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Shirley Connolly
A Funeral Mass for Shirley (Hogan) Connolly will be celebrated, in the Church of Saint Patrick, Watertown. She was a daughter of the late John Joseph Hogan and Ida (Morgan) Hogan. Shirley passed away at the age of 94. Shirley was born in Cambridge, raised in Watertown, and was a graduate of Watertown High School. She was a parishioner in St.
Join Us for the Watertown Community Foundation 2019 Spring Grant Awards Reception on June 5, 2019 at 6 p.m. at the Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street. Free and Open to the Public
The Watertown Community Foundation has awarded grants totaling $52,000 to initiatives in two categories:
One: WCF’s Program Grants awards grants designed to help organizations that serve Watertown develop new or continue existing programs with an educational focus (broadly defined). These are programs that operate outside of the Watertown’s public schools.
Two: WCF’s Institutional Grants are designed to help institutions central to the Watertown community by providing funds to maintain critical programming and retain paid staff. Grants under this program impose neither restrictions on the use of funds nor any program requirements.
Eligible organizations apply for a maximum of $3000 for program grants and a maximum of $5000 for institutional grants. All of the grants are funded by the Foundation’s Watertown Arsenal Education Fund.
2019 Institutional Grants
WATERTOWN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBOperational Support
This funding will help to continue to provide the youth of Watertown with programs and services including after school programs and summer camps, regardless of their families’ ability to pay. WATERTOWN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARYExpanded Core Programs at Hatch Maker Space
Hatch Makerspace will expand its regular monthly programming, collectively referred to as “Core Programs” to include a new “Art Studio” workshop with paid instruction and the coverage of workshop material expenses. WORLD IN WATERTOWNFor Watertown Community Conversations
Funds to support community conversations in Watertown.
The following information was provided by the Mosesian Center for the Arts:
The Mosesian Center for the Arts invites you to Arts For All Festival 2019 happening this Saturday! This free, family-friendly, drop-in open house takes place June 8, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street in Watertown and offers visual and performing arts workshops, kid friendly activities, Steam Roller Printing, performances by Drumatix, Keytar Bear, and more!
Artists of all ages and abilities can explore the senses with a variety of arts activities like Sound Inspired Art, Nature in Watercolor, Musical Story Corner, and Air Dry Clay Sculpting. The event will once again feature The Steamroller Printing Project where professional printmakers ink up carved plates then roll over them with an industrial steamroller from the Watertown DPW yard to create relief print masterpieces! Rhythm and dance group DrumatiX will share their blend of dance and drumming using tap dance, everyday objects, large drums/barrels, body percussion, technology and tons of humor on the Mosesian MainStage! And Boston’s most beloved busker Keytar Bear will rock some tunes on the green from 11am to 1pm.
The following information was provided by the Watertown Mall:
Every first Friday of the month, the Watertown Mall hosts a free blood pressure screening from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. For this upcoming month, this will happen on June 7, 2019. The screenings are sponsored by the Watertown Health Department. Screenings take place in the back hallway of the mall, near Target & Carter’s. About the Watertown Mall:
The Watertown Mall is wheelchair accessible and accessible by MBTA Bus routes 70 and 70A. Hours are Monday through Saturday 9:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.; Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. For more information about this event and other Watertown Mall programs, such as our weekly Walking Club, please visit www.watertown-mall.com or contact the management office at 617-926-4968 x21.
Watertown Senior Center
The Senior Center will be full of activity this June, with the annual art show, brain games, senior self defense classes and much more. Press Releases from the Watertown COA/Senior Center Some of our June 2019 events include:
Senior Center Art Class Annual Exhibition & ReceptionThe Senior Center Art class works hard all year (and has fun too)! Every June we have a chance to admire their best works of the year in a week long exhibit that is open to the public starting this year on June 4th. Be sure to come by and meet the artists and their talented teacher Dawn Scaltreto at the Artists’ Reception! WHEN: Wednesday, June 5 TIME: 10:00 AM WHERE: Watertown Senior CenterCan’t make it that week? The exhibition will be on display at the Watertown Free Public Library during the entire month of July.
DAWN SCALTRETO—ZEN ART FOR MIND-BODY WELLNESSWhen: Tuesday, June 11th – Join us when we try Zen Watercolor Painting—use fluid watercolors on paper to create abstract paintings with saturated, high frequency colors. The paintings make beautiful cards, bookmarks and framing. When: Tuesday, June 25th – Peaceful Print Making using leaves, stamps, and Gelli printing plates.
Charlie Casello
A Funeral service for Charles Paul Casello will be held in the Grace Chapel, 525 Main St. Watertown on Wednesday June 5, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.
Charlie was the loving son of the late Carmello Casello and Concetta (Galvagno) Casello. He passed away Thursday evening in Cambridge after a period of declining health. Charlie was 98. Charlie was born and raised in Lexington.
The following announcement came from MassDOT:
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has announced that the Ted Williams Tunnel in Boston, which carries vehicles traveling on I-90, will be closed to all vehicular traffic during overnight hours on most nights next week. These closures will be implemented on evenings between approximately 11:30 p.m., and 5 a.m., and are necessary to allow crews to safely and effectively conduct milling, paving and concrete repair operations. During these overnight closures, vehicles will be detoured to the Sumner Tunnel and trucks will be directed north on Route 1A to the Tobin Bridge. The full dates of these overnights closures are as follows:
• Evening of Monday, June 3
• Evening of Tuesday, June 4
• Evening of Wednesday June 5
• Evening of Friday, June 7
• Evening of Saturday, June 8
Signage and messaging will be in place to notify drivers of these operations. MassDOT encourages the public to be mindful of potential traffic impacts.
James DeMarco grew up in Watertown and became a goaltender at age 5. It’s his life’s passion to stand between the pipes and keep the puck out of the net. Combining this with the love of cartooning, Small Saves emerged in 1991 and took on a life of his own. “To play goal–then come home and draw Small Saves — is my ideal definition of a good day.”