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See the Watertown Holiday Decorations Contest Winning Home

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Each December homes around Watertown light up with decorations for the holiday season, and this year Real Estate Agent Bob Airasian held a contest for the best ones in town. The winner of the Watertown Holiday Lights and Decorations Contest is the home at 158-160 School Street. The residents, Mike Sevene and Christina Rizzo, not only get to boast about their holiday spirit, but also received a $250 American Express Gift Card plus $250 will be donated to the local charity of their choice. Homes were judged on:

1. Unique design and creative use of lights and decorations

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Watertown Based Food Magazine Crowd Funding a Test Kitchen

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ChopChop Magazine seeks to build a test kitchen to further its mission of spreading healthy cooking ideas to children and families, and it needs your help. The Watertown-based organization has an Indiegogo campaign going to raise the $50,000 needed to build the test kitchen. “While we have made progress in getting kids to cook, we are lacking a kitchen to test recipes and offer hands-on cooking classes. Please help us build out a kitchen that will provide a place for local kids to build confidence and life-long skills,” says ChopChop’s appeal. The kitchen will be located in Belmont and will serve as a place for families to learn how to cook the dishes developed by ChopChop, and will be very convenient for families in Watertown and Belmont.

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Watertown’s Colonial Guard Welcomed Into National Historical Military Group

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The Watertown Provincial Guard recently joined a national group of which seeks to keep alive the tradition and history of American military outfits that have been around since Colonial times. The local group was welcomed to the Centennial Legion of Historical Military Commands during a ceremony at Watertown’s Edmund Fowle House on Saturday. The Watertown group formed about 10 years ago, and can be seen in their colonial military uniforms at town parades and other events, but the Centennial Legion just learned of the Watertown unit a few years ago. “They heard about the unit when they marched in a parade we were in,” said Jack Piantedosi, founder of the Watertown Provincial Guard. “They said maybe we should have the Provincial Guard be recognized by the Centennial Legion.”

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Library Announces the 2016 ‘One Book, One Watertown’ Title

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Get ready to read this year’s selection for the annual townwide book event – One Book, One Watertown. 

The Watertown Free Public Library announced the selection for their 2016 “One Book, One Watertown” community read: The Race Underground by Doug Most. The Race Underground “weaves together the egos, political hurdles and other daunting challenges … in a sweeping narrative of late-19th-century intrigue” according to Sam Roberts of the The New York Times. One Book One Watertown programming will take place throughout March 2016, and will include a visit from the author, Doug Most, a program on modern transportation and urban planning with the MIT SENSEable City Lab, an art exhibition in the library’s gallery, a Boston/New York trivia night, films, book discussions, and more. Stay updated via the library’s Facebook page.

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Watertown Group Rallies for Refugees, Collecting Items to Send to Camps

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On Saturday December 5, nearly every corner of Watertown Square was filled with signs and banners declaring commitment to refugees fleeing war and terror, according to an announcement from Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice and the Environment. Judging by dozens of affirming honks and thumbs-ups, Watertown remains fiercely dedicated to welcoming refugees from around the globe. The vigil was organized by Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice & the Environment. The crowd later gathered on the delta, where Afghan refugee Rehina Heidari and Syrian asylee Amira Elamri spoke eloquently of the terrifying, brutal conditions under which they escaped their homelands to safety here. State Representative Jonathan Hecht reminded people how fortunate we are in Watertown to have our economy and culture so enriched by refugees of the Armenian Genocide.

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Nearby Church Will Host Interfaith Service for Peace

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The Eliot Church of Newton invites the public to an event to bring people of all faiths together in a time when world events have created rifts. The church sent out the following announcement:

At a time when our air waves and social media are filled with fear mongering and misinformation; when our newspapers and 24 hour news cycles are filled with reports of the latest terrorist attack, we need more than ever to come together to pray for peace, understanding and unity among ALL people. During this season of Advent, when Christians wait for the light to shine in this darkness, we invite you to an Interfaith Worship Service for Peace. It will be led by Rev. Susan Brecht, Rabbi Judy Kummer, and Saadia Husain Balock from the Islamic Center of Boston Wayland. We are all members of the Newton chapter of the Daughters of Abraham, a study group that promotes interfaith dialogue.

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Last Chance to Enter Watertown Holiday Decoration Contest

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Watertown residents, join the Holiday Lighting and Decorations Contest while you can! The deadline to enter has been extended to Dec. 10, 2015. All you have to do is decorate the exterior of your home in your best Holiday Cheer and enter for the chance to win a $250 American Express Gift Card and a $250 Donation to your local charity of choice. To enter: email your name, address and phone number to bob@bobairasian.com.

9/11 Truth Group

Highlights of Boston 9/11 Truth Group’s Screening, Discussion in Watertown

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Gail Simmons of the Boston 9/11 Truth group wrote up this account of the recent film showing in Watertown, featuring the founder of AE911 Truth. On Nov. 19, Richard Gage, AIA, architect and founder of AE911 Truth, presented at the Watertown Library, his newest film “Firefighters, Architects & Engineers Expose 9/11 Myths” a collaboration with Erik Lawyer, a 14-year veteran of the Seattle Fire Department and founder of Firefighters for 9/11 Truth. Throughout the film, Gage and Lawyer provide compelling evidence proving the official narrative to be false. They present forensic evidence, video footage, eyewitness testimony and a compilation of scientific facts that include the collapse of a third, 47 story skyscraper, WTC7, at free fall acceleration, not hit by a plane, in a manner identical to a controlled demolition.