Elections

Election Poll Workers Needed for Sept. & Nov. 2016 Elections

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The Watertown Elections Department is looking for poll workers during this busy upcoming election season, the town announced. 

The State Primary is on Thursday, Sept. 8 and the General Election is on Tuesday, Nov. 8. Poll workers must be registered voters and have the ability to work from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on one or both elections. Y0u can obtain an employment application on the Town of Watertown’s website, www.watertown-ma.gov in the Document Center (top right corner) in the Town Clerk’s Election folder.

CVS Trees

LETTER: Trees Dying, Planted Incorrectly at New CVS in East Watertown

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To the Editor:

This week Councilor Angie Kounelis brought to Watertown’s official attention the terrible condition of brand new landscaping in the East End CVS parking lot. Trees for Watertown asks Watertown citizens to join in demanding a strong municipal response. The landscaping plan in the CVS parking lot was approved by the Planning Board and Planning Department. But what Watertown approved was a pretty picture, not a functional plan, and Watertown is now reaping the ugly consequences. 1.

Around Town

Fourth of July Travel Advisory from the Mass Dept. of Transportation

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The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is encouraging the public during the holiday weekend, July 1-July 5, to take advantage of technology tools for drivers, travel during low volume times on roads, and note service hours at Registry Branch Offices and for the MBTA.   

For traffic and road conditions, drivers may use new technology:

Customers may dial 511 and select a route to hear real-time conditions for more than one thousand miles of roadways in Massachusetts and for some roads in other states. Visit the website, mass511.com, to find real-time traffic and incident information. Access MassDOT traffic camera images of portions of Rt. 3, Rt. 6, Rt.

Around Town

Watertown Rotary Club Welcomes its New President for 2016-17

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The Watertown Rotary Club introduced its news president at a recent meeting held at the Watertown Police Station, the club announced. 

Lilia Weisfeldt attended her first Board of Directors Meeting as the new President of the Watertown Rotary Club for 2016-2017. Lilia is the owner as well as instructor at Ballroom in Boston which she opened in 2010 to pursue her passion in business as well as dance. Lilia brings the same high level of energy and enthusiasm to the Watertown Rotary Club that she demonstrates daily in her studio.

Obituaries

OBIT: Catherine Pease, 81, Volunteered at St. Patrick’s, Worked at BayBank

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A Funeral Service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday June 30, 2016 in the MacDonald, Rockwell & MacDonald Funeral Home, Watertown for Catherine M. “Bunny” Pease. Mrs. Pease, a daughter of the late Leo & Norma (Flynn) Landry, passed away in Pembroke, N.H. on Sunday June 26, after a period of declining health. She was 81. Born in Boston, she was a life long resident of Watertown. A volunteer at St.

Obituaries

OBIT: Carmela ‘Millie’ Ceglio, 93, Lifelong Watertown Resident

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A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday morning, July 1, 2016 at 9 a.m. in the Church of St. Patrick, Watertown for Carmela “Millie” (Toro) Ceglio. Mrs. Cegli was a daughter of the late Saverio and Marie (Merullo) Toro. She died in the Wingate of Reading Nursing Facility on Sunday afternoon after a long period of declining health. She was 93.

Letters

LETTER: Parent Thanks Her Children’s Teachers for a Great Year

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Editor,

As this school year comes to a close, I want to take a moment to thank our wonderful teachers. Our two oldest children are at the Hosmer Elementary School in Kindergarten and second grade. They both had amazing teachers this year. 

Our daughter’s kindergarten teacher created an environment centered on kindness, empathy and inclusion with a focus on academic progress. She took the time to really understand our daughter and was therefore able to individualize her learning experience and challenge her. She was also engaged with the parents; inviting us into the classroom for special presentations, sending home weekly letters and maintaining open lines of communication at all times.

Obituaries

OBIT: Janet Hebert, 85, Retired Nurse, Past President of VFW Ladies Auxiliary

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Funeral Services for Janet L. (Elphick) Hebert will be held on Tuesday evening, June 28, 2016 at 7 p.m. in the MacDonald, Rockwell & MacDonald Funeral Home, Watertown. Mrs. Hebert passed away on June 25, 2016 in the Marist Hill Nursing & Rehabilitaion Center, Waltham, after a period of declining health. She was a daughter of the late David S. and Ruth L. (Swetts) Elphick. She was 85. Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, she and her family moved to Watertown at a young age, graduating from Watertown High School, class of 1950.