Town Invited to Celebrate Watertown's First Responders

Watertown residents will have the chance to celebrate and thank the first responders who protected them and stopped the Boston Marathon Bombing suspects at the end of June.

The town will hold a celebration of the Watertown Police officers and members of the Watertown Fire Department and Department of Public Works who faced the bombing suspects and helped bring the second suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, into custody, Town Council President Mark Sideris announced at Tuesday's Town Council meeting.

"After recent events of April 19, it is time to have a town celebration," Sideris said. "We will be honoring the first responders. Everyone is welcome!"

The event will be held June 27 at Perkins School for the Blind beginning at 6 p.m., with the program beginning at 6:30 p.m., Sideris said. There is a rain location for the event on the Perkins campus.

"(Perkins) reached out to town officials because they wanted to be part of the celebration," Sideris said.

Athenahealth, which recently purchased the Watertown Arsenal, will also provide assistance covering the cost of the celebration, Sideris said.