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Watertown Savings Bank President Brett Dean and employees at the bank’s headquarters took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and now will donate $50 for every bank employee who takes the challenge. Dean nominated the Watertown Savings Bank branches, the Rotary Club of Watertown and Watertown Landscaping to take the challenge. The bank was nominated by H&K Insurance. Check out the video below!
Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian recently congratulated cadets from Watertown for completing the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office Youth Public Safety Academy. The youths from Watertown were joined by cadets from Waltham, Bedford and Tyngsborough during a graduation ceremony on Aug. 8. During the five day Academy, cadets learned about fire safety and how to make an evacuation plan, how to stay safe while online, participated in team-building exercises, witnessed a K9 demonstration and met officers from the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office, according to the announcement from the Sheriff’s office. They also visited with local police and fire officials during community day activities.
The fence around the Victory Field tennis courts sits less than 100 feet from the back window of the home of Elodia Thomas and Bruce Coltin. The couple worries that proposed changes to the track area of the athletic complex will mean they will have to endure more light, noise and other annoyances in their home. In April, Thomas learned that the Recreation Department plans to renovate the track and courts at Victory Field. The plan calls for replacing the track and installing an artificial turf field and adding lights around the track. The courts would be redone, and a street hockey rink that can be frozen in the winter has also been proposed.
A panel of Historical Society members judges the best history essays each year, and here is the winning essay.
Students had their choice of four themes: an individual, ethnic group, landmark or historical event in Watertown and its significance to the town and region. The first place winner received $300; the second and third place winners received $100 each. The winners of the Historical Society Awards were chosen by a panel of Historical Society Council members. The awards were presented in June in the high school lecture hall. See the second place essay, “Perkins School for the Blind” by clicking here, and the third place essay can be seen here: “Watertown and WW2.” Here is the first place essay:
AMERICA’S ARSENAL
Arshdeep Singh Grade 10
The centerpiece of the American Revolution is the struggle for personal independence.
Today, the Watertown News features the second place essay in the Historical Society of Watertown’s essay contest. The Historical Society looks for the best history essays each year, and students had their choice of four themes: an individual, ethnic group, landmark or historical event in Watertown and its significance to the town and region. The 1st place winner received $300; the 2nd and 3rd place winners received $100 each. The winners of the Historical Society Awards were chosen by a panel of Historical Society Council members. The awards were presented in June in the high school lecture hall. See the third place essay, “Watertown and WW2” by clicking here.
Each year, the Historical Society of Watertown sponsors an award for the best history essay submitted by a high school student, and Watertown News will feature the winning essays. Students had their choice of four themes: an individual, ethnic group, landmark or historical event in Watertown and its significance to the town and region. The 1st place winner received $300; the 2nd and 3rd place winners received $100 each. The winners of the Historical Society Awards were chosen by a panel of Historical Society Council members. The awards were presented in June in the high school lecture hall. The Historical Society said it appreciates the effort taken by Social Studies Coordinator Kraig Gustafson and the high school staff to encourage students to develop an interest in the history of their town.
Mount Auburn Hospital recently welcomed Watertown’s Muhammad Janisar, MD, to its Department of Medicine and Hospitalist Service. Dr. Janisar received his medical degree from Khyber Medical College at the University of Peshawar in Pakistan. He completed his Residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Auburn Hospital.
There is no “typical heroin user,” said Stephanie Sunderland-Ramsey, a program coordinator with Wayside Youth and Family Support Network in Watertown. She has seen people from all backgrounds, races and income levels who have become addicted to heroin and other opiates. “Anybody can become addicted to opiates,” said Sunderland-Ramsey, who said many people first become addicted to some sort of opiate given by doctors for pain relief – often following a surgery. Melanie St. Pierre, a prevention specialist with Wayside, said she has seen a pattern.