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The Marine Corps League Shutt Detachement in Watertown will be hosting a craft fair in November, and organizers seek people interested in selling their creations. The craft fair will take place on Nov. 3, 2018 at the Shutt Detachment, 215 Mt. Auburn St., Watertown. Organizers provided the following information:
Do you currently sell at craft fairs?
The sponsors of the event provided the following information:
On Saturday, September 15, 2018, Unveiled, a play written and acted by Rohina
Malik, will be performed at 2:00 pm at the First Parish of Watertown, 35 Church
Street, Watertown. The play depicts five Muslim women in a post-9/11 world who serve tea and uncover what lies beneath the veil. Malik says she was inspired to write the play
because of the current climate of hate towards Muslims.
Recognizing that Islamophobia is based on ignorance and ignorant assumptions, she performs a series of monologues delivered by five very different Muslim women. Her westernized characters range from a Moroccan-American lawyer to a West London rapper of South Asian origin, who all share their diverse experiences with intolerance. Although the 70 minute play touches on racism and hate crimes, it is also a tribute to love, Islam, and life.
The Watertown Recreation Department announced that renovation work at the Howe Dog Park has been completed, and is now open.
The dog park is located off Pleasant Street on Bacon Street. The Recreation Department sent out the following announcement:
The Howe Dog Park located at 62 Bacon Street is open. Please enjoy our new renovated amenity, but please follow all rules and regulations. Special thanks to our DPW Parks Department for their ongoing support of our recreational facilities. The rules of the dog park, according to the “Responsible Dog Ownership in Watertown” are:
The use of the Watertown Dog Park owned by Watertown is restricted to Watertown residents. The Watertown owned Dog Park is subject to the following rules, which are needed for the safe and lawful enjoyment of Watertown’s open space by everyone:
• Dogs must display current WATERTOWN DOG LICENSE at all times.
The Recreation Department provided the following announcement:
The Watertown Recreation Department is offering the following program opportunities. The registration information is posted on the Watertown Recreation Website www.recreation.watertown-ma.gov and in the Watertown Recreation Office in the Town Hall. If you or your child is planning to participate in a program this fall, it is important to register as soon as possible. Space is limited and participants will be accepted on a first come first serve basis. Registrations will not be accepted at the site of the program.
The Marshall Home Fund provided the following information:
Watertown’s older residents will have numerous opportunities in September
to experience what it means to live in an age-friendly community, that is, a place that helps older adults remain in town, thrive and contribute. A number of grantees of the Marshall Home Fund — a local foundation — are offering programs this month that promote safe and affordable housing, respect and inclusion, and social engagement. Fire and Life Safety for Older Adults: Fun, informative classes sponsored by the Watertown Fire Department, at the Senior Center. Sept 6 & Sept 13. 10:00 a.m.-Noon.
The Watertown Senior Center has plenty going on in September, including a session on gardens, info on Alzheimer’s and dementia and a number of trips. The Watertown Senior Center provided the following information:
Some of our September 2018 events include:
LUNCH & LEARN WATERTOWN’S SCHOOL GARDENS & THE SENIOR CENTER
Join Judy Fallows, official garden coordinator for Watertown’s public schools for the past three seasons, as she talks about the connections in elementary schools between classrooms and gardens. She will speak a bit about the challenges of maintaining the gardens in summer and the wonderful volunteers who help with this. Learn about the connections with the school food service and harvests for school cafeterias. Judy will also talk about the progress of the Senior Center gardens.
The Watertown Department of Public Works sent out the following announcement:
The Watertown Department of Public Works would like to inform you that the Town’s water utility contractor C. Naughton Corp. will be working at the intersection of Galen and Maple Street, Weather Permitting, on Thursday, August 30, 2018 to install a new water line. Due to traffic, business and water service consideration, the work will be done at night. Work hours will be 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Traffic will remain open in both directions but traffic patterns will be adjusted as the work is completed. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this process.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) today announced the fourth human case of West Nile virus (WNV) in the state this year. The person is a woman in her 50s from Middlesex County who was never hospitalized for her illness. Three other cases were reported on Friday. Investigations conducted by state public health officials indicate that at least two of the four cases were exposed in the greater Boston area leading them to raise the risk level from moderate to high for 11 communities in the area. Those communities are Arlington, Boston, Belmont, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Medford, Newton, Somerville, and Watertown.