Schools

Taste Some Beer and Raise Money for Watertown Middle School

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Celebrate the kids return to school and benefit the Watertown Middle School at this adults-only PTO sponsored beer-tasting and fundraiser! 

The fundraiser will be held Tuesday, April 28 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Miller’s Ale House, 617 Arsenal St, Watertown

Your ticket includes:

• complimentary appetizers

• 4-flight beer-tasting (first flight starts at 7 p.m.)

• 50/50 raffle

• select batch of silent auction items ( 4 Red Sox Tickets behind home plate, 6 pack of passes to Patriots Place Hall, Local Restaurant Gift Cards, Golf Foursome at the Miller Tracy Golf Tourney June 11, Tupperware chip and dip set, and more!)

Buy tickets in advance for $18 or at the door for $20

https://tapintothewms-pto.eventbrite.com

This fun, community building event will raise funds to support WMS classrooms, students and teachers.

Police/Fire

Sign Up Your Children for the Middlesex Sheriff’s Youth Academy

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Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian recently announced applications are now available for youngsters interested in participating in the Sheriff’s 2015 Youth Public Safety Academy (YPSA). “I am excited to once again be able to offer this program for youngsters from communities across the county,” said Sheriff Koutoujian. “Thanks to our tremendous staff and our public safety partners, YPSA provides a fun-
filled and educational environment for children to learn about public safety and get to know not only our officers, but also the police officers and firefighters from their own communities.”

Once again this year, the academy will be open to children ages 9-11, with six one-week camps beginning on July 6. To learn more about the YPSA program and fill out an online application, please visit www.middlesexsheriff.org/YPSA.html.

Real Estate

See the Two Watertown Homes That Sold this Week

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A three-bedroom Colonial and a three-family home sold this week in Watertown. $800,000 – 42 Lovell Road, 8 room, 3 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, Colonial single-family home

$675,000 – 270-274 Palfrey St. 3 unit, 15 total room, 7 total bedroom, 3 Family multi-family home

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Police/Fire

Police Log: Second Time Not a Charm for Shoplifter, Mother Arrested for Endangering Child

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
April 14, 2:58 a.m.: Police discovered a man had a probation warrant. The 27-year old Watertown man was arrested on the warrant out of Waltham District Court. April 15, 2:27 p.m.: An officer stopped a man on Main Street who had a warrant. The 29-year-old Watertown man was arrested on a warrant for a probation violation out of Waltham District Court.

Around Town

Community Drug Education Day Coming to Watertown

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Watertown will host an evening called “One Community Working Together to Make a Difference” to educate people about helping family and friends battle drug addiction. The Watertown Public Schools, the Watertown Police Department and Learn to Cope are combining to present the free Community Drug Education event on Thursday, May 7 from 6-8 p.m. at the Watertown Middle School Auditorium. The keynote speaker will be Chris Thigpen who will speak about “Family Intervention”

Other topics to be covered are:
Introduction to the Local Issue
Introduction to the signs and symptoms
Drug Education
Family Intervention
Overview of Local and National Resources

Also taking part are Wicked Sober Massachusetts Outreach Program, Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, Hopewell Recovery Services, Benchmark Recovery Center, SpringHill and Foundations Recovery Network. Register at: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-drug-education-tickets-16499324925

Around Town

See How Local, National Media Covered the Armenian Genocide

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The Armenian Genocide has been the focus of local and national coverage today, with stories of survivors, calls for the United States to officiall recognize the Genocide and a history of Armenians in Watertown. National Public Radio’s WBUR did a piece about Watertown’s Armenian residents, who make up the third largest concentration of Armenian’s in the United States. Reporter Bruce Gellerman went to the monthly gathering at St. James’ Armenian cultural center, and talked to local resident about the meaning of the Genocide. Read and listen to the story by clicking here.

Government

Town Council Marks Armenian Genocide, Rebukes Turkey’s Denial of Events

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The Watertown Town Council passed a proclamation that not only recognized the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, but also rebuked the Turkish government for denying that the events in 1915 were a genocide. April 24, 2015 has been declared Armenian Martyr’s Day to mark the anniversary of the genocide, in which more than 1.5 million Armenians were killed. The Council’s proclamation, passed unanimously at their meeting on April 14, not only recognized the anniversary but also said that the Turkish government’s denial that the events were a genocide “deprives the Armenian people of a right to their history, reparations for their losses, and a return of their ancestral Armenian lands.” The entire proclamation is below:
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS: The first genocide of the twentieth century occurred in Armenia on April 24, 1915, where the systematic and deliberate extermination of more than one and one half million Armenians was carried out; in addition to the deportation of countless others; and,
WHEREAS: One Hundred Years ago, Armenians were forced to witness the premeditated murders of their families and the loss of their homeland; and,
WHEREAS: The truth and facts that the Armenian Genocide actually occurred continues to be denied to this day by the Turkish government, which deprives the Armenian people of a right to their history, reparations for their losses, and a return of their ancestral Armenian lands; and,
WHEREAS: On April 24, 2015, we will proclaim and recognize the anniversary of Armenian Martyr’s Day to remember this horrific event and its victims;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Council of the City known as the Town of Watertown, hereby commemorates and remembers the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on April 24, 2015 and requests the Citizens of Watertown to give due observance of this day

Charity

Arsenal Arts Founder to be Celebrated at Fiesta for the Arts

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The Arsenal Center For The Arts will host its annual spring benefit on May 19, 2015 honoring Watertown arts activist and Arsenal Center founding member Roberta Miller with this year’s Charles Mosesian award for Support of the Arts. Fiesta for the Arts begins at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19 and features Flamenco Dance Project with dancers Sabrina Aviles, Yosi Karahashi, and Ian Hoover, with Juanito Pascual on guitar and Tania Mesa on violin. An open-air reception begins the festivities with Spanish tapas. After the award ceremony and dance performance in the Mosesian Theater, scrumptious desserts donated by local bakeries will be served. Each year, the Arsenal Center honors an individual or organization that shares the late Charles Mosesian’s commitment to his community.