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Scam seminar presented to older adults
TOWNSEND — Marc Gravelle, vice president of learning & development at Rollstone Bank & Trust, presented a seminar to residents on Thursday, March 9. The event, held at the Senior Center, provided tips and education about fraud and scams perpetuated on older adults.
According to a January 2022 analysis of federal and state data by Comparitech, a cybersecurity research company, more than 369,000 incidents of financial abuse targeting seniors are reported to authorities in the U.S. each year, causing an estimated $4.8 billion in losses.
“Perpetrators can be anyone from strangers to trusted family members,” Gravelle said in a statement. “Seniors are often targeted by fraudsters for a variety of reasons, including dependence on others for medical and financial matters, but these issues affect people of all ages. By educating ourselves about fraud, we are better protected from becoming a victim and can feel more at ease about the security of our finances.”
For information, visit bit. ly/3zrvma2.
Maple Meadow towpath walk
WILMINGTON — The Middlesex Canal Association leads a 2-mile towpath roundtrip walk in the Maple Meadow Aqueduct on Sunday, March 19, at 1:30 p.m. Meet at the kiosk, at 35 Towpath Drive. The Wilmington train station is a half-mile away. The 14 acres, with almost a mile of canal, was a gift by Staley Webber and his daughter, Julia Ann Fielding, to the association in 1983. For information, call 978-6702740.
Brew tour
LOWELL — The Tewksbury Public Library hosts an off-site tour “Mapping out the Brewing Process,” at Navigation Brewing Co. on
Saturday, March 25, at 3:15 p.m., at 122 Western Ave. All attendees must be 21 or older to register and learn about the brewing process and sample in-house brews. Registration is required at bit.ly/3mznvnp. For information, call 978-640-4490.
Classical concert and reception
GROTON — The Concord Chamber Music Society concludes its season with a performance by pianist Yefim Bronfman in the Groton Music Center Concert Hall, on Friday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m., at 122 Old Ayer Road. Bronfman performs a program of “Piano Sonata in A Minor,
D. 784, Op. 143,” by Shubert; “Faschingsschwank aus Wien,” Op. 26, by Schumann; “Sisar” by Esa-pekka Salonen; and Chopin’s“piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58.”
Born in Tashkent in the Soviet Union, Bronfman immigrated to Israel with his family in 1973, where he studied with pianist Arie Vardi, head of the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University.
Tickets are $49.72 to $120.24, including fees and a post-concert reception. To purchase, visit bit. ly/40hc6mk. For information, call 978-486-9524.
Transgender Day of Visibility
CHELMSFORD — The Welcoming Congregation Committee of First Parish Unitarian Universalist hosts a Transgender Day of Visibility town hallstyle meeting with a Q&A session on Sunday, April 2, from 2 to 4 p.m., at the Chelmsford Center for the Arts, 1A North Road. Alex Kapitan, from the Transforming Hearts Collective, will speak. Kapitan is a lay community minister, a trans and queer lifelong Unitarian Universalist and does LGBTQ interfaith work to support congregations in becoming places of welcome for all. For information, email welcoming@uuchelmsford.org.