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.

Real Estate

Several Listings Under $400,000 in This Week’s Watertown Open Houses

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About a dozen listings in Watertown this week. See when you can hit the open houses. $339,900 – 128 Putnam St. Unit 128, 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom 2 family, Open House: Sunday 12:30-2:30 p.m.

$439,000 – 32 Commonwealth Road Unit 1, 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom 2 family Open Houses: Saturday 12-2 p.m. Sunday 12-2 p.m.

$464,900 – 53-55 Bates Road Unit 53, 2 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom detached home, Open Houses: Saturday 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday 12-2 p.m.

$399,900 – 151 Coolidge Ave. Unit 212, 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom garden condo, Open Houses: Saturday 12-2 p.m. Sunday 12-2 p.m.

$499,900 – 37 Rosedale Road, 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom cape, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1:30 p.m. Sunday 12-1:30 p.m.

Sponsored by:

$750,000 – 700-702 Belmont St.

Sports

See How Watertown Runners Did in the 2015 Boston Marathon

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Nicole Casey ran the 2015 Boston Marathon in 2:53:27, which was the top time of all Watertown runners in the race. 

Casey, 29, a Bryant University grad, started in the elite runner’s wave and came in 61st in the women’s race and 1,318th overall. The top men’s runner in town was Daniel Sulas, who ran the race in 2:59:13. That placed the 38-year old 2,438th overall. Here are Watertown’s runners in the 2015 Boston Marathon (overall place, name, time):

1,318 – Nicole Casey – 2:53:27; 2438. Daniel Gulas – 2:59:13
3,006 – Kun Song – 3:01:54
4,923 – Deborah Downs – 3:11:23
6,131 – Laurie Nahigian – 3:16:34
8,534 – Andrew Robertson – 3:25:14
10,104 – Lindsey Wallis – 3:29:53
11,396 – Helen Bresler – 3:39:40
14,164 – Laurie Ferguson – 3:42:21
14,646 – Nathan Hogan – 3:44:00
16,856 – Nicholas Arcolano – 3:51:51
19,270 – Caitlin McCourt – 4:02:12
19,512 – Katherine Hutchinson – 4:03:48
19,726 – Marc Smith – 4:04:57
20,121 – James Diamantopoulos – 4:07:27
20,494 – Daniel Araniz – 4:09:52
23,013 – Kate Rogers – 4:30:42
23,030 – Taylor Obey – 4:31:00
23,363 – Mary Regan – 4:34:59
23,456 – Michaela Murphy – 4:35:55
23,999 – Keli Hoyt-Rupert – 4:42:58
24,010 – Jacquelyn Dupuis – 4:43:03
24,215 – Alison Clapp – 4:46:03
24,432 – Halyang Zhang – 4:50:14
24,531 – Paul Beaton – 4:51:55

 

Entertainment

See Which Cable Series You Will Be Able to Catch Watertown’s Eliza Dushku

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Watertown’s Eliza Dushku may have gone back to college, but she continues to stay active in Hollywood. 

Word recently came out that Dushku will be joining the cast of Cinemax’s Banshee for the series’ fourth season. She will play Agent Veronica Dawson in a recurring role in the series about an ex-con who becomes the sheriff of a small Pennsylvania town, according to Deadline.com. No word when the series will air, but IMDB indicates season four will be coming in 2016. Fans can catch Dushku in 2015 in the upcoming movie Eloise, a horror, thriller about four friends who break into an abandoned insane asylum in search of a death certificate which will grant one of them a large inheritance.