Around Town

Watertown’s Grecian Festival Features Food, Dance & Raffle

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The Taxiarchae-Archangels Greek Orthodox Church provided the following information:

Watertown’s Taxiarchae-Archangels Greek Orthodox Church is hosting its annual Grecian Festival on June 21, 22, and 23. Festival hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday, June 21, and Saturday, June 22, and noon to 9 p.m. on Sunday, June 23.  

The Festival features homemade Greek cuisine (including its famous gyro), pastries, Greek frappé coffee, Greek music and dancing, Greek imports and souvenirs, a bookstore, children’s games, Church tours, and a raffle. 

Live Greek music under the tent will be provided by Orfeas Band (Friday and Saturday, 7-11 p.m. and Sunday, 5-9 p.m.) and indoor and outdoor musical entertainment by Greek Music and Video (Friday and Saturday, Noon to closing; and Sunday, Noon-8 p.m.). 

The Festival will be held in the Church’s Hellenic Cultural Center and under the tent in its parking lot, both located at 25 Bigelow Ave. For further information, please call the Church office at 617-924-8182. Schedule

Friday

11 a.m.-11 p.m.Greek Music All DayFeaturing Orfeas Band, 7-11 p.m.Bar 5-11 p.m.

Saturday

11 a.m.-11 p.m.Greek Music All DayFeaturing Orfeas Band, 7-11 p.m.Dance Performance, 7 p.m.by Sons and Daughters ofAlexander the GreatBar Noon-11 p.m.

Sunday

12 p.m.-9 p.m.Greek Music All DayFeaturing Orfeas Band, 5-9 p.m.Bar noon-9 p.m.

Menu

DINNERS
Served with rice, Greek salad, roll
Beef Souvlaki (2 skewers)
Chicken Souvlaki (2 skewers)
Combo Souvlaki
(1 beef skewer and 1 chicken skewer | No substitutions)
Baked Lamb Shank
Baked Fish
Moussaka
(eggplant, potato, ground beef, baked with a cream topping)
Pastitsio
(layers of macaroni, ground beef, baked with a cream topping)
Spanakopita
(spinach and feta cheese in filo)
Beverages/bar
Friday: 5-11pm | Saturday: Noon-11pm | Sunday: Noon-9pm
Alcoholic beverages available at indoor and outdoor bars
• Imported & Domestic Beer – Featuring Fix Greek Beer
• Imported & Domestic Wine
• Greek Spirits
• Mixed Drinks
OUTSIDE ONLY
Try our famous gyro! Spiced meat, tomatoes, onions, and parsley in a pita pocket with tzatziki,
a yogurt/cucumber dressing. Gyro| Gyro with fries | Side of Fries

A LA CARTE
Beef Souvlaki Skewer (one)
Chicken Souvlaki Skewer (one)
Dolma
(one grape leaf stuffed with rice and ground beef)
Moussaka . (eggplant, potato, ground beef, baked with a cream topping)
Pastitsio
(layers of macaroni, ground beef, baked with a cream topping)
Spanakopita
(spinach and feta cheese in filo)
Rice Pilaf
Greek Salad

HOMEMADE PASTRIES AND DESSERTS
Loukoumathes
(fried dough puffs dipped in honey, cinnamon and walnuts)
Rizogalo/Rice Pudding
Baklava
Galaktoboureko
Assorted Greek Pastries

Around Town

Watertown Runners, High Jumper Compete Against Nation’s Best

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Watertown senior Mange Camara sprinted to a second place finish in the Emerging Elite Competition at the 2019 New Balance Outdoor Nationals. Pictured, Camara won the 200 meters at the 2018 MIAA Div. 4 Outdoor Track Meet. Watertown’s Mange Camara closed out his high school track career by showing he can compete with the best high school runners in the nation. Camara, a senior, was joined by several other athletes at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals in Greensboro, N.C., this weekend.

Around Town

See the Six Watertown Homes That Sold This Week

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Watertown had several home sales this week. $604,000 – 20-A Beechwood Ave. Unit 20-A, 5 room, 2 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, 2/3 Family condo/townhouse

$620,000 – 92 Cypress St. Unit 1, 6 room, 3 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse

$925,000 – 31 Hudson St. Unit 31, 7 room, 3 bedroom, 3 full & 1 half bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse

Sponsored by:

$878,000 – 17-19 Birch Road, 2 unit, 11 total room, 5 total bedroom, 2 Family multi-family home

$850,000 – 32 Wilson Ave.

Around Town

Watertown’s Flags Retired With Respect During Flag Day Ceremony

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Watertown Veterans Service Officer Patrick George, center, gets help from a Watertown Cub Scout to fold the flag during the flag retirement ceremony. After flying outside for several months atop a flag pole, the American Flag from Watertown’s Town Hall had become worn and was due for retirement. On Friday, it was retired along with a few other Star Spangled Banners during a ceremony at Ridgelawn Cemetery. The event was hosted by Watertown’s veterans groups and Watertown Veterans Service Officer Patrick George as part of the town’s Flag Day observance. “Three weeks ago we celebrated Memorial Day and paid tribute to the people who served their country in the military,” George said.

Around Town

Repaving Project Continuing This Week on N. Beacon St., Charles River Road

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Roads inside and outside of the Arsenal on the Charles will be repaved in early June. Roadwork will soon resume at the intersection of North Beacon Street and Charles River Road near the driveway to the Arsenal on the Charles. Athenahealth and its contractor, Charles Contracting, announced that road paving will take place in the area on Monday, March 17 and Tuesday, March 18 beginning at 9 a.m. (weather permitting). Athena owns the Arsenal on the Charles complex. Residents on that stretch of road are being asked to remove cars from driveways prior to this time “as you will not have access to driveways during this process,” the announcement said.

Entertainment

Small Saves: Pizza Party

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James DeMarco grew up in Watertown and became a goaltender at age 5. It’s his life’s passion to stand between the pipes and keep the puck out of the net. Combining this with the love of cartooning, Small Saves emerged in 1991 and took on a life of his own. “To play goal–then come home and draw Small Saves — is my ideal definition of a good day.”

Department of Public Works

2019 Watertown Road Projects Delayed After Bids Come in Too High

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A slate of seven Watertown roads set to be repaved this year will likely have to wait until next spring after bids for the work came in much higher than expected. Town Manager Michael Driscoll told the Town Council on Tuesday that the bids for the 2019 Watertown street and sidewalk repair project came in and he recommends rejecting them. “There was only one bid and it was 33 percent higher than expected,” Driscoll said. The issue was referred to a joint meeting of the Town Council’s Public Works and Budget & Fiscal Oversight subcommittees to decide how to go forward. Public Works Superintendent Gerry Mee recommended that the bids go out later in the year.

Schools

Many Watertown Students Among Minuteman Award, Scholarship Winners

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Minuteman High School in Lexington. The following announcement was provided by Minuteman High School:

The following awards and scholarships were presented to members of the Class of 2019 from Minuteman High School in Lexington:

National Honor Society: Noor Alwaz (Watertown), Tazmin Anbar (Watertown), Benjamin Cook (Arlington), Sabrina Correa (Arlington), Arrik Crouse (Acton), Matthew Dunham (Stoneham), Fae Eisenheim (Arlington), Anthony Fiore (Woburn), Seth Flueckiger (Needham), Kimmee Hanson (Lancaster), Adnan Kabir (Arlington), Benjamin Keaton (Concord), Sophia Li (Acton), Judeleen Modestin (Everett), Kaienteres Maracle (Lexington), William McPhee (Winchester), Halle Merkowitz (Peabody), Jennifer Mills (Waltham), Jordan Mills (Waltham), Ethan Moore (Arlington), Lillian Powell (Wayland), Sage Romano (Woburn), Edward Seidman (Watertown), Daniel Spencer (Arlington), Amanda Sullivan (Arlington). Outstanding Vocational Technical Student of the Year: Sophia Li (Acton). Co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators and the Massachusetts Vocational Association

2019 John & Abigail Adams Scholarship Recipients: Jeffrey Benoit (Lancaster), Tyler Benoit (Lancaster), David Castillo-Ordonez (Watertown), Benjamin Cook (Arlington), Henry Dionne (Concord), Laura Espinosa-Jaramillo (Lincoln), Tyler Ferrin (Tewksbury), Noa Geva (Lexington), Isabel Halstead (Lexington), Samuel Harris (Lncaster), Devon Jones (Arlington), Adnan Kabir (Arlington), Levi Kane (Lancaster), Matthew Larzelere (Stoneham), Sophia Li (Acton), Michael Merrick (Lexington), Jennifer Mills (Waltham), Jordan Mills (Waltham), Ethan Moore (Arlington), Stephen Munroe (Watertown), Lillian Powell (Wayland), Daniel Spencer (Arlington), Amanda Sullivan (Arlington), Zachary Umbsen (Watertown), Elizabeth Whitman-Kinghorn (Lexington), Jeremy Whitman-Kinghorn (Lexington)

Senior Class Officers:

President | Amanda Sullivan (Arlington)Vice President | Erica Grandon (Arlington)Secretary | Tyler Benoit (Lancaster)Treasurer | Jordan Mills (Waltham)

President’s Education Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence: Tazmin Anbar (Watertown), Jeffrey Benoit (Lancaster), Tyler Benoit (Lancaster), Jared Burke (Waltham), Saba Challant (Winchester), Henry Dionne (Concord), Matthew Dunham (Stoneham), Fae Eisenheim (Arlington), Tyler Ferrin (Tewksbury), Noa Geva (Lexington), Kimmee Hanson (Lancaster), Benjamin Keaton (Concord), Sophia Li (Acton), Kaienteres Maracle (Lexington), Halle Merkowitz (Peabody), Michael Merrick (Lexington), Jennifer Mills (Waltham), Jordan Mills (Waltham), Ethan Moore (Arlington), Stephen Munroe (Watertown), Edward Seidman (Watertown), Daniel Spencer (Arlington), Amanda Sullivan (Arlington), Paige Zbyszewski (Arlington)

President’s Education Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement: Luc Barbeau (Medford), Jonathan Benoit (Lancaster), David Castillo-Ordonez (Watertown), Benjamin Cook (Arlington), Jayne Coppola (Lexington), Sabrina Correa (Arlington), Arrik Crouse (Acton), Jenna DeCampo (Arlington), Nicholas Delorey (Concord), Nicholas DeVincent (Sudbury), Jake Dionne (Concord), Laura Espinosa Jaramillo (Linncoln), Lyazzat Feldman (Arlington), Robert Floyd (Lancaster), Sarai Gonzalez (Acton), Erica Grandon (Arlington), Samuel Harris (Lancaster), Adnan Kabir (Arlington), Matthew Larzelere (Stoneham), James Linarte (Watertown), William McPhee (Winchester), Judeleen Modestin (Everett), Andrew Nash (Waltham), Jordyn Nobrega (Burlington), Alexander Northup (Needham), Lillian Powell (Wayland), Sage Romano (Woburn), Ethan Scerra (Concord), Samantha Thebodo (Arlington), Elizabeth Whitman-Kinghorn (Lexington), Jeremy Whitman-Kinghorn (Lexington), Justin Wood (Burlington)

COMMUNITY SERVICE

The Community Service and Interact Club would like to recognize the following students for their outstanding work during Minuteman’s Community Service and Learning Trip. Each of these students volunteered over 45 hours the spring of 2019 in Puerto Rico.