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Watertown Public SchoolsA look inside Lowell Elementary School, which is under construction, and reopening will be pushed back by about a month.
Watertown Superintendent Dede Galdston sent out the following announcement on Tuesday, May 30:
To our Lowell Elementary School community:
We are writing to you this afternoon to share an update on the ongoing renovations at the Lowell school.
Members of Watertown’s veterans groups march during the 2023 Memorial Day Parade.
A Watertown veteran who has seen combat first hand shared what Memorial Day means to him at Watertown’s commemoration ceremony after the annual parade.
The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department.
Noah Kahan performed at Boston Calling on Saturday. His music is inspired by his home state of Vermont, but now resides in Watertown. (Photo courtesy of NoahKahan.com)
Singer-songwriter Noah Kahan took the biggest stage at the premier music festival in New England — Boston Calling — on Saturday night.
The following announcement was provided by the Watertown Food Pantry:
The Watertown Food Pantry assists approximately 125 families/250 individuals per week, for a total distribution benefit of approximately 13,000 persons across the year with their food insecurity.
The following announcement was provided by the City of Watertown:
Watertown Community Education’s 2023 Town Wide Yard Sale is Saturday, June 10 & Sunday, June 11, 2023. The event will be held rain or shine. There will not be a rain date. Come & find your neighbors’ hidden treasures!
The following announcement was provided by the Charles River Chamber:
Build relationships with chamber colleagues while enjoying some of the finest restaurants in our communities! Our popular networking lunch series moves to Taffer’s Tavern at Watertown’s Arsenal Yards.
Rev. Joseph Henry Thayer
By Bill McEvoy
In honor of Memorial Day, local historian Bill McEvoy has compiled histories of some of the Civil War clergy who are buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery. This is part 15 of 15.
Reverend Joseph Henry Thayer was born November 7, 1828, in Boston. He died on November 26, 1901, at Cambridge, from general sarcoma.
Rev. George Alexander Oviatt
By Bill McEvoy
In honor of Memorial Day, local historian Bill McEvoy has compiled histories of some of the Civil War clergy who are buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery. This is part 14 of 15.
Reverend George Alexander Oviatt was Born on April 11, 1811, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He died June 1, 1887, in Sudbury, Massachusetts, from paralysis.
By Bill McEvoy
In honor of Memorial Day, local historian Bill McEvoy has compiled histories of some of the Civil War clergy who are buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery. This is part 13 of 15.
Reverend Charles Noyes was born October 26, 1835, in Petersham, Massachusetts, and died on May 23, 1916, in Norwich, Connecticut.
Rev. Edward Henry Hall
By Bill McEvoy
In honor of Memorial Day, local historian Bill McEvoy has compiled histories of some of the Civil War clergy who are buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery. This is part 12 of 15.
Reverend Edward Henry Hall was born on April 16, 1831, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He died February 22, 1912, from pneumonia, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Rev. Eben Francis
By Bill McEvoy
In honor of Memorial Day, local historian Bill McEvoy has compiled histories of some of the Civil War clergy who are buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery. This is part 11 of 15.
Reverend Eben Francis was born May 28th, 1819, in Boston. He died October 31, 1892, at Cambridge from atrophy, which is softening of the brain.