Business

Watertown Mall Hosting Eggs-tra Special Events for Easter

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Celebrate spring, and welcome the Easter Bunny at the Watertown Mall this month. Join the Watertown Family Network for egg coloring, stories, songs and crafts! The event will be at the Watertown Mall, 550 Arsenal St. in Watertown, on Wednesday, March 25 at 10 a.m.

All supplies will be provided plus there will be a special story and spring songs! This event is FREE and will take place near Carter’s. Easter Bunny
The Easter Bunny arrives at the Watertown Mall on Thursday, March 27 at 10 a.m.!

Sports

Watertown Can’t Keep Pace With Duxbury in the Girls Basketball State Semifinal

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Watertown played a strong first half of Tuesday’s Div. 2 girls basketball state semifinal, but the Raiders could not keep up with Duxbury in the second half, and fell 49-30. Both teams came into the game at the TD Garden in Boston undefeated and the Raiders (21-1) kept pace with the Dragons (25-0), and even built a 26-22 halftime lead. During the break, Duxbury head coach Robert Sullivan said he challenged his team. “I don’t know how many layups we gave up in the first half but it was many too many.

Sports

STATE SEMI: Watertown Girls Hoops Faces Duxbury in Battle of Unbeatens

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Watertown’s girls’ basketball team finally made it to the TD Garden in Boston for the state semifinal, now they face one of their toughest tests – the undefeated South Section Champs, Duxbury. The Raiders have an unbeaten season of their own going this year, now 21-0 after beating Pentucket in the North Section Final on Saturday. The polls have the Raiders and the Dragons among their top in the region – Duxbury 2 and Watertown 3 in the Boston Globe Poll, Duxbury 3 and Watertown 4 in the Boston Herald, and Duxbury 4 and Watertown 7 in the ESPN Boston poll. The teams face off Tuesday evening at 5:45 p.m. at the TD Garden in the MIAA Div. 2 state semifinal.

Around Town

Wildlife Having a Tough Time Dealing With Snowy Winter

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The dense covering of snow on lawns, plants and other areas has made it difficult for some wildlife to get a meal, and some are suffering. 

Watertown Animal Control Officer Karen O’Reilly said she had seen unusual behavior by wildlife around town because the snow had covered a valuable food source. “We are seeing many animals, such as skunks, who are wandering around during the day desperately looking for food,” O’Reilly said. “They are traveling up and down plowed/ shoveled paths such as the sidewalks and streets as they are the easiest paths to take.” Geese have also struggled this winter. They depend heavily on grass for food, O’Reilly said.

Police/Fire

Watertown Police Department Welcomes Three New Officers

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The Watertown Police Department is pleased to announce the swearing-in of three new officers into its ranks: Christopher Murgo, Michael Hill, and Kerilyn Amedio. Officer Murgo is a 2008 graduate of Watertown High School and a 2013 graduate of Salem State College. Officer Hill is a 2003 graduate of Newton North High School and a 2007 graduate of Middlesex Community College. Officer Amedio is a 2008 graduate of Mount Saint Joseph Academy and a 2012 graduate of UMass-Boston. The officers attended the six month State Police Municipal Police Academy in New Braintree.

Entertainment

Watertown Woman’s Winter Poem Featured on Public Radio Website

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Watertown resident Eileen McCluskey recently had a poem she wrote about winter featured on the website of a Public Radio program. Her piece, “The Wish” was published on the webpage of Radio Boston along side with poems by David Thoreau, Jack London and Emily Dickinson. The poem appears on the page for Radio Boston’s episode titled “Darkness Snow & Ice: The Literature Inspired by Winter.” “I had originally sent it to Morning Edition as a possible commentary,” McCluskey said. “I also shared that email with a friend who works at WBUR — and he sent it to Radio Boston’s executive producer, who called me about an hour after he saw it.

Around Town

Watertown Community Foundation Has Grants for Education, Institutions

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The Watertown Community Foundation (WCF) announced two Spring 2015 grant programs to support local nonprofits, programs and projects. Approximately $70,000 will be distributed. One: WCF’s Educational Program will award grants designed to help organizations that serve Watertown develop new or continue existing programs with an educational focus, broadly defined. Two: WCF’s Institutional Support is designed to help institutions central to the Watertown community by providing funds to maintain critical programming and retain paid staff. Grants under this program impose neither restrictions on the use of funds nor any program requirements.

Schools

Several Watertown High School Artists Honored in State Competition

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Several Watertown High School student artists received awards in a competition that honors the best high school artists in Massachusetts. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards announced the 2015 awards. In 2014, the program received more than 250,000 submissions. A ceremony for Massachusetts’ award winners was held at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston on Saturday, March 7. Watertown’s winners were:

Julia Harrington – Silver Key for drawing
Liana Aleksanyan – Silver Key for drawing and honorable mention for painting
Emily Hart – honorable mention for painting
Katie Eaton – Gold Key for design
Melanie Halibian – Silver Key for design
Emerson O’Connor – Silver Key for design
Christopher Patvakanian – honorable mention for digital art
Erika Libertini – honorable mention for digital art

See the student’s artwork on the Watertown Public School’s website by clicking here.