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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.
Just a junior, Watertown High School center Shannon Murphy has earned her second All-Scholastic honor this year, as she made the top team of Boston area high schoolers for both the Boston Globe and Boston Herald.
A Watertown man faces charges of dealing drugs after he was arrested in a joint investigation by the Watertown Police Department and the Suburban Middlesex County Drug Task Force.
On Mothers Day, May 8, 2016 please join a group from Watertown and thousands of other walkers for the annual Mothers Day Walk for Peace. The walk will start in Fields Corner, Dorchester and end at Boston City Hall, a route of 6.8 miles, Watertown Walks for Peace announced.
After a dozen years of operation, with steadily increased grant making, fundraising and programmatic impact, the community foundation for the Commonwealth’s fastest growing town is seeking an Executive Director (ED), the WCF board announced.
The Revels seeks a diverse and talented volunteer chorus of adults and children to join our family for 17 performances of the Christmas Revels at Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre, Dec. 9-27, 2016, according to an announcement from the group.
The Watertown Boys & Girls Club has summer camp and swim programs coming up, and you can register now.
School officials do not yet have a concrete plan for dealing with overcrowded classrooms in Watertown next fall, but modular classrooms could be part of the solution. Meanwhile, parents continue to worry about large class sizes or classes being taught in unorthodox spaces.
The Karlson and McKenzie morning radio show will honor the One Boston Day by organizing “The Amazing Waste Challenge” in Watertown and challenges listeners to come out to take part.