Around Town
Registration Now Open for Boys & Girls Club Summer Programs
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The Watertown Boys & Girls Club has summer camp and swim programs coming up, and you can register now.
Local Artists & Musicians Coming to Pair of Art Pop Ups in Watertown Square in July
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The Watertown Arts Market is still about a month away, but on two weekends in July there will be pop-up arts markets in Watertown Square featuring local artists and musicians.
Woman Donates Hospital Wing, Dedicates it to Memory of Her Mother Who Lived in Watertown
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.
Watertown Woman Creates Historic Boston Book from Her Huge Postcard Collection
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.
Special Education: Director of Student Services to Step Down, Plans to Improve Program Discussed
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.
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Watertown Resident Nominated for Commonwealth Heroine Award for Environmental Work & Actvism
Students & Parents Ask for Armenian Classes to be Expanded; French Most Popular World Language Unavailable at WHS
Cunniff School
Schools Looking at Modular Classrooms, Crowding Still Concerns Parents
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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.
Around Town
WZLX’s Karlson & McKenzie Show Coming to Clean Up Park in Watertown
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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.
Arsenal Center for the Arts
Come and Get Creative at the Arsenal Center’s Open Arts Day
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The Arsenal Center for the Arts hosts its annual Open Arts Day, a Watertown favorite, this year as part of ArtWeek Boston!
Charity
Fundraiser Planned for Man Facing Cancer Treatment, Rehabilitation
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A fundraiser will be held for Kevin Beaton, whose father-in-law works for the Watertown Department of Public Works.
Around Town
Register Now for the Rec Department’s Camp Pequossette Summer Camp
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The Watertown Recreation Department announced it is offering the Pequossette Summer Program to children who are entering grades 1 through 8 in the fall of 2016.
Charity
Watertown Groups Collecting Bikes for Program to Promote Social Change
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A bicycle collection for Bikes Not Bombs will take place on Saturday, April 23, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the First Parish of Watertown, 35 Church Street, Watertown, rain or shine, organizers announced.
Cooking
MasterChef Holding Try Outs in Boston for Upcoming Season
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So you think you can cook? Now is your chance to prove it at the tryouts for Fox TV’s “MasterChef,” the hit show starring Gordon Ramsey.