Entertainment

Summer Concert Series Returns with a Mix of Music from the ’40s to the ’80s

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The Watertown Summer Concert Series returns after a week off and features Eight to the Bar, which performs songs from the Forties all the way to the Eighties. 

The group from Connecticut celebrates 40 years in 2015, and the concert at Watertown’s Saltonstall Park will include a CD release party. The New Haven Advocate described Eight to the Bar’s music as being like “Listening to Eight to the Bar is a lot like driving along a time-warped highway precisely halfway between Count Basie’s Kansas City and Motown Records’ Detroit, where the car radio picks up everything from Take the A Train to I Want You Back.” They feature a colorful mix of Forties jive, Fifties melodrama, and through Eighties Motown. The band is also known for their outfits and choreography. Eight to the Bar’s saxaponist Collin Tilton played on Van Morrison’s platinum-selling Moondance album and also has performed with the Rolling Stones and Clarence Clemmons.

Government

Town Manager Appoints a Provisional Police Chief to Replace Deveau

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With Watertown Police Chief Edward Deveau retiring, the Police Department will be led by an provisional Police Chief. Town Manager Michael Driscoll announced last week that he has appointed Capt. Raymond DuPuis to serve as provisional chief until a new one is appointed. DuPuis will start his new role on July 8. DuPuis has been in the department since 1983 and was in the same Police Academy class as Deveau. Currently, DuPuis is one of two captains on the Watertown Police Department and leads the bureau of field operations.He oversees the Patrol and Traffic Divisions as well as the Public Safety Dispatchers.

Food

Subcommittees to Ask Council to Adopt BYOB in Watertown

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The Town Council will consider whether to allow restaurants to offer a “bring your own bottle” option to diners after joint subcommittees voted to recommend a set of rules for BYOB licenses. 

The licenses would be available to restaurants that do not have a liquor license. Also, the Joint Rules & Ordinances, Economic Development, and Public Safety committees recommended that the restaurants must be full service, which means they have a “full wait staff, sit down and eat-in dining services for the vast majority of patrons,” according to the recommended ordinance. A BYOB license could cost $1,000 a year, and would be issued by the town’s Licensing Board. They would to be available to a restaurant which has had a suspended or revoked liquor license. The restaurants must also carry alcohol liability insurance.

Around Town

Watertown Man Leading Effort to Stop Taxes for Hosting Olympics

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Watertown’s Steve Aylward will be the co-chair for an effort aimed at preventing taxes being charged for Boston to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. On Sunday, the Coalition to Stop Taxes for Olympics announced that Steve Aylward will be the Co-Chairman of Tank Taxes for Olympics ballot initiative. Aylward was Co-Chairman of the ballot initiative for the successful Yes on 1 campaign. “I am pleased that we are building this coalition with Steve Aylward. He is an extremely hard worker and a outstanding advocate for the taxpayers,” said Evan Falchuk, Chairman of Citizens for a Say in the announcement.

Entertainment

Arsenal Project Hosts a Series of Events This Summer, Fall

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The Arsenal Project in Watertown has plenty of activities this summer and into the fall. 

July 8: Mass Audubon Habitat – Summer Life in the Meadows: 10-11:30 a.m. A drop in educational and interactive program for children ages 3-7. More information: http://goo.gl/T0wo86

July 21: The Arsenal Project Drive in Movie – Happy Feet: Movie starts at dusk More information: TheArsenalProject.com

July 28: Watertown Family Network – Summer Fun; Peter Rabbit Edition: 10-11 a.m. A fun music & crafts program for preschool age children. More information: https://goo.gl/6dcXgP

Aug. 18: The Arsenal Project Drive in Movie – Grease: Movie starts at dusk More information: TheArsenalProject.com

Thru Sept. 16: Food Truck Wednesday’s: Every week from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. More information: TheArsenalProject.com

HATCH: Watertown’s free public makerspace!

Around Town

Historical Society Celebrates Declaration of Independence, Treaty Signing

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Two of Watertown’s historical claims is that it was the first place in Massachusetts that the Declaration of Independence was read, and it was the site of the signing of the first treat made by the new United States of America. These events will be reenacted by the Historical Society of Watertown. On Saturday, July 18 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the Declaration of Independence and Treaty of Watertown Commemoration will take place at the Edmund Fowle House, 28 Marshall St., Watertown. This annual event marks the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence to the citizens of our new nation in Watertown on July 18, 1776. Also, the signing of the first treaty negotiated by our new nation with a foreign power, namely the St.

Real Estate

Four Homes Sold in Watertown This Week, See Them Here

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See the four homes that sold in Watertown this week. $560,000 – 24 Edenfield Ave., 7 room, 3 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, Colonial single-family home

$305,000 – 153 Boylston St. Unit 3, 3 room, 1 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, 2/3 Family condo/townhouse

Sponsored by:

$630,000 – 612 Belmont St., 9 room, 4 bedroom, 1 full & 1 half bathroom, Colonial single-family home

$603,500 – 154 Dexter Ave. Unit 1, 8 room, 4 bedroom, 2 full & 1 half bathroom, Townhouse condo

Police/Fire

Police Log: Two Teenage Girls Attack Counselor at Target and More

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
June 22, 6:36 a.m.: Police arrested a man who was wanted for a warrant. The 25-year-old Watertown man was arrested for the warrant from Dedham District Court for a probation violation for a GPS device violation. June 22, 1:20 p.m.: Detectives spotted a man driving who they knew had a suspended license. The 27-year-old Brighton man was charged with driving with an suspended license, driving an uninsured motor vehicle, driving an unregistered motor vehicle and driving with a revoked registration.