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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department.
Watertown hired a new Veterans Services Officer, who is a Navy and Army National Guard veteran with experience in frontline medical care, and most recently worked in the Massachusetts Executive Office of Veterans Services. See the announcement from the City of Watertown, below.
Several polling places in Watertown will be moving to a new location for the 2025 Watertown Election. City Councilors had concerns about how voters will know where to go to vote.
Watertown City Manager George Proakis.
City Manager George Proakis received a high rating from the City Council in his annual review for Fiscal Year 2025, though members of the Council had some constructive criticism, too.
Delta Capt. Steve Teager and the Delta North Pole Staff. (Courtesy Photo)
Watertown resident and Delta Airlines Pilot Steve Teager made a special flight recently to spread some holiday joy.
Cummings Properties associate purchasing manager Mike Kashgegian of Watertown gave a gift to Perkins School for the Blind.
The following announcement was provided by Cummings Properties:
Holiday cheer is alive at Cummings Properties, where employees just directed nearly half a million dollars to local nonprofits. Through Cummings Community Giving, the regional commercial real estate firm annually invites staff members to each select a local nonprofit to receive up to $2,000 from the Company in their name.
Watertown DPWWatertown’s trash and recycling toters.
The trash and recycling pick up, as well as hours for some City Hall departments will be impacted by the Christmas holiday.
Watertown’s home sales include a pair of single families, three condos, three townhouses and a two-family home.
Watertown will be home to one of the franchises in the new Union Hockey League (UHL), and the Boston Gold Kings invite the public to join them on the ice for a special event on Dec. 27 at 7:10 p.m.
James DeMarco grew up in Watertown and became a goaltender at age 5. It’s his life’s passion to stand between the pipes and keep the puck out of the net.
Freddy Farkel’s Fabrics Showcase on Walnut Street will be closing. The business started in Brighton in 1927. (Photo from Fabricshowplace.net)
A Boston-area fabric institution is holding a closeout sale after losing its lease on its space on Walnut Street.
The following information was provided by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts:
A Watertown man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to defrauding investors who believed they were financing lucrative short-term sports ventures in Africa.