Obituaries

OBIT: Eileen Brescia, 91, Beloved Grandmother Who Loved Cooking, Baking

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A Funeral Mass will be celebrated in the Church of St. Patrick, Watertown on Wednesday, Nov, 9, 2016 for Eileen M. (Glennon) Brescia at 9 a.m.

Mrs. Brescia, a daughter of the late William and Madeline (Loewen) Glennon passed away in the Katherine Daniels Nursing Facility in Framingham on Wednesday morning. She was 91. Born in Boston, she grew up in Jamaica Plain, graduating from high school in Boston. She married Len in 1948, moved to Watertown and was married for 58 years.

Around Town

Watertown Insurance Agency Looks for Record Collection for Toys for Tots

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If you stop by the offices of H & K Insurance, you’ll see a brightly wrapped and bow covered collection box for Toys for Tots. The box was dropped off Nov. 1, and before it’s picked up again in December, H & K announced it hopes to fill it to overflowing. Another record-breaking toy drive for the insurance agency, all for a good cause. Every year the Toys for Tots program makes Christmas possible for millions of children throughout New England and the greater United States.

Schools

Hosmer Teachers Bring Together Art, Music for ‘Arts Around the World’ Lesson

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The art and music teachers at the Hosmer Elementary School have created a unique collaboration – one that benefits the 600 students they so thoughtfully serve. 

Art teacher Hae-In Kim and music teacher Sara Patashnick worked over the last year during their professional development time to build a year-long collaborative framework for the second grade art and music curriculum called Arts Around the World. This curriculum focuses on the art and music from different countries and cultures. They realized the benefits of collaboration, both for themselves and for their students. Connecting art and music throughout the year in a deliberate way adds context and depth to student understanding. Their curriculum also creates home/school connections, as they focus on the countries and cultures reflected in the school.  They use music and art as teaching tools to foster unity and understanding.

Elections

LETTER: Pro CPA Group Gives Examples of How CPA Used in Other Towns

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Vote YES on 5 for Community Preservation Act (CPA) It Benefits Us ALL. More money is there for us right now:

All our neighboring communities are already in: Waltham, Belmont, Cambridge, Newton. Boston strongly supports a Yes on 5 this year as well – see YesBetterBoston.com. They have all made, and will continue to make, significant and creative improvements with their CPA funds. Our contributions will continue going to other towns if we vote no.

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LETTER: No Vote on CPA is Fiscally Prudent, Shows Empathy for Neighbors

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Last week’s mega millions jackpot was about $6 million. Since I didn’t “hit the jackpot,” does that mean I “lost” $6 million? I don’t think so either. Welcome to the wonderful world of CPA Tax Proponent logic. This notion that we are “leaving money on table” and we have “missed out” neglects to mention a very important part of this Utopian equation; the money they “could have had” would’ve only belonged to them if they had somehow managed to get YOU, the homeowner and renter, to agree to part with it to begin with.

Elections

LETTER: Sustainable Watertown Supports the Community Preservation Act

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To the Editor,

Sustainable Watertown encourages Watertown to vote for the Community Preservation Act (CPA), Question 5, when you vote Tuesday. Question 5 is on the back of your ballot. The CPA will allow residents to Invest in Watertown with matching funds from the State to be spent as the community decides on improving parks, trails, and recreation; veterans memorials and historic sites; and to create more affordable housing. We would receive about $2 million a year. The state has already given out $542 million.

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LETTER: Community Preservation Act Will Allow Investment in Watertown

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To the Editor,

I believe that we should Invest in Watertown and vote in favor of Question 5 as so many other cities and towns in Massachusetts have done before us. We would get about 27 cents in matching funds from the State for every dollar paid into the fund. That’s a lot of return for about $124 per year for a family in Watertown. And it is a Watertown community committee that makes the local choices of how to spend the money. The issue of competition between the Community Preservation Act and any schools to be built in the future is a red herring, a diversion, with different sources of funding and many years of planning yet to come.