Around Town

Learn How to Save Someone from an Overdose at Free Naloxone Training

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Wayside Youth & Family Network shared the announcement that free training on how to use the anti-overdose medication Nalaxone will be offered in August. The training on how to use the Nalaxone (also known by the commercial name Narcan) nasal spray will be offered online, an is being run by the Cambridge Public Health Department. Read the event announcement below:

Are you worried about overdoses happening where you work or live? Wondering how you can help prevent an overdose?  Come and learn skills that could save lives. The Cambridge Public Health Department offers free overdose prevention and response trainings on a monthly basis to the community and free on-site trainings for groups by appointment.    This comprehensive 1.5-hour training includes:

Up-to-date information about the opioid crisis in Cambridge.How to distinguish between overdose and non-emergency situations, such as drunkenness.   What to do if you see someone in trouble.How to access naloxone (Narcan™), the overdose reversal medication.  

To learn more, please contact Tali Schiller at the Cambridge Public Health Department at naschiller@challiance.org.

Real Estate

A Variety of Properties Holding Open Houses This Week

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Check out this week’s Watertown open houses. $895,000 – 11 Lovell Road, Single Family – Detached Colonial, 2,356 Living Area Sq. Ft., 8 Room, 4 Bedroom, 2 Full & 1 Half Bathroom, Open Houses: Saturday 12-2 Sunday 12-2

$639,000 – 11 Malden St., Single Family – Detached Cape, 1,316 Living Area Sq. Ft., 5 Room, 2 Bedroom, 2 Full Bathroom, Open Houses: Saturday 11-1 Sunday 11-1

$759,000 – 79 Church St. Unit 79, Condo – Townhouse, 1,732 Living Area Sq.

High School Project

Forum on Watertown High School Planned; Building Committee Doesn’t Like Renovation Option

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A mockup of what Watertown High School could look like if the current school was renovated and expanded. A new gym would be built on the Phillips School site, and a parking garage would go on the corner near Barnard Avenue (bottom right). An option of renovating and expanding the existing Watertown High School got bad reactions from the School Building Committee Wednesday night. The committee also saw more details of building a new school on part of the Victory Field complex. The planning for rebuilding or renovating the high school will be discussed further during a virtual Community Forum to be held on Wednesday, July 29 at 6 p.m. During the forum, the public will have a chance to voice its opinions on the options.

COVID-19

Parks, Playgrounds & More Closing at Certain Hours for Recreation Programs

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The tot lot installed at the 552 Main Street Park. As Watertown Recreation Department programs reopen this summer, some of the town’s park and recreation facilities will be temporarily closed during the Recreation programs.

The programs run Monday through Friday until Aug. 28, said Watertown Recreation Director Peter Centola. “During this time, certain parks and/or amenities will be closed to the public as part of the protocol for COVID-19. We are sorry for inconvenience,” Centola said.

Schools

Two Watertown High Students Receive Newspaper Awards

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Watertown’s Sarah Vail and Toni Carton received Headliners in Education Honors for their work on the Raider Times. Headliners in Education honored two Watertown High School seniors for their work in high school journalism, and presented them with $500 awards. Sarah Vail and Toni Carlton each received Headliner in Education Honors, and were the first two to garner the awards from the non-profit organization which supports journalism in schools. The group received official approval to be a 501 3(c) non-profit organization in March. The same month, founder John Vitti, a Boston Globe editor who lives in Watertown, received a Community Service Award from SXSW (South by Southwest), which came with seed money for Headliners in Education.

Around Town

This Week at the Farmers Market: Blueberries, Microgreens & More

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The Watertown Farmers Market provided the following information:

It’s that time of year – summer fun is in full swing! The weather is warm, lots of grilling and time outdoors. The market is filled with beautiful produce including sweet corn, summer squash, and other goodies to bring home to your table. This week we continue to enjoy our summer favorite: delicious blueberries! Loaded with antioxidants, blueberries can be used in both sweet and savory dishes.

Around Town

Watertown’s First Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opening Soon

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Natural Selections, Watertown’s first medical marijuana dispensary, will be opening soon. Inside a building tucked behind a retail building and next to a hotel, sits a bright, modern showroom with glass cases displaying products that has not been available in Watertown previously — marijuana and related items.

Watertown’s first medical marijuana dispensary will open for business on Tuesday, July 28 at 10 a.m. Alex Hardy, Chief Operating Officer of Natural Selections, said the facility is prepared to welcome patients. “We are 100 percent ready to rock and roll,” Hardy said, standing in the retail area of the dispensary at 23 Elm St. The dispensary is located in a building in the back of the property on Elm Street, just off Arsenal Street (and near the Residence Inn by Marriott). During discussions at the Town Council, Planning and Zoning Boards, the issue of parking was raised.

Police/Fire

Police Log: Serial Shoplifters Spotted at Target, Resident Caught in Rent Deposit Scam

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Arrests

None

Incidents

July 6, 6:02 p.m.: The manager of the General Market on Waverley Avenue discovered that someone paid with a counterfeit $100. A man came in to cashed in some lottery tickets and purchased new scratch tickets. He owed $10 and gave a $100 bill to the person at the register, who gave back $90. Later the manager realized it was a fake bill. The suspect is described as an African-American man, around 20 years old, wearing a black sweatshirt with “Air Jordan” on the front, a black baseball hat, dark pants and a white medical mask.