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Get Your Blood Pressure Checked and Get Moving at the Watertown Mall

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In cooperation with the Watertown Board of Health, the Watertown Mall, 550 Arsenal Street, Watertown, invites individuals to reach their fitness goals and
get moving with the Watertown Mall Walking Club! The club meets every Friday at 9 a.m.

On the First Friday of every month, join us for free blood pressure screenings. Friday, February 2, 2018 at 10 a.m. in front of Carter’s in the back hallway, the Public Health Nurse, Wil Van Dinter, of the Watertown Board of Health will be conducting free blood pressure screenings and providing health tips. Regular walking reduces blood pressure, increases the efficiency of the heart and lungs, leads to more restful sleep, and decreases appetite and burns calories. Watertown Mall is wheelchair accessible and accessible by MBTA Bus routes 70 & 70A.

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Eliza Dushku Shares Her #MeToo Moment on Facebook

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Watertown native and Hollywood actress Eliza Dushku wrote about being sexually assaulted as a young actress on Facebook Saturday. According to the post Dushku was 12 years old when she was sexually molested by a “leading Hollywood stunt coordinator,” whom she names in the post. She said at the time she told only some of her family and some close friends, and has struggled about when and if she would go public about it. Dushku said she was grateful for those women and men who shared their stories before she did. See the post here

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1769957739689557&id=162172567134757

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One Book, One Watertown Title for 2018 is ‘Refuge’ by Dina Nayeri

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For the 10th year in a row, the Watertown Free Public Library has selected a book for the entire community to read and discuss during the “One Book, One Watertown” celebration. The 2018 selection is the novel Refuge by Dina Nayeri. The Watertown Free Public Library sent out the following announcement:

This year, for the first time, the library is recommending a “read-along” title for younger readers and English language learners: It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas. According to librarian Pauli Stern, the WFPL chose Refuge “because of the insight it provides into the bravery and perseverance needed to overcome the obstacles of language, culture, and bureaucracy, while striving to find a feeling of belonging and home.”

Author Dina Nayeri, who lives in London, will visit Watertown on Thursday, March 1. Nayeri will speak at the WFPL at 7:00 p.m., following a 6:00 p.m. tasting of Persian food from Roksana’s Restaurant.

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Mt. Auburn Hospital Auxiliary Hosting 82nd Annual Thursday Morning Talk Series

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The 82nd annual Mount Auburn Hospital Auxiliary’s morning lecture series begins this week and features experts in a variety of fields. 

The group sent out the following information:
WHAT: Mount Auburn Hospital Auxiliary’s 82nd annual Thursday Morning Talks Series will begin this month. The 2018 lecture series will feature experts who cover a wide variety of topics including: health care reform, the environment, education and gender equality. WHEN: Every Thursday, January 11 – February 22, 2018
10:15am: Bouillon reception
11:00am: Talk begins
*The January 11 talk will began at 11:30am and bouillon will be available at 10:45am
January 11: Donald Berwick, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Health Care Policy in the Department of Pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School and Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health,”What Should ‘Health Care Reform’ Mean?” January 18: Bill McKibben, Environmentalist, Author, and Journalist, “The Hottest Fight in the Hottest Decade.” January 25: David Wilkins, Professor, Harvard Law School, “The Future of Professionals and Professionalism in the Global Age of More for Less: Lessons from the Legal Profession.”

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Plans to Remove Trees in Watertown Square to be Discussed at Meeting

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Some trees that line the Linear Path – the pedestrian way near Town Hall – are planned to be removed. Watertown officials will hold a meeting to discuss the planned tree cutting. The trees sit on the right-of-way for pipe carrying the City of Cambridge’s water supply. The trees proposed to be removed are near Waverley Avenue as well as near Summer Street, according to an announcement about the meeting. An earlier removal of trees in Watertown proved to be controversial, and the removals were halted temporarily.

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Meeting about Watertown Fifth-Grade Trip to Sargent Camp on Wednesday

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Fifth-graders in Watertown to go Sargent Camp in New Hampshire each year and there will be an informational meeting on the trip on Wednesday, Jan. 10. The meeting is in the Community Room at the Watertown Police Station. There will be a presentation for all fifth graders and families about Sargent Camp where Larry Chambers from Nature’s Classroom will have a slide show for all interested in participating in Sargent Camp this year. See more information about the camp here: http://www.naturesclassroom.org/sargent.htm

WHEN: January 10, 2018, at 7 p.m.

WHERE: Community Room at Police Station, 552 Main St., Watertown

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Watertown Native James DeLeo Elected Leading Partner at Accounting Firm

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James A. DeLeo, MBA, CPA/MST of Burlington, a Watertown native, has been elected to serve as Leading Partner at Gray, Gray & Gray, LLP, an accounting and business advisory firm headquartered in Canton, the firm announced. DeLeo has been instrumental in developing a thriving mergers & acquisitions practice group at Gray, Gray & Gray, and has also played a key role in our Client Services department. DeLeo succeeds C. Joseph Ciccarello, CPA, MST, who had led Gray, Gray & Gray since 2008, and who will continue to serve as Partner of Gray, Gray & Gray while managing the firm’s energy and succession planning practices. DeLeo joined Gray, Gray & Gray in 1990, and was elected a Partner in the firm in 2002. He received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Bentley College, earned a master’s degree in taxation from Suffolk University, and holds a master’s in business administration from Babson College.

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Snow Cleanup Continues for Watertown DPW After Storm Drops More than a Foot

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With a storm that lasted most of Thursday, and dropped North of a foot of snow, Watertown’s Department of Public Works crews have been busy the last couple days. 

Snow totals in the area show that more than a foot of snow fell in Watertown. The National Weather Service reports that West Newton got 15 inches and it measured 13 inches in Arlington. The storm was a tough one to handle, said DPW Superintendent Gerry Mee. “It was not the biggest accumulation but because of the cold temperatures and intensity of the storm it was very difficult,” Mee said. The snow emergency and all-day parking ban will remain in place for now because roads have been narrowed by the snow, Mee said.