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Watertown Senior Center Full of Activities During April

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The Watertown Senior Center’s April activities include an estate planning presentation, coffee with members of the Police and Fire Departments and the annual Giant Indoor Yard Sale and much more. The Senior Center sent out the following information:

 

April Notes from the Director

Thank you Volunteers! April is National Volunteer Recognition Month and on April 25th, the Board, Staff, and Friends of the Council on Aging will be hosting a Volunteer Celebration in honor of our volunteers who provide service to the Senior Center and to the Watertown Food Pantry. We are grateful to all of our volunteers who dedicate their time to helping others. This month, Attorney Dale Tamburro will be offering two Estate Planning presentations, and we look forward to our public safety mornings: Hot!

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Historical Preservation Awards Nomination Deadline Approaching

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Applications for nominations for the Watertown Historic Commission 2017 Historical Preservation Awards are being accepted and must be received by April 6, 2017, Town officials announced. The Watertown Historical Commission Preservation Awards can be awarded to any individual, organization or project that has contributed to the preservation or recognition of Watertown’s Historic resources. There are seven award categories which a nominee may be considered. The completed form is due in the Historical Commission office by April 6, 2017. The Richard E. Mastrangelo Memorial Award is given to any individual elected or employed by the Town of Watertown who has actively been a champion in supporting the preservation of a Historical Resource.

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Tickets on Sale for Watertown Boys & Girls Club Spring Auction

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Watertown Boys & Girls Club will host their Annual Spring Auction this year on Thursday, May 4 at 6 p.m. This yearly event raises crucial funds for the organization, including over $15,000 for summer camp scholarships. The event will be held at the Oakley Country Club and will include a silent and live auction, hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar, and a meet & greet with some Boys & Girls Club members! The meet & greet portion of the evening is a new addition this year and will serve as an opportunity for attendees to get a better understanding of what really happens at the Club day-to-day. “It is our hope that by facilitating this meet & greet, event attendees will feel more connected to our mission. It’s one thing to support the Club, but to see it in action and witness how it changes kids’ lives is a whole different story!” said Kristina Norris, WBGC Director of Marketing & Special Events

Tickets can be purchased online at http://events.eventzilla.net/e/annual-spring-auction-2017-2138889274 for $50/each.

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Watertown Group Hosting Program on Restorative Justice

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World in Watertown announced it will host a program on Restorative Justice. The group sent out the following information:

Please welcome Judge Jay Blitzman, First Justice of the Middlesex Division of the Mass. Juvenile Court, to the April 6, World in Watertown meeting, 7:15 p.m., at the First Parish of Watertown, 35 Church Street, Watertown. Judge Blitzman will lead what promises to be a lively discussion on restorative justice practices to help disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. Judge Blitzman also teaches trial advocacy at Harvard Law School and juvenile law at Northeastern University School of Law.

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Learn About Watertown Citizens Who Made History at New Library Display

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The portraits of eleven prominent figures from Watertown’s history have hung from street lamps along the town’s main thoroughfares since last July. Now, visitors can learn the stories behind the faces on the banners by exploring a new interactive digital display at the Watertown Free Public Library. In the display, photographs and documents from the library’s local history collection combine with biographical information to create a more complete portrait of each of the eleven banner subjects. The wide-ranging influence of these artists, entrepreneurs, activists, inventors, and explorers extends from patents to pulpits, architecture to abolition, Common Street to the U.S. Supreme Court. Some of their works—handwritten manuscripts, larger-than- life sculptures—are too fragile to touch, but all can be “handled” in digital format on the library’s interactive display.

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Historical Society Invites Public to “Dining Out Boston” Authors Talk and Slide Show

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The Historical Society of Watertown invites you to their March program:

Dining Out in Boston: A Culinary History
An Author’s Talk and Slide-show Lecture
Presented by James C. O’Connell

The event is on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 7 p.m at the Watertown Free Public Library’s Watertown Savings Bank Meeting Room, 123 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02472

The book Dining Out in Boston: A Culinary History (2016) is a comprehensive historical overview of the development of Boston’s restaurants. Boston has been one of America’s leading laboratories of urban culture, including restaurants, and its history provides valuable insights into American food ways. Dining Out in Boston explains how the city was a pioneer in elaborate hotel dining, oyster houses, French cuisine, ostentatious banquets, ice cream parlors, ethnic cooking, the colonial revival of traditional New England dishes, the “gourmet revolution,” student hangouts, and contemporary locavore and trendy foodie culture. Mr. O’Connell will talk about the food served at some of the historic restaurants covered in the book, which includes Julien’s Restorator (the city’s first restaurant), the Parker House, Durgin-Park, Union Oyster House, Locke-Ober, Café Marliave, Jacob Wirth, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Anthony’s Pier 4, Dini’s Sea Grill, Maison Robert, Bailey’s Ice Cream Shop, Longfellow’s Wayside Inn, and many long-forgotten eateries. Jim O’Connell is a planner for the Boston Regional Office of the National Park Service.

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Police Warn to Stay Clear of Watertown Square for Firefighter’s Funeral

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To make way for those honoring fallen Watertown Firefighter Joseph Toscano, Watertown Square and a section of Main Street will shut down Wednesday and will not reopen until the early afternoon. Watertown Police Chief Michael Lawn said that getting around the detours could be challenging. “We are asking people to stay away from Watertown Square on Wednesday morning,” Lawn said. Starting at 8:30 a.m., Main Street will be closed from Watertown Square west to Waverley Avenue. They will remain closed until the funeral services for Toscano at St.

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Registration Open for Watertown Boys & Girls Club Summer Camps

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Registration for Watertown Boys & Girls Club’s Summer Adventure and Summer Swim Camp is now open! Summer Adventure is a camp program for children ages 7-12 (those older than age 12 should ask about the Junior Camp Leader option). The program offers youth a safe environment to build new skills, learn self-reliance, and become more confident all while having fun and being active in the great outdoors! Summer Adventure is held at Camp Hale Reservation in Westwood, MA. Summer Swim Camp is for boys and girls ages 6-12 and is held at Watertown Boys & Girls Club.