Police/Fire

Registration for Middlesex Sheriff’s Youth Public Safety Academy Opens Soon

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The following announcement was provided by the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office:

Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian is pleased to announce registration for the 2025 Youth Public Safety Academy (YPSA) will open at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. YPSA is an educational and affordable summer program that is open to all children – ages 8-12 – living in Middlesex County (link to promotional video). Older children also have the opportunity to participate as a Counselor-in-Training. Held at the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office (MSO) Training Academy in Chelmsford, YPSA is comprised of five, one-week camps. Registration is $100 per child (per week) and includes transportation to and from designated bus stops; daily breakfast, lunch and snacks; and a graduation ceremony held each Friday.

Around Town

Hear About the Watertown Printer Who Played an Important Role in the American Revolution

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The following announcement was provided by the Historical Society of Watertown:

The Historical Society of Watertown & the Watertown Free Public Library Presents: “The Press and the American Revolution and Watertown’s most famous printer, Benjamin Edes,” a slide show and talk by Gary Gregory. Without the printing presses of Boston, we wouldn’t have had a revolution! Why was Boston such a hot bed of sedition and incubator of the American Revolution? How did the printing press impact Boston’s rise to rebellion? How were newspapers produced and by whom?

Around Town

Registration for Watertown Recreation’s Spring & Summer Programs Opening Soon

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Registration will open on March 19 for Watertown Recreation’s spring and summer programs, including the Pequossette Summer Program. Programs are available for kids, teens, and adults, including: pickleball, tennis, arts, Pokemon Adventure Club, archery, zumba, skateboarding, fencing, pilates, summer sports clinics, the summer adult basketball leagues and more. See the announcement sent out by the Recreation Department below. Get ready! Our Spring and Summer Program registration begins next Wednesday 3/19 at 10:00am Mark your calendars!

Around Town

Brigham House Invites Families to Annual Spring Egg Hunt

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Brigham House will be hosting a “Spring Egg Hunt” open to families with young children. See the announcement provided by Brigham House below. Hop on over four our annual Spring Egg Hunt. J0in us rain or shine for some Egg-citing fun! Saturday, April 12th, 10-11:30 a.m.

Open to all families with young children.

Around Town

Watertown Group Hosting Discussion Called “Religious Leaders Speak Out About the Injustices in Palestine”

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The following announcement was provided by Watertown Citizens for Peace & Common Security:

The Watertown Citizens for Peace & Common Security is sponsoring a panel discussion of five Christian Ministers for our talk entitled: Religious Leaders Speak Out About The Injustices in Palestine. Christian and Unitarian Universalist clergy will offer perspectives on the unjust circumstances that have been and continue to be imposed on the Palestinian people of Gaza and elsewhere in historic Palestine. Date: Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 2:30pm

Location: The Church of the Good Shepherd                9 Russell Ave., Watertown, MA 02472

The speakers are:

Rev. Ashlee  Wiest-Laird, American Baptist/Alliance of Baptists Pastor, First Baptist Church; Jamaica Plain MA

The Rev. Peter J. Miano,  United Methodist, Executive Director, The Society for Biblical Studies,  Arlington MA

Rev. Korte Yeo, United Church of Christ, Pastor,  Berkley Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, Berkeley, MA

Rev. Martha Durkee-Neuman, Unitarian Universalist, Assistant Minister for Lifespan Faith Formation at the First Church, Unitarian Universalist,  Belmont, MA

The Rev. Andrew Goldhor, Episcopal Rector, Church of the Good Shepherd. Watertown, MA

Watertown Citizens for Peace & Common Security is a working group of Watertown Citizens For Peace, Justice & the Environment.

Around Town

Local Podcast to Celebrate 1 Year with Panel of Former Guests, Proceeds Go to 2 Local Non-Profits

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Matt Hanna, host of the Little Local Conversations will celebrate the one year of the podcast that features people living and working in Watertown on March 18. See the announcement provided by Hanna below. Come out and celebrate one year and 50+ episodes of the Little Local Conversations podcast and help support two local nonprofits! Tuesday, March 18, 2025, from 5:30 – 7:30 PM.Mosesian Center for the Arts , 321 Arsenal St, Watertown, MA

Suggested $20 Donation. Proceeds benefit: The Mosesian Center for the Arts and the Watertown Community Foundation

LIVE PODCAST PANEL WITH PAST GUESTSLIGHT BITES & CASH BAR

RSVP at https://www.littlelocalconversations.com/events/

Entertainment

Three Watertown Actors Take the Stage for Production of “Into the Woods”

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Watertown’s Marcelle Durrenberger (left) as The Witch with Emma Quinlan as Rapunzel, in rehearsal. (Photo by Colleen Locke, Weston Friendly Society)

The following announcement was provided by Weston Friendly Society:

Three Watertown residents will take the stage April 5-12 in Weston Friendly Society’s “Into the Woods.” Playing the role played by Meryl Streep in the 2014 film, Marcelle Durrenberger is The Witch who sets things in motion by promising to undo a curse so that she can be beautiful. Cinderella’s two stepsisters are also Watertown residents. Jill Craig plays Florinda and Allie Villa plays Lucinda.

Schools

LEGAL POSTING: Watertown School Committee Holding Public Hearing on Fiscal Year 2026 Budget

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The following legal posting was provided by the Watertown Public Schools (originally posted on March 7):

WATERTOWN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 30 COMMON STREET WATERTOWN MA 02472 – In Accordance with provisions of Chapter 71, Section 38N, the Watertown School Committee will hold a Public Hearing on its proposed Fiscal Year 2026 Budget on Monday, March 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM in the Learning Commons, Lowell Elementary School, 123 Lowell Avenue, Watertown, MA 02472 or via Zoom at https://watertown-k12-ma-us.zoom.us/j/86285942047

A copy of the FY2026 Proposed Budget will be available to the public in the Office of the Superintendent of Schools and on the Watertown Public Schools Website, www.watertown.k12.ma.us , forty-eight hours before the date of the public meeting.