Schools

Watertown Students May Get More Access to Technology

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Some Watertown students may have access to computers the entire school day next year if the school budget is approved. 

The $532,867 technology request includes $78,750 for 210 new Chromebooks, said Toni Carlson, career and technical education coordinator. “We have a pilot (program) where eighth-graders will have a computer in their hands from the beginning of the day until the end of the day,” Carlson told the School Committee’s Budget and Finance Subcommittee. The students will pick them up at the beginning of the day and return them to the carts to charge at the end of the day, Carlson said. When students must pick up and put away computers during each class period cuts into the teaching time, she added. Small pilots have already been successful in single classrooms at Watertown Middle School and now officials want to expand it, Carlson said.

Government

Recreation Department Opens Victory Field for Public Use

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A sign of spring is the opening of Victory Field by the Recreation Department. 

Recreation Director Peter Centola announced that the athletic complex on Orchard Street is open for use. He reminds residents that parking is only for Victory Field users from 8 a.m.-10 p.m.

Those parking at Victory Field overnight must remove their vehicles by 8 a.m. and can begin parking again at 10 p.m.

“Parking is restricted to marked spots only,” Centola said. “Please do not park anywhere else. Do not move cones!” If parking fills up at Victory Field, additional parking can be found at the Department of Public Works at 124 Orchard St., next to the football field.

Police/Fire

Watertown Man Killed When Hit by Car on Mass Pike

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A Watertown man was struck and killed by a car after he was in a separate accident on the Mass. Turnpike. 

Arkloo Wong, 81, of Watertown was involved in a collision with another driver near the Allston-Brighton Tolls on the westbound side of the Pike late Friday night. He exited his car to speak with the other driver and a car driven by a 30-year-old Brighton man hit Wong. Wong was pronounced dead at the scene and Coury was taken to hospital for treatment. No charges have been filed but the accident remains under investigation.

Government

Nominations Sought for Watertown Historical Preservation Awards

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Each year Watertown honors those who have excelled in preserving the town’s historical buildings, and nominations are being sought for the 2015 awards. The Watertown Historical Commission Preservation Awards can be awarded to any individual, organization or project that has contributed to the preservation or recognition of Watertown’s Historic resources.There are seven award categories which a nominee may be considered. Applications for nominations for the Watertown Historic Commission 2015 Historical Preservation Awards are now available at http://www.watertown-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/16668

The completed form is due in the Historical Commission office by April 9, 2015. The 2015 Historical Preservation Awards Ceremony will be held Thursday May 28, 2015 at the Commander’s Mansion, 440 Talcott Ave. in Watertown.

Police/Fire

Police Log: 2 Teens Busted for Bringing Air Gun to Boys Club

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
March 16, 3:08 p.m.: Target security spotted a woman placing items in a back and attempt to leave the store. The merchandise was worth $639.22, and the 27-year-old Dorchester woman was arrested on a charge of larceny over $250. March 17, 5 p.m.: A woman was seen putting a 32-inch Vizio TV into a cart at Target and tried to leave without paying. The 23-year-old Brighton woman was arrested on a charge of shoplifting, a subsequent offense.

Around Town

Cub Scouts Competing at Pinewood Derby in Watertown

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The top cars from Cub Scout packs around the area will compete in the 11th Annual Sons of Liberty District Pinewood Derby at the Arsenal Project. Each of the scouts have carved out and decorated cars from pieces of wood and won their local Pinewood Derby competition. Cars can weigh five ounces and be seven inches long. The cars will compete on a 30-foot-long track set up at the food court of the Arsenal Project (formerly Arsenal Mall) at 485 Arsenal St. in Watertown on Saturday, April 4 from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

The competitors are first-graders (Tigers), second-graders (Wolves), third-graders (Bears), fourth-graders (first-year Webelos) and fifth-graders (second-year Webelos).