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🌱 Patch AM: How Watertown’s wrestling coach built a 500-win powerhouse program
Coming up: Open House - Family ACCESS Learning Center on the Watertown Patch calendar
Good morning Watertown! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Watertown’s wrestling coach built a 500-win powerhouse program
Also on today's calendar: Open House - Family ACCESS Learning Center and 4 more events.
Find out what's happening in Watertownfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Find out what's happening in Watertownfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Sunday: Rain and drizzle in the a.m., with a high of 44 and low of 24 degrees.
- Monday: Partly sunny; breezy, colder, temps: high: 38, low: 28.
- Tuesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 44 and low of 35 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Watertown Wrestling Coach Kevin Russo Notches His 500th Win (watertownmanews.com) — Watertown residents can celebrate a major milestone as longtime Watertown High School wrestling coach Kevin Russo recently earned his 500th career win, achieved Jan. 4 against Lincoln-Sudbury. Russo, who built the Raiders wrestling program from scratch after arriving in 1999, has led multiple state-level competitors and is widely praised by school leaders for his impact on local student-athletes. 
📸 Around Watertown
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Watertown
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★ Featured events ★
- Open House - Family ACCESS Learning Center
492 Waltham St, West Newton, MA, 02465,
10:00 am - Sarasa Ensemble Presents 'Patron Lobkowitz'
Follen Church, 755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington
3:30 pm - Looking to Join LLAIC?
Zoom,
9:00 am - Rock Voices Newton - Community Rock Choir - Concert
Newton South High School, 140 Brandeis Rd, Newton
7:00 pm
Sunday January 11
Monday January 12
Saturday January 17
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Other local events
- Patty Larkin, John Gorka, Cliff Eberhardt and Lucy Kaplansky
7 Medford St , Arlington
7:30 pm - Fiber Creatives
Community Classroom - 201 Belmont Public Library , 336 Concord Ave , Belmont
1:00 pm - Grand Opening Celebration
Children's Activity Center - 132 Belmont Public Library , 336 Concord Ave , Belmont
9:00 am
Saturday January 10
Friday January 16
Saturday January 17
📣 Watertown Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Robotics - ages 5-8 FREE TRIAL
Penguin Coding School - Brookline , 43 Harvard St , Brookline
11:00 am - Kids Open Mic - Two Shows
The Burren , 247 Elm St , Somerville
11:00 am - Flow State: Mobility & Strength for Peak Running Performance — Down Under School of Yoga
Down Under School of Yoga - Boston South End , 505 Tremont St , Boston
12:30 pm - Rooted in the Yamas — Boston Yoga Union - Back Bay
Boston Yoga Union - Back Bay , 364 Boylston St 2nd Floor , Boston
1:00 pm - Let's Celebrate
The Plaza Theatres at Boston Center for the Arts , 539 Tremont St , Boston
2:00 pm - Friends Program: Arielle Johnson-Flavorama: A guide to unlocking the art and science of flavor
Library Community Room Needham Free Public Library , 1139 Highland Avenue , Needham
2:00 pm - Robbins – Kids' Ready, Set, LEGO!
Robbins Library , 700 Massachusetts Ave , Arlington
2:30 pm - The Happily-Ever-After Book Club Reads... Vacation Romances
Boston Public Library - Central Library , 700 Boylston St , Boston
2:30 pm - Mozart and Haydn
Handel and Haydn Society , 9 Harcourt St , Boston
3:00 pm
Sunday January 11
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- In the digital archives of the 1942 Watertown Annual Town Report, one page stands out not for its length, but for its startling efficiency.
On the evening of January 19, 1942, it took the citizens of Watertown exactly three minutes to fundamentally reshape their town for World War II… (Nextdoor Pleasant St)
- NESN posted a job opening for Strategist, New England Blueprint in Watertown. Apply here.
- Whole Foods posted a job opening for Whole Body Team Member (Body Care, Makeup, Vitamins, Nutrition - Stocker, Inventory, Floor Service) - Part Time in Cambridge. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Watertown here.
🗞 Nearby News
Belmont
- Board Remains Neutral on Police Chief Hiring Decision (belmontvoice.org)
- Letter: The Town Needs Revenue (belmontvoice.org)
- Take a look at these 10 hidden gem restaurants in Eastern Mass. (wickedlocal.com)
Cambridge
- Naya Is Opening in Cambridge's Kendall Square on January (blogspot.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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