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You’re Invited to Raider’s Birthday Party, the WPD’s Comfort Dog is Turning 2

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Raider, the Watertown Police Department’s comfort dog when he was a puppy, with Officer Anna Margaryan. (Courtesy of the City of Watertown)

Raider, the Watertown Police Department’s comfort dog, will be celebrating his second birthday, and the public is invited to the party. See details provided by the WPD, below. Guess Who’s Turning 2? In honor of Autism Awareness Month, join us in celebrating Raider’s second Birthday on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Watertown Police Department, 552 Main St.

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Fire Hits East End Home, Residents Evacuated by Alert Witnesses

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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. Calls for heavy smoke from the home at 8 Kimball Road came in for a fire at about 7:30 a.m. and a working fire was called at about 7:40 a.m. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. The home sits yards from Mt.

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Hockey Game to Raise Funds to Help Family of Fallen Watertown Firefighter Attend Memorial Ceremony

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Watertown Firefighter Matthew Callahan. The following information came from the Watertown Firefighters Relief Association:

The Matthew Callahan Memorial Fundraiser features a Watertown Fire vs. Watertown Police hockey game on Sunday, April 12, 2026 at Warrior Ice Arena, 90 Guest St. in Brighton. Proceeds to benefits the family of firefighter Matthew Callahan who lost his battle with occupational cancer on Aug.

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Watertown Man Arrested After Allegedly Flashing Employee in Stoneham Store

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Police arrested a Watertown man after he allegedly exposed himself to an employee of a store in Stoneham. Andrey Pavlov, 44, of Watertown, was arrested on a charge of open and gross lewdness after the incident on March 22, according to a press release from Stoneham Police Chief James O’Connor. On March 22, Pavlov allegedly flashed an employee at Michaels on Main Street in Stoneham. According to a report on WCVB Channel 5, an employee noticed a man acting strangely and he followed her and exposed himself. The employee yelled at the suspect and chased him out of the store, according to the report.

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Memory of Fallen Watertown Firefighter Not Forgotten Nine Years After His Death

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Watertown Firefighters salute during the ceremony honoring Joe Toscano, the firefighter who died nine years ago while working a fire. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)

Nine years after losing one of its own, the Watertown Fire Department paid honored to Firefighter Joe Toscano just down the street from where he lost his life. The annual event held at the time of his passing brings together members of the WFD, Toscano’s family, and others who remember the tragic day. Toscano, a father of five and 21 year veteran of the Fire Department, died while fighting a fire in East Watertown on March 17, 2017. On Tuesday, dozens of firefighters lined up to salute at Toscano Square, on Bigelow Avenue, just down the street from the home on Merrifield Avenue where the fire occurred.

Police/Fire

Police Log: 2 Arrests for Trying to Cash Fraudulent Checks, Man Busted for Exposing Himself

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. March 1: Officers were dispatched to the Municipal Parking lot off Spring Street and encountered a woman. They checked her information and discovered she was wanted on a fugitive from justice warrant out of New Hampshire for possession of a controlled substance. While police were doing an inventory of the contents of her vehicle they found some pills and illegal drugs. Officer Colton Bailey arrested Jill Clarke, 41, of Waltham, on the warrant as well as charges of possession of a Class C drug and possession of a Class E drug.