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The Watertown Fire Department has requested adding enough paramedics to run a second ambulance. Currently, the Fiscal Year 2026 budget does not include the money for the eight paramedics, but the request will be discussed by a City Council committee.
A new Irish and American bar will replace a neighborhood favorite on the Westside of Watertown.
Water service was restored to residents of the East End on Tuesday afternoon several hours after a water main break near Coolidge Square.
More than 30 Watertown residents will be running the 2025 Boston Marathon on Monday, April 21, 2025. The fastest resident was Michael Creedon, and the fastest female runner was Kimberly Dixon.
Tony Soul Project will perform on July 7 at Watertown’s Saltonstall Park.
Get ready to dance at this Wednesday’s Watertown summer concert featuring the Tony Soul Project.
Town of WatertownWatertown Senior Center
The Watertown Senior Center provided the following information:
Programs for Week of July 5, 2021
Changes to Our Programs
As we slowly return to in-person activities at the Council on Aging/Senior Center (COA), some July programs continue to be offered on Zoom and some are now offered at the COA in the afternoons including Knitting, Whist, Chair Volleyball, Bridge, Rummikub, and Canasta. Please review the newsletter for details, and call to register your spot: (617) 972-6490. New participants are always welcome in every program. We hope you’ll join us!
The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department.
A single-family, a two-family and a condo sold this week in the Watertown real estate market.
Watertown’s Alex Rosin was named a vice president at Berkshire Bank.
Berkshire Banks provided the following announcement:
Berkshire Bank, a socially-responsible community-dedicated bank with locations primarily in New England and New York, recently announced the hiring of Alexander A. Rosin as VP Business Banking Relationship Manager.
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. Combining this with the love of cartooning Small Saves emerged in 1991 and took on a life of his own. “To play goal–then come home and draw Small Saves — is my ideal definition of a good day.”
Charlie BreitroseResidents packed the Council Chamber for a Town Council Meeting.
The Charter Review Committee tackled a couple of issues impacting the Town Council, including whether the Vice President should have term limits, and when and how the Council should determine its own salaries.
Wimpy is celebrating a big birthday this year. This image is from “Egypt Us” (1960), one of the cartoons aired on the Watertown Cable special.
“Drawing With Fred” host Fred Grandinetti provided the following piece:
The Watertown Cable Access Channel will be celebrating a milestone birthday of a comic strip character considered to be one of the greatest ever conceived; J. Wellington Wimpy!