Charity

Watertown Hibernians Ladies Hosting Fashion Show

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Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 14 will host a fashion show to benefit local charities. BonWorth, Fashion worth your lifestyle, will be held on Sunday, April 12 from 2-6 p.m. at the Hibernian Hall, 151 Watertown St., Watertown. Admission ins $10, and light refreshments will be served. Proceeds will benefit the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians’ local charities. For tickets, please contact Mary Ryan at 617-851-1836, Maureen Foley at 617-967-1195 of Sue McCallum 781-899-9423.

Real Estate

Two Watertown Home Sold this Week – See Where Here!

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See the sales price and more information about the two homes that sold in Watertown this week. $510,000 – 33 Hunt St., 2 unit, 9 total room, 3 total bedroom, 2 Family multi-family home

Sponsored by:

$850,000 – 42 Knowles Road, 9 room, 5 bedroom, 3 full & 1 half bathroom, Colonial single-family home

Around Town

Sign Up Now for Watertown Helps Out – Dozens of Projects Planned

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Watertown Helps Out is a day of community service organized by Watertown Community Foundation. You can sign up for a one-time volunteer activity in your local community that you can do with your family, friends, or on your own. The Watertown Community Foundation’s (WCF) Watertown Helps Out – annual day of volunteering is taking place again this year on Saturday, May 2 at over 20 Watertown nonprofits. The day begins with a 8:30am Kick-off Breakfast and Sign-in. Roberta Miller, co-chair of WCF’s organizing committee, stated, “Last year’s WHO event saw over 150 volunteers help local nonprofits by gardening, painting, building fences, cleaning up the riverfront, assisting seniors with household tasks, and sprucing up a children’s play area – just to mention a few of the activities. This year we have openings for more than twice as many volunteers, and we expect well over 300 to help out around town.”

Many of the activities are kid-friendly, and there are over two dozen to choose from! Before volunteering, join us for a kickoff breakfast at the Arsenal Project and pick up your free T-shirt.

Entertainment

Singers Can Try Out for Christmas Revels Performance

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Do you like to sing?  Revels seeks a diverse and talented Volunteer Chorus of Adults and Children to join us onstage this winter for 17 performances of The Christmas Revels  at Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre in Cambridge. Directed by Patrick Swanson with music direction by George Emlen, The Christmas Revelswill be set in Wales and will feature music, dance, carols and other traditional material from the region.  Performances run Dec. 11-27, 2015.  Tuesday rehearsals begin Sept. 29.

Police/Fire

Police Log: String of Tire Slashings, Teen Busted for Drugs

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
March 25, 5:58 p.m.: Police went to Best Buy where two teens were stopped for shoplifting. A customer told security he overheard the two in the bathroom talking about taping merchandise to their chests. When police were there one of the teens kept reaching into his pocket when he was told not to and when they searched him they found a bag full of 12 individually packaged baggies filled with a green substance believed to be marijuana. The 18-year-old Brighton man was arrested on a charge of possession of a Class D drug with intent to distribute.

Business

Watertown Insurance Agency Helping Cancer Patients Through Livestrong

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The LIVESTRONG foundation at the Framingham, Mass YMCA will be opening up registrations for their next course with the help of Watertown’s H&K Insurance Agency. The opportunity to donate $1,000 is important for H&K Insurance, who wants to support local businesses who make a difference in the lives of local cancer patients. Every year the MetroWest YMCA runs a campaign to raise funds for their community programs, including LIVESTRONG. LIVESTRONG is a physical activity and well-being initiative for cancer survivors which has helped 6000 participants nationwide. The program helps cancer patients rebuild strength and regain abilities they may have lost.

Boston Marathon Bombing

Report Gives Mixed Reviews of Police During Search for Marathon Bomber

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A study of efforts to stop and capture the Boston Marathon Bombing suspects had mixed reviews of law enforcements’ use of force, and other practices of police in Watertown. The report led by the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), was released this week, according to a report on Boston.com. See the full report by clicking here. The first officers on the scene, all Watertown Police officers, “practiced appropriate weapons discipline while they were engaged in the firefight with the suspects.”

Some of that followed quickly afterward from a variety of departments however, fired without identifying the suspect and a times without first aiming, the report found. In one incident that night, plain clothed State Police troopers were fired on when their SUV was misidentified as being stolen.

Business

Zoning Board Rejects Appeal of Snow Lot in East Watertown

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The owner of a lot that had truck loads of snow piled up more than 30 feet high on a lot on Elm Street lost its appeal that they violated the town’s zoning rules, will be fined and may have to pay for an environmental study. The lot had hundreds of truck loads of snow delivered in late February. Eastside Town Councilor Angeline Kounelis said she received complaints from residents and she reported the snow dump to the town, including Zoning Enforcement Officer Michael Mena. Mena sent a order to cease the dumping and remove the snow on Feb. 23. The manager of the site, Bill Dillon, appealed the ruling.