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Marsha Moeller, center, cuts the ribbon at the Helen Caloggero Women’s and Family Center in California. The center is named after her mother who grew up in Watertown. (Photo from Providence St. Joseph Hospital)
A health center in California that provides services to women and families was dedicated to and named for a woman who grew up in Watertown.
With a collection of tens of thousands of historic post cards, Watertown’s Kathryn Alpert had a wealth of choices for her new book “Lost & Found: Historic Boston in Post Cards.” Watertown News spoke with Alpert about the creation of her book.
Watertown’s Director of Student Services will be stepping down before the beginning of school in September. The announcement came after parents of students in the special education program aired their complaints at the second straight School Committee meeting. A group of more than 100 parents also signed a petition requesting that the School Committee take a vote of no confidence for the Director of Student Services, who oversees the special education program.
(UPDATED July 2, 8:55 a.m.: The library will be open until 7 p.m. Friday.)
With temperatures forecast to reach 100 degrees this week, the City of Watertown has compiled a list of places to keep cool during the heatwave.
Watertown and Belmont are undergoing development booms, which has bolstered town budgets, but also come with struggles, such as traffic and schools bulging at the seams, officials said at the Watertown Belmont Chamber of Commerce’s State of the Towns breakfast on Thursday.
Watertown’s Commander’s Mansion welcomed Arbor Day a day early with a celebration of nature, some good eats and live entertainment on Thursday.
This weekend, the Watertown Channel will broadcast two special episodes of the award winning series, Drawing With Fred, and will continue during the month of May.
See the many choices for home seekers in Watertown this weekend.
Watertown Strong Schools, a parents group focused on the Watertown Public Schools, attends meetings and writes up a summary and commentary. These are NOT official minutes.
The Watertown Belmont Chamber of Commerce hosts Chronicle reporter and author Ted Reinstein at a special event at The Commander’s Mansion. The event is open to the public.
World in Watertown hosts Public Conversations: Parisa Parsa, Executive Director of Public Conversations Project, will speak to the World in Watertown on Thursday, May 5 at 7:15 p.m. at First Parish of Watertown, 35 Church St., Watertown.
A survey of Watertown students found that some students are taking “hard” drugs, while rates of alcohol and marijuana remains steady and depression and even suicidal thoughts can start in middle school. However, fewer students are smoking.