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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
Dec. 8, 9:19 p.m.: Target security spotted a woman enter the store, fill a carriage with merchandise and then try to leave the store. The items were worth a combined total of $336.35. The 37-year-old Waltham woman was arrested on a charge of shoplifting over $100.
The Watertown boys and girls basketball teams faced Middlesex League foe Winchester during Friday’s home openers, and had mixed results.
The boys basketball team struggled with the Sachems, trailing by 20 or more points during the second half. Head Coach Steve Harrington’s team played fast paced, as always, and the pressure defense allowed the Raiders to get back within 10 points with 6:30 left in the fourth quarter. Winchester, however, began to break the press and pulled away to win 65-48 in the early game at the WHS Gym. The Raiders drop to 0-2 on the season, and have another home game against Reading on Monday at 5 p.m., followed by a 5 p.m. game Wednesday at home against Burlington. Girls Roll
In the nightcap, the Watertown girls basketball team dominated in their second game of the year.
An driver paid for his impatience and was arrested on an OUI charge after he would not stop blowing his horn when a police officer asked.
On Dec. 8 at 4:27 p.m., an officer was directing traffic after an accident at Galen Street and Nonantum Road when he heard a driver blowing his horn non-stop. As the vehicle approached the officer the driver continued to lean on the horn. The officer said there was an accident with injuries and told him he should stop blowing his horn, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn. “The operator stopped, threw his hands in the air and stared at the officer,” Lawn said.
Dozens of children from Watertown and Brighton got a special Christmas treat this week when they got to pick out toys and other gifts for themselves at Target with a police officer. Shop With a Cop has become a tradition at Watertown Target. This year about 40 children who may not have a gift got to have some pizza before heading out into the aisles to look for gifts. Each received a $50 gift card to spend. “We’ve been doing this for the last three or four years,” said Jonathan Kingsley, Target’s district loss prevention manager.
The Watertown Public Schools will host Kindergarten Information nights at each of the three elementary schools. The information sessions will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016
Cunniff School: 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Hosmer School: 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Lowell School: 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Parents/Guardians of children entering Kindergarten and/or Pre-Kindergarten in the fall of 2016 are invited to attend this information meeting. You will….. learn about early education in Watertown
find out when to register your child
learn how to register your child for school
ask questions about early education and registration
pick up registration packets (also available on the Watertown Public Schools website – www.watertown.k12.ma.us)
Parents should attend the session held at their neighborhood school.
ChopChop Magazine seeks to build a test kitchen to further its mission of spreading healthy cooking ideas to children and families, and it needs your help. The Watertown-based organization has an Indiegogo campaign going to raise the $50,000 needed to build the test kitchen. “While we have made progress in getting kids to cook, we are lacking a kitchen to test recipes and offer hands-on cooking classes. Please help us build out a kitchen that will provide a place for local kids to build confidence and life-long skills,” says ChopChop’s appeal. The kitchen will be located in Belmont and will serve as a place for families to learn how to cook the dishes developed by ChopChop, and will be very convenient for families in Watertown and Belmont.
The real estate market is alive and well in Watertown even in late December. $674,900 – 215 Watertown St. Unit 215, 9 room, 4 bed, 2.5 bath townhouse, Open House: Sunday 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
$674,900 – 215 Watertown St., 9 room, 5 bed, 2.5 bath colonial, Open House: Sunday 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
$369,000 – 49 Hersom St. Unit 1, 6 room, 2 bed, 1.5 bath half duplex, Open House: Sunday 12-2 p.m.
$965,000 – 24-26 Morse St. 2 unit, 14 total room, 7 total bedroom 2 family, Open House: Sunday 1-2 p.m.
Sponsored by:
$448,000 – 3 Repton Cir.
The Watertown Provincial Guard recently joined a national group of which seeks to keep alive the tradition and history of American military outfits that have been around since Colonial times. The local group was welcomed to the Centennial Legion of Historical Military Commands during a ceremony at Watertown’s Edmund Fowle House on Saturday. The Watertown group formed about 10 years ago, and can be seen in their colonial military uniforms at town parades and other events, but the Centennial Legion just learned of the Watertown unit a few years ago. “They heard about the unit when they marched in a parade we were in,” said Jack Piantedosi, founder of the Watertown Provincial Guard. “They said maybe we should have the Provincial Guard be recognized by the Centennial Legion.”