Sports

Baseball League for Children with Special Needs Holding Sign Ups

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The Watertown Challenger Division, sponsored by Mount Auburn Hospital, is a division of Watertown Youth Baseball especially designed for boys and girls age 8-18 with special needs, announced Watertown Youth Baseball. Join us in our fourth year providing this wonderful opportunity for everyone to be part of a team and a community! Along with their baseball skills, all children will work on social pragmatics, team collaboration and much more! Training and support will be provided to children at their level of need. We have trained volunteers and buddies that will help make your child an MVP!

Around Town

Watertown Health Department Hosting Rabies Vaccination Clinic

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Come get your cat or dog vaccinated for rabies at a clinic being held at Town Hall. The Watertown Health Department Rabies Vaccination Clinic will be held on Saturday, April 9, 2016. It will be held in Watertown Town Hall on the Lower Level. The fee is $10. Cats in carriers will be vaccinated from 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Dogs on Leash will be vaccinated to 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Microchipping will also be available for an additional $10.

Obituaries

OBIT: Mary R. Fahey, 89, St. Patrick’s High School Graduate

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A Funeral Mass will be celebrated in the Church of Saint Patrick, Watertown on Friday April 8, 2016 at 9 a.m., for Mary R. (O’Rourke) Fahey. Mrs. Fahey, a daughter of the late Patrick & Margaret (Fahey) O’Rourke past away Tuesday evening, April 5, 2016 in Worcester, she was 89. Born in Dorchester, she was moved to Watertown at a young age, graduating from St. Patrick High School. She was the beloved wife for 55 years of James P. Fahey. Devoted mother of Paul J. of Somerville, Michael P. & his wife Denise of Holden, Eileen M. of Waltham, Stephen J. of Franklin, and Ann M Russo & her husband Brian, Sr. of Holden.

Government

Come Meet With Watertown State Rep. Jonathan Hecht

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Residents can meet with Watertown State Rep. Jonathan Hecht to discuss issues of concern, dealings with state agencies or ongoing legislation at the State House. Representative Jonathan Hecht will hold office hours on Tuesday, April 12 from 6-7 p.m. in study room #1 in the Watertown Public Library and on Tuesday, April 19 from 8:30-9:30 a.m. on the third floor hallway of Watertown Town Hall. Constituents are invited to meet with Representative Hecht to discuss pending legislation or any other issue of concern to them. Anyone unable to attend these office hours can call Representative Hecht at 617-722-2140 to schedule an appointment at another time.

Entertainment

Watertown Gospel Choir Singing at Belmont Church on Saturday

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A Watertown-based gospel choir will perform on Saturday at a church in Belmont. The following information was provided about the concert:

Don’t miss the return of Joyful Voices of Inspiration under the direction of the dynamic Donnell Patterson. A thoroughly entertaining, soul stirring gospel concert to benefit three food pantries in Belmont and Watertown.  Stay around after the concert to meet the choir members and enjoy complementary refreshments. The concert will be April 9 at 3 p.m. at the Belmont-Watertown United Methodist Church, 421 Common St (Cushing Sq.), Belmont. Handicapped accessible through the rear doors.  Street parking.

Entertainment

Brother Sun Highlights Tremdal Concert at First Parish Church

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The upcoming Tremdal Concert at First Parish Church in Watertown features the trio Brother Sun. Tremdal Concerts provided the following description for Brother Sun:

Greg Greenway, Pat Wictor, and Joe Jencks have made their mark as veteran touring singer-songwriters, but Brother Sun is no songwriter’s round. The trio’s harmonies, as much as their lyrics, tell what they are about: warm as a campfire, stirring as a gospel church, rousing as a call to arms. Fusing folk, Americana, blues, pop, jazz, rock, and a cappella singing, Brother Sun is an explosion of musical diversity and harmony, in the finest of male singing traditions. From three major points on the map Boston, New York, and Chicago – Greg, Pat, and Joe have blended themselves into Brother Sun: a unique celebration of the amazing power of singing together. As they will tell you, the music of Brother Sun is not resident in any one of them  but rather it exists in the space between them.

Entertainment

Artist to Discuss the ‘Whys of Painting’ at Watertown Arts Association Event

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The Watertown Art Association will present “Capturing Time in a Moment: The Whys of Painting” with artist and author Andrew Kusmin from 2 to 4 p.m. this Saturday, April 9, in The Innovation Space at the Arsenal Project Mall (Old Navy entrance), located at 485 Arsenal St. in Watertown. Kusmin, an award­-winning and widely acclaimed Plymouth-­based watercolor painter, will give an illustrated talk based on his new book, “Palette of Dreams,” which presents dozens of his paintings, as he explains his philosophy of art. In addition to the dozens of his paintings featured in the book, Kusmin will also share works by the artists who mentored him – those who had the greatest influence on his career – and help guests understand what makes a painting stand out and what jurors look for when selecting award winners. “Palette of Dreams” captures in words and pictures the story behind the author­artist’s inspiration, his reasons for painting and how others can find the all important “why” behind and beneath their own art.

Police/Fire

Watertown Police Joins Effort to Stop Motorists from Texting While Driving

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The Watertown Police Department will partner with 202 other eligible local Massachusetts law enforcement agencies and the Massachusetts State Police in the national “U Drive. U Text. U Pay.” mobilization to crack down on motorists who text and drive. The campaign, which combines traditional and innovative enforcement strategies, is funded by a federal grant administered through the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security’s Highway Safety Division (EOPSS/HSD) from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA).