Government

Discuss the Renovation of Three Watertown Parks at Upcoming Meetings

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As the Town plans for the renovation of two parks and installing lights in another one officials will host public meetings to hear from the public about what they would like to see at Casey, Moxley and Filippello Parks

The Recreation Department sent out the following announcements:

Casey Park

The Recreation Department will be sponsoring a public meeting to discuss the renovation of Casey Park (baseball side). The meeting will be held in the Lower Hearing Room of the Town Hall beginning at 7 p.m. on Oct. 23. Moxley Park

The Recreation Department will be sponsoring a public meeting to discuss the renovation of Moxley Park. The meeting will be held in the Town Council Chambers of the Town Hall beginning at 7 p.m. on Nov.

Entertainment

Watertown Library Has Wide Variety of Events in October

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October is a busy month at the Watertown Free Public Library with a day to preserve your photos and letters, a citizenship class, an author talk and many more activities. The library will be closed on Columbus Day – Oct. 9, 2017 – but there are many other activities when it is open. The Watertown Free Public Library sent out the following information:

Author Talk: Ronny Le Blanc

Wednesday 10/25 | 7 p.m.
Lucia Mastrangelo RoomThere is an area known to the locals of Leominster, Massachusetts as MONSTERLAND. Here there are sightings of UFOS, Bigfoot and Orange Orbs.

Business

Meet the Watertown & Belmont Police Chiefs at a Chamber Event

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The Watertown Belmont Chamber of Commerce will host an event where you can meet your Police Chief and find out about how safe is your business. The Chamber sent out the following information:

Meet the local Police Chiefs at WBCC’s After Hours Event @ CSB

WHAT: How Safe Is Your Business? Watertown Police Chief Michael Lawn and Belmont Police Chief Richard McLaughlin will explain current fraud and security threats to area businesses and organizations of all sizes. Appetizers, Beer and Wine will be served. RAFFLE PRIZES too!

Around Town

Enter the 26th Annual Scarecrow Contest at the Watertown Mall

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Join the fun! The Watertown Mall is hosting its 26th Annual Scarecrow Contest. The Watertown Mall sent out the following information:

Any individual, family, group, school, class, business or organization is invited to enter a scarecrow in our contest. Scarecrows can have a theme, or just be imaginative. Scarecrows are displayed throughout Watertown Mall, 550 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA, from October 16, 2017 through October 31, 2017.

Around Town

Senior Center Has Medicare Enrollment, Harvest Party in October

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Head to the Senior Center this month to find out about Medicare Open Enrollment, the Harvest Party or plenty of other activities. 

The Watertown Council on Aging/Senior Center sent out its October Newsletter:

Some of our OCTOBER 2017 events include:
October Notes from the Director

October is a busy month at the Senior Center and we hope you will join us for an informative program or fitness class. If you haven’t visited in a while, stop in and say hello, grab a cup of coffee, browse our lending library, and share in some conversation with others in the lounge. Perhaps you’ll try your hand at chess or cribbage, or bring your laptop and surf the web on our free WiFi. If you or a friend cannot make it to the Center, give us a call and let us know how we can help. It’s that time again!

Letters

LETTER: Consider the Neighbors When Lighting Victory Field

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For many the twilight and evening hours are special – a time to relax, unwind, draw closer to loved ones and friends, measure thoughts against the gathering night. But for hundreds of households in the vicinity of Watertown’s Victory Field, ours among them, such simple pleasures have become more elusive in recent years due to the nightly incursion of distressingly bright glare from the lights on the field. Sports have been played under the lights at Victory Field since the days of the old Watertown Twilight Baseball League back in the 1930s and for most of the 80 years since with little if any neighborhood disturbance or injury. But in 2011-12 the Phase One renovation of the baseball and football field introduced lighting of a much greater magnitude on 80 foot poles that so altered and affected our daily lives and routines it soon became a constant source of community ire and outcry. And from which there is no respite since they are left blazing every evening until 10:15 or 10:30 p.m. most of the year REGARDLESS of whether there is a game to light on the field.

Around Town

Watertown Boys & Girls Club Hosting 14th Annual 5K Road Race

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The Watertown Boys & Girls Club sent out the following announcement:

Register today for Watertown Boys & Girls Club’s 14th Annual 5K Road Race. The race will take place on Sunday, November 5 at 10 a.m. starting at the Club (25 Whites Avenue, Watertown). There will be a 1K Fun Run for ages 0-10, refreshments, raffles, music, and more! Don’t miss this fun family event. Pre-registration: $25.00 (by October 30)

Week of registration: $30.00

All proceeds benefit youth programming at Watertown Boys & Girls Club.

Sports

Field Hockey Player Jay Quinn Will Enter WHS Athletic Hall of Fame in October

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(The Watertown High School Athletic Hall of Fame provided the following profile)

Growing up near Victory Field, it was impossible for Jay Quinn, Class of 2002, not to be aware of the tremendous history and success of the Red Raider Field Hockey program. In addition, her older sister Lauren was among the Middlesex League’s best players and leading scorer during her WHS career before playing 4 years at Princeton. Though she played youth soccer growing up in town, Jay also had a close friendship with Hall of Famers Bethany, Jane, Catherine and Mary Rogers, which eventually led her down the fortuitous path to WHS field hockey, its winning tradition, and success as a Captain, All-American, and State Champion. Quinn jokingly told us that after her first practice as a freshman she could barely walk. The program was coming off its seventh overall state title, and she couldn’t wait to be part of the prodigious program.