Entertainment
Video Gaming Truck Coming to Watertown, Rec Offers Zoo Trip
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Gamers can head to Victory Field for some fun on Thursday, and a trip to the zoo is planned by the Watertown Recreation Department next week.
Watertown Receives Statewide Award for Arsenal Park Renovation
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The sign welcoming people to Arsenal Park.(Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
Watertown’s newest park renovation received a statewide award at the Massachusetts Recreation and Park Association Conference in Springfield this week.
Traffic on School Street at Mt. Auburn Street to be Redirected Starting This Week
The Mt. Auburn Street Project will impact traffic patterns temporarily beginning this week. See more information in the announcement from the City of Watertown, below.
Proposed Watertown School Budget Cuts Multiple Positions, Increases Athletics, Busing Fees
Watertown School officials, with the guidance of the School Committee, have reduced a shortfall of $2.5 million and came up with a budget that would have a $700,000 surplus, according to the presentation made Monday by Superintendent Dede Galdston.
City Has $4M Left from Elementary School Projects, Which Will Go to High School & Middle School Projects
Cunniff Elementary School is one of three elementary schools in Watertown to be rebuilt or renovated. The projects closed out with a combined surplus of $4 million. The new school opened in 2021. (Photo by Watertown Public Schools)
Watertown’s elementary school building projects finished with a surplus of more than $4 million, which will allow the high school construction project to stay on budget, and fund designs for a potential new middle school.
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Members of Congress Get a Look Inside Watertown’s School Lunch Program, School Farming Class
JIM’S VIEW: Gold Kings, Sasquatch Split First Two Playoff Games, Deciding Game 3 Will be Played in Watertown
Contractors Coordinating with East End Businesses Ahead of Sidewalk Replacements
Schools
Superintendent Gets Good Grades in Annual Review
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Charlie BreitroseWatertown Superintendent of Schools Dede Galdston.
Watertown Superintendent Dede Galdston received good marks on her annual performance evaluation from the School Committee.
Schools
Watertown Schools Seeking Crossing Guards for School Year
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The City of Watertown released the following job description:
The City of Watertown seeks to hire School Crossing Guards to work under the supervision of theWatertown Police Department.
Police/Fire
Watertown Residents Graduate from Sheriff’s Youth Public Safety Academy
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Middlesex Sheriff’s OfficeMiddlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian (back row center), Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan, Governor’s Councillor Marilyn Petitto Devaney, Belmont Police Chief James MacIsaac, Watertown Police Chief Thomas Rocca and members of the Belmont and Watertown Police Departments were in attendance Friday, July 22, 2022 to recognize graduates of the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office Youth Public Safety Academy (YPSA) from the communities of Belmont and Watertown.
The following information was provided by the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office:
Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian congratulated 72 graduates of the Youth Public Safety Academy’s (YPSA) second session of 2022 during a ceremony at Chelmsford High School on Friday, July 22. The cadets were primarily from the communities of Belmont, Framingham, Hudson, Marlborough, Medford, Natick and Watertown.
Around Town
New Pop-Up Food Vendor at This Week’s Watertown Farmers Market
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The Watertown Farmers Market will be at Saltonstall Park, next to City Hall (149 Main St.) on Wednesday, July 27 from 2:30 – 6:30 p.m. and features a new pop-up prepared food vendor along with the usual lineup.
Police/Fire
Fire on Gore Place Property Doused by Watertown Firefighters
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ContributedFlames from a blaze on the Gore Estate can be seen from the back of a home on Edward Road.
Watertown firefighters doused a blaze on the property of Gore Place which the Fire Department believes was started by illegal fireworks.
Entertainment
Junior Eurovison Winner from Armenia Giving Free Concert
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Berklee College of MusicArmenian singer Maléna, the winner of the Junior Eurovision competition, will perform free in Boston.
The following information was provided by Berklee College of Music:
Internationally recognized singer-songwriter Arpine Martoyan, known by her professional stage name Maléna, will perform in Boston this summer after receiving the Armenian Scholarship to attend a coveted Berklee summer program.
Around Town
YMCA Naming New Building at Summer Camp for Former Watertown Teacher
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West Suburban YMCAThe new Loch Lodge at the West Suburban YMCA’s Camp Chickami is nearing completion. The multipurpose building is named after former Watertown teacher Jim Lochiatto.
Jim Lochiatto, or Mr. Loch, made an impact on many Watertown children as an art teacher and working at the YMCA’s Camp Chickami, and now he is being honored by having a new building at the Y’s summer camp named for him.