Around Town

2 Watertown Residents Get a Surprise from Tom Brady at Whole Foods

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Two Watertown residents got a surprise courtesy of Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady on a recent shopping trip to Whole Foods. The Patriots play caller went around to Boston area Whole Foods Markets in a large skull mask (check out the video by clicking here!) and dropped off special prizes inside 50 buckets of UnReal’s 3-D Halloween treats. Watertown’s Chloe and James Munroe-Ellis were lucky recipients of one of the prize buckets. The buckets will got to Whole Foods in Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and the Hartford, Conn., area. “Tom wants to join UnReal in encouraging others to believe that everything is possible this Halloween season, just like UnReal’s co-founder Nicky Bronner proved when he set out to recreate America’s favorite candies using only the best tasting and 100% real ingredients.

Business

Watertown’s Newest Restaurant Making Waves Among Boston Foodies

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Watertown’s newest restaurant may be tucked inside the Arsenal on the Charles Complex, but Branch Line had received a lot of attention since it opened last Wednesday. 

The restaurant was started by Garrett Harker, who runs Eastern Standard in Kenmore Square among other restaurants, along with Watertown native Andrew Holden, general manager of Eastern Standard. The Boston Globe wrote of Branch Line “It’s the hottest restaurant opening of the week or maybe the season …” The restaurant is located in the back end of the building where Panera Bread is located. It will feature rotisserie chicken, as well as dishes from a wood-fired oven. It could also become a favorite with craft beer lovers – with about 16 taps, all featuring well known craft breweries from around Massachusetts and across the United States.

Elections

LETTER: Library Trustee Candidate Seeks Re-election

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Town of Watertown residents, my name is Tim Tracy and I have been a Library Trustee for the past two terms. I am running for re-election, and would like for you to consider casting your vote for me once again. During my tenure as a Watertown Free Public Library (WFPL) Trustee, I have seen such positive continued growth and accomplishments in our facility. The Library continues to be overwhelmingly well received by residents, taxpayers and neighbors from surrounding communities. I have prided myself in being a trustee who doesn’t micro manage, and have always been of the opinion of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” The Watertown Free Public Library is far from being broke. On the contrary, it s a highly motivated, efficiently run, and well respected organization, and as a Trustee I am proud to be associated with such a town asset.

Schools

Watertown Walks Day Promotes Safe Routes to School

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Wednesday, Oct. 28, will be Watertown Walks Day, an effort to encourage people to walk and to promote awareness of safe routes to school. Community Safe Routes to School sent out the following announcement:

The event is Watertown’s 5th Annual Watertown Walks Day, and all members of the Watertown community have a unique opportunity to participate in a town-wide Walk/Ride celebration in the 5th annual Walk & Ride Day event. The goals of the Safe Routes to School program are:

To get children and adults more physically active by walking to and from school
To make it safer for children and adults to walk in neighborhoods
To educate children on pedestrian and bicycle safety
To reduce traffic in our Watertown neighborhoods and around the school
To help prevent crime by getting more people outside keeping an eye on the neighborhood
To encourage neighbors to get to know one another
To improve the environment by reducing the number of trips in cars

Walking Wednesdays will continue on Wednesdays until the end of the year, but if you can’t walk on Wednesdays, we also encourage Marching Mondays, Trekking Tuesdays, Thundering Thursdays, and Footloose Fridays, so you won’t miss out on the fun! We encourage all Watertown families to participate in the Community Safe Routes to School program.

Arrests

Waltham Man Arrested for Robbery of Bank in Watertown

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Watertown Police arrested a Waltham man suspected of carrying out the robbery of the Citizens Bank branch inside the Stop & Shop on Pleasant Street on Oct. 10. 

The Watertown and Waltham police departments worked in conjunction with the FBI Bank Robbery Task Force to obtain a search warrant and an arrest warrant for the suspect, James Eaton of 99 Bacon St. Apt. B in Waltham, according to Watertown Police. The warrant was served Thursday, Oct.