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Latest Local Podcast Episodes Feature Assistant City Manager & Creative Chat with Arts Organizer

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Recent episodes of the Little Local Conversations podcast featured Watertown’s Assistant City Manager for Community Development and Planning, Steve Magoon, as well as, the most recent Creative Chats with artist and arts organizer Kristen Kenny. In Little Local Conversations, host Matt Hanna discovers and connects the people, places, stories, and ideas of Watertown. Podcast guests include community leaders, business owners, non-profit organizers, artists and creatives, and other folks doing interesting and important work in the city. Hanna provided the following information about the episodes:

Steve Magoon

Meet Steve Magoon! He’s the Assistant City Manager for Community Development and Planning for the City of Watertown.

Government

City Manager Speaks About the City Budget, Staffing, Streets & Watertown Square in Local Podcast

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City Manager George Proakis spoke about development in Watertown, adding staff to the City government, the state of Watertown’s streets, and more on the Eye on Watertown podcast. He was joined by Assistant City Manager for Community Development and Planning Steve Magoon. Co-hosts Clyde Younger and Charlie Breitrose spoke with Proakis and Magoon on March 31 at the Watertown Cable podcast studio. Proakis shared some details about the future of the Sterritt Lumber site, recently purchased by the City. He also talked about his leadership style.

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Submit Your Questions for the City Manager, Who Will Appear on Local Podcast

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Former Town Council President Clyde Younger is the co-host of a podcast called “Eye On Watertown,” which is available on the Watertown Cable website. Upcoming guests for Eye on Watertown include City Manger George Proakis and Assistant City Manager for Community Development and Planning Steve Magoon. Younger’s co-hosts change. Watertown News Editor Charlie Breitrose will sit in on the conversation with Proakis. Viewers and listeners can send in questions and/or suggest guests to by sending a message to EyeonWatertown@Gmail.Com

New Podcast, “Eye on Watertown,” Seeks to Create a Place for Informal Public Engagement

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Little Local Conversations Speaks With Life Science Worker & Semi-Pro Hockey Player

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Watertown podcaster Matt Hanna has been busy recently. His recent guests include an employee of a non-profit life science firm in town, and a member of Watertown’s own semi-pro hockey team, the Gold Kings. Plus, he started Little Local Weekly, where guests on the podcast can provide updates. Alyssa Cecchitelli, Addgene

Meet Alyssa Cecchetelli! She’s the Associate Director of Plasmid Services at Addgene, a nonprofit life science organization here in Watertown.

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Eye On Watertown Podcast Takes a Look at Christmas & Hanukkah

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The latest episode of Eye on Watertown, the podcast co-hosted by longtime Watertown resident Clyde Younger, focuses on two religious holidays which happen to overlap this year. See more information in the announcement below. Since Christmas and Hanukkah occurred on the same day this year we had a special Podcast to celebrate each Holidays. Hanukkah and Christmas has only occurred four other times in the last century or so. Since this is such a rare occurrence, we decided to invite a Rabbi and Minister or Priest to discuss their respective religions. We were unaware that both were on the same day; thus we we were late in extending the invitations. We were able to get Rabbi David; however, none from the Christian Faith.

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New Podcast, “Eye on Watertown,” Seeks to Create a Place for Informal Public Engagement

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Former Town Council President Clyde Younger has teamed up with residents Chris Chapron and Ann Healey to host a new podcast called “Eye On Watertown,” which is available on the Watertown Cable website. In the first episode, the Younger and Chapron interviewed Watertown’s Fred Grandinetti and David Hudon. Grandinetti hosts “Drawing with Fred” on Watertown Cable, and has written books about Popeye the Sailor and other subjects. Hudon illustrated Grandinetti’s books and created the logo for Eye on Watertown. An upcoming episode will feature City Council President Mark Sideris.

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Local Podcast Episodes Focus on Director of Armenian Photo Archive, Plus a Real Estate Agent & Business Leader

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Arto Vaun

Little Local Conversations Podcast creator Matt Hanna recently profiled the executive director of the Project Save Photograph Archive, as well as a local real estate agent and business leader. In “Little Local Conversations,” discover the people, places, stories, and ideas of Watertown. Hanna has conversations with various businesses owners, community leaders, creatives, and other interesting folks in Watertown to learn about what they do and get to know a bit about the people behind the work. 

Arto Vaun

Meet Arto Vaun! He’s Executive Director of Project Save Photograph Archive and a musician and poet here in Watertown. We talk about his own journey as a self-described late bloomer in owning his artistic identity to now getting public acclaim for his music, how he came to be interested in joining Project Save and his vision for reimagining it for the future to have a broader scope outside of just the Armenian community, and we dive into the backstory of Project Save and its founder and how it’s a truly incredible 50 year old cultural collection that is unique not only in the region, but the country and world.

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Hear About a Local Activist & Photographer and Watertown News’ Editor on the Little Local Conversations Podcast

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Archy LaSalle

Matt Hanna, the voice behind “Little Local Conversations” podcast, spoke with Archy LaSalle, who has many roles, including in the arts and as an activist. Also, hear Hanna’s conversation with Watertown News Editor Charlie Breitrose. In “Little Local Conversations,” discover the people, places, stories, and ideas of Watertown. Hanna has conversations with various businesses owners, community leaders, creatives, and other interesting folks in Watertown to learn about what they do and get to know a bit about the people behind the work. 

Achy LaSalle

Meet Archy LaSalle! He’s the Vice Chair of the Watertown Public Arts and Culture Committee, a passionate activist, and working photographer.