Government

Residents Invited to Give Opinion on Latest Plans for Renovation of Filippello Park

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The Recreation Department will host a meeting to discuss the renovation of Filippello Park this week. Recreation officials sent out the following information:

The Filippello Renovation Community Meeting Date will be held Wednesday, March 16, 2016 in the Richard E. Mastrangelo Council Chamber (in Town Hall) at 7 p.m.

This will be the second Community Meeting to discuss ideas relative to the renovation of the Grove Street entrance at Filippello Park. In addition to reviewing and discussing both tentative draft renderings, other ideas are welcome. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. Contact the Recreation Office at 617-972-6494 or recreation@watertown-ma.gov for any additional
Victory Field
The Recreation Department also announced that the Victory Turf Complex will be open this week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. this week, weather permitting.

Sports

Watertown Girls Basketball Vanquishes Rivals, Garden Bound Once More

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WOBURN – Facing a fired up rival and a raucous crowd, the Watertown girls basketball team battled back from a halftime deficit and defeated Belmont 46-41 to claim the Div. 2 North Section title and book a trip to the TD Garden for the second straight year. 

In the first half of the game played at Woburn High School, the Marauders’ (14-10) pressure defense had the Raiders (20-3) off their game and the teams headed to halftime with Belmont leading 26-21. Watertown Head Coach Patrick Ferdinand told his team to remember how they prepared for the game. “It was really about digging in and communicating defensively and being physical,” Ferdinand said. “(Belmont) did a good job early hitting stuff early on but I think we had to stay true to  what we were doing and stay in it.

Schools

Watertown Cheerleaders Competing at State Championships

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The Watertown Varsity Cheerleaders will compete against the best in the state on Sunday. 

The Raiders cheering squad finished second in the regional competition at Triton Regional on March 6, and this weekend they head to the Winter Cheerleading State Championship at Wachusett Regional High School. This is the first time in many years that the team has made it to states.

Girls Basketball

Watertown, Belmont Clash With Trip to the Garden on the Line

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A Watertown-Belmont matchup is always an emotional affair, but Saturday night’s girls basketball game between the rivals has huge implications. To the victor goes the North Section Championship trophy and a trip to the EMass finals at the TD Garden. The North Section final has become a familiar place for the Raiders, who have reached the game for the fourth straight year. This will be Belmont’s first in recent memory. Most years, the section final is held at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, but with the arena unavailable the game will be played at Woburn High School at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Arrests

Police Log: Man Attacked by Fellow Massage Student, Rims and Wheels Stolen

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
Feb. 29, 9:45 p.m.: Police served a warrant and Edward Road. The 43-year-old Watertown man was arrested on the warrant from Waltham District Court related to an OUI charge. March 2, 4:50 p.m.: A woman was spotted placing several items into a shopping cart at Target and walked out of the store without paying.

Entertainment

See Who John Goodman Will Play in ‘Patriots Day,’ Release Date Announced

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CBS Films and Lionsgate announced that Golden Globe-winner John Goodman (10 Cloverfield Lane, Inside Llewyn Davis, Argo) will join Academy Award-Winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash, Zootopia) and Academy Award-nominee Mark Wahlberg (The Departed, Lone Survivor) in Patriots Day, the film company announced. The film will be directed by Peter Berg (Deepwater Horizon, Lone Survivor) and produced by Scott Stuber, Mark Wahlberg, Hutch Parker, Dylan Clark, Stephen Levinson, Dorothy Aufiero and Michael Radutzky. Patriots Day chronicles the events surrounding the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing. Goodman will play former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis.  Commissioner Davis played an integral role in working with the FBI, Watertown Police Department, Boston Police Department, Massachusetts State Police and local first responders to track, identify and apprehend the suspected bombers. “Commissioner Davis is an American hero, and John Goodman brings the extraordinary combination of humility, gravitas and empathy to portray him,” commented Berg.

Armed Robbery

Pair Arrested After Drug Deal Turns into an Armed Robbery

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Two Waltham men were arrested for allegedly setting up the robbery of a third man who thought he was meeting them to buy some marijuana. On March 5, a man from Waltham met his friend at Tedeschi’s on Main Street, and they then headed to the field house at Moxley Field, where the man planned on purchasing drugs. A few minutes later, two men showed up, said Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor. “The victim was,grabbed by the shirt and thrown to the concrete,” O’Connor said. “The man then ran back toward Tedeschi’s”

The men followed.