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The Boston Renegades, who practice in Watertown, got to play at Fenway Park for the first time on April 12. The beep baseball team has members who are visually impaired and others who are not, all of whom wear blindfolds. (Photo by Jim Vershbow)
BOSTON — Bravery. It comes in all shapes and sizes. Among the bravest, in my opinion, are those individuals who are forced to live their lives visually impaired. Sight is a precious thing, and not having it is one of the cruelest things you could inflict on any human being. Yet, over the years so many incredible techniques and equipment have been devised and developed to allow the visually impaired community to do things that those of us with sight take for granted. One of those things is the opportunity to play the great sport of baseball, more commonly known to the visually impaired community as Beep Baseball.
Watertown Firefighters put out a fire at a home on Kimball Road. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
Watertown Firefighters doused a house fire on Kimball Road Tuesday morning. Residents were not hurt thanks to alert employees of a Coolidge Square business.
Watertown had 39 participants in the 2026 Boston Marathon. The fastest male runner was Michael Creedon, and the top female was Courtney Hawkins.
Bob Hall won the Boston Marathon’s first wheelchair division race in 1975.
Bob Hall, a Watertown resident and trailblazing wheelchair athlete and advocate for access, died at the age of 74. A private funeral service will be held at a later date, and visiting hours were held at Nardone Funeral Home on April 16.
Watertown LibraryThe Watertown Free Public Library.
The Watertown Library sent out the following information:
Beginning Monday, August 9, face masks will be required for all people ages two and older inside the Library.
Roger IdeChristmas Revels chorus performs in 2009 at the Sanders Theater in Cambridge.
Watertown-based Revels sent out the following announcement:
September Chorus Auditions announced as The Christmas Revels returns to Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre in Cambridge for its 51st annual Winter Solstice Celebration!
Check out the open houses around town this week.
A multifamily home, a single family, and three condos were sold this week.
Watertown Police are investigating several recent reports of vehicles that had their rear windows smashed by large rocks or objects.
Watertown High School’s basketball coaches will be running a camp for young players in August.
The following announcement was provided by the Lit Squad:
Please join the Lit Squad as part of the Watertown Arts Market on August 21, 12:00-5:00 PM, at Arsenal Park. We are a newly gathered group of published and amateur writers, young and forever-young, who want to encourage and foster poetry and all literary arts here in this diverse community.
Anaïs MarkwoodThe Watertown Farmers Market at Saltonstall Park is open on Aug. 4.
The Town of Watertown sent out the following announcement: