturday October 10
Sunday October 11
Sunday October 18
📣 Watertown Shout Outs!
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💬 Chatter
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- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. posted a job opening for Water Resources Project Manager in Watertown. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
Belmont
- Belmont Police Welcomes Citizens To Attend Community Police Academy Beginning Oct. 13 (belmontonian.com)
- Belmont's Mini Market Makers get down to business (belmontvoice.org)
- Belmont High Mini-Forest Dedication Set For Saturday, Oct. 3 (belmontonian.com)
Cambridge
- Cambridge, MA Board of Zoning Appeal — October 15, 2026 (meetingwatch.org)
Arlington
- Arlington Man Gets Federal Prison Time In Drug Conspiracy (patch.com)
Ok Watertown! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
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