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Phantom Gourmet: The Diner At 11 North Beacon In Watertown
WATERTOWN (CBS) — Every town needs a restaurant that isn’t fancy or fussy or too full of itself. Just a simple spot where the food is great, the prices are low, and the people are friendly. In...
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Watertown Mourns Death Of Veteran Firefighter
WATERTOWN (CBS) – In front of a firefighter memorial at the Watertown Fire headquarters, there’s a tee shirt with the slogan “Watertown Strong.” It’s a phrase that became popular after the city endured...
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Firefighter Dies After Collapsing At Watertown House Fire
WATERTOWN (CBS) – The Watertown community is mourning the loss of a 21-year veteran of the fire department. Joseph Toscano, 54, died following a medical emergency as he battled a two alarm blaze on...
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Fund Set Up For Family Of Watertown Firefighter
WATERTOWN (CBS) — A fund has been set up for the family of a Watertown firefighter who lost his life in the line of duty Friday. Joseph Toscano, 54, died following a medical emergency as he battled a...
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Dozens Salute As Procession Carries Watertown Firefighter’s Body
WATERTOWN (CBS) — Dozens of firefighters lined the streets Saturday morning as a medical examiner’s truck carried the body of a 21-year veteran of the Watertown fire department who died in the line of...
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Fallen Watertown Firefighter Remembered As ‘Full Of Joy’
WATERTOWN (CBS) – Funeral services have been planned for a Watertown firefighter who died after suffering an apparent heart attack in the line of duty. A wake will be held for Joseph Toscano on Tuesday...
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Funeral Plans Set For Fallen Watertown Firefighter
WATERTOWN (AP) — Funeral plans have been announced for a Massachusetts firefighter who collapsed while battling a house fire and died. The family of Watertown firefighter Joseph Toscano says visiting...
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Wake Held For Fallen Watertown Firefighter Joseph Toscano
WATERTOWN (CBS) — A line of firefighters stretched around the block Tuesday afternoon at a wake for one of their fallen brothers. Firefighters lined up around the corner outside Firefighter Toscano’s...
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Fallen Watertown Firefighter Joseph Toscano’s Children Give Emotional Tribute...
WATERTOWN (CBS) – A fallen Watertown firefighter was remembered Wednesday by his children and the community as an incredible father and a great example to the hundreds of firefighters that came to pay...
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Fallen Firefighter’s Family Honored At Watertown 5K
WATERTOWN (CBS) — Members of the community came together to support the Toscano family at a Watertown 5K Race on Sunday. Maureen Toscano, the widow of fallen firefighter Joesph Toscano, and her five...
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Pedestrian Hit By A Car In Watertown
WATERTOWN (CBS) – A pedestrian struck by a car in Watertown Monday during rush hour. Police say a 50-year-old man was hit by a Toyota SUV at the intersection of Watertown Street and Aldrich Road at...
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Search For Missing Watertown Man Called Off
NAHANT (CBS) — The Coast Guard says it is calling off the air and water search for the missing Watertown man. Nolan Gargas, 26, was reported missing early Sunday and authorities have searched for him...
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Markey Advocates For Drug Detection Devices For First Responders
WATERTOWN (CBS) – Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey is pushing a bi-partisan bill to give first responders an electronic defense against fentanyl. The proposed law before Congress would give federal,...
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Phantom Gourmet: The Diner At 11 North Beacon In Watertown
WATERTOWN (CBS) – Every town needs a restaurant that isn’t fancy or fussy or too full of itself, just a simple spot where the food is great, the prices are low, and the people are friendly. And in...
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Driver On Run After Stealing, Crashing Car From Watertown Dealership
WATERTOWN (CBS) — Police are searching for a person they say stole a car from a dealership and crashed it nearby early Tuesday morning. Watertown Police said a tow operator was loading and unloading...
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‘A Steve Harvey Moment’: Social Media Reacts To Mass Lottery’s Powerball Mix-Up
BRAINTREE (CBS) — How did they mess that up? That was the question on the minds of many in the Bay State Thursday morning, after the Massachusetts State Lottery incorrectly said the sole winning ticket...
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Watertown Store Owners On Powerball Blunder: ‘Better Than Nothing’
WATERTOWN (CBS) – The owners of a Watertown store had a wild and emotional ride of ecstatic highs and crushing lows Thursday morning. Kamaljeet Kaur and her family were woken up around 5 a.m. when they...
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Chicopee Mom On Winning Powerball Jackpot: ‘Dream Has Finally Come True’
BOSTON (CBS) – The winner of the $758.7 million Powerball jackpot has been identified as Mavis Wanczyk of Chicopee. Wanczyk, 53, a mother of two adult children, came to lottery headquarters in...
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Million-Dollar Powerball Winners In Massachusetts Come Forward
BRAINTREE (CBS) – They may not have won the biggest prize, but two Bay State residents have come forward to claim a chunk of last week’s record-setting Powerball jackpot. Rosanne Grady of Watertown and...
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Vandals Topple Gravestones In Watertown Cemetery
WATERTOWN (CBS) – Jose Suares was among local residents who went to Saint Patrick’s Cemetery on Wednesday, after hearing that vandals had toppled several headstones there. “It’s just beyond words...
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Singing Deli Worker Delights Customers At Watertown Market
BOSTON (CBS) – When a Facebook video of a young man singing in a Watertown market went viral, we just had to find out more about him. And we weren’t the only ones who were surprised, and delighted....
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Watertown Man Uses Billboard To Propose To Girlfriend
MEDFORD (CBS) – A Watertown man proposed to his girlfriend on a billboard along I-93 in Medford on Monday. When a WBZ photographer stopped to get video of the bright pink electronic billboard, he ran...
View ArticleState Police Investigate Attempted Abduction In Watertown
WATERTOWN (CBS) – State Police are investigating a possible attempted kidnapping of a 12-year-old girl in Watertown. The incident happened on a bike path along Pleasant Street Thursday night. Troopers...
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Utility Poles Come Crashing Down In Watertown
WATERTOWN (CBS) – High winds blew down an entire line of utility poles on Arsenal Street. Eight utility poles came crashing down around 10:30 a.m. Friday when a big gust of wind came in. Several...
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Square Dedicated To Fallen Watertown Firefighter
WATERTOWN (CBS) – A ceremony was held Saturday to mark one year since a Watertown firefighter died in the line of duty. The area was dedicated to Joseph Toscano a year after his line of duty death....
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Singing Deli Worker Accepted To Berklee College Of Music
WATERTOWN (CBS) – He’s the voice that got national attention last winter and now he’s headed from the supermarket to college. Gilly Assuncao, the deli guy at Russo’s Market in Watertown, has been...
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Truck Brings Down Utility Poles, Live Wires In Watertown
WATERTOWN (CBS) — Several utility poles and live wires were knocked over in Watertown midday Wednesday. Police said a tractor-trailer had a clearance issue as it traveled down Main Street toward...
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Woman Sexually Assaulted Near Watertown Park In Middle Of Day
WATERTOWN (CBS) – State Police are looking for help tracking down a man who sexually assaulted a woman in Watertown in the middle of the afternoon. The woman told investigators she was walking on...
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Main Street In Watertown Shut Down After Oil Leak
WATERTOWN (CBS) – An oil leak forced police to shut down a busy road in Watertown. Police closed off Main Street (Route 20) between Spring Street and Waverley Avenue overnight after an oil-cooled...
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Struggling With The Heat: Chelsea Residents Without Power, Watertown...
BOSTON (CBS) — A transformer fire left some Chelsea residents without power amid Tuesday’s extreme heat. At it’s peak, about 1,800 customers were without power around 7:30 p.m., according to...
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Road Rage: Pedestrian Killed, Tow Truck Driver Stabbed In Watertown Square
WATERTOWN (CBS) – A tow truck driver was stabbed five times after police said he struck and killed a woman walking in Watertown Square. And the man accused of stabbing the driver is believed to be the...
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Watertown Day Care Shut Down After Child’s Death
WATERTOWN (CBS)- A Watertown daycare has been shut down 11 days after a baby girl died. State investigators say workers at Strawberry Child Care did not give that girl CPR. State investigators...
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Families Displaced By Watertown Apartment Fire
WATERTOWN (CBS) – A multi-family Watertown apartment is likely a total loss after an early morning fire. Several families were displaced after flames broke out on Spruce Street around 1:30 a.m. on...
View ArticleWatertown, Belmont Residents On Alert After String Of Break-Ins
WATERTOWN (CBS) – Belmont and Watertown residents are on alert after a series of break-ins. “It’s a bit alarming being in the neighborhood for a long time,” said Belmont resident Jay Murphy. Belmont’s...
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I-Team: Parents Lose Thousands When Daycare Abruptly Closes Amid Violations
BROOKLINE (CBS) – State officials had just put the owner of Brookline’s Strawberry Child Care on notice; the Department of Early Education and Care was planning to take legal action against its license...
View Article74-Year-Old Man Hit By MBTA Bus In Watertown
WATERTOWN (CBS) — A 74-year-old man was hit by an MBTA bus in Watertown Wednesday morning. Transit Police said the man lost his footing as he stepped off the curb and into the path of the bus. The...
View Article5 Homes Broken Into In Watertown, Some Were Occupied
WATERTOWN (CBS) – Police are urging caution after five Watertown homes were broken into Friday night. At three of those, residents were home. The break-ins happened on Barnard Avenue, Franklin Street,...
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‘They Had No Fear’: Multiple Watertown Break-Ins Reported While People Were Home
WATERTOWN (CBS) — “It’s really kind of creepy to know that someone is in your house and you are there,” said one Watertown woman after her house was broken into while she was home Friday. Police said...
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Watertown, Somerville Mourn Educator Killed In Hit-And-Run
SOMERVILLE (CBS) – Candles were glowing on a chilly Saturday night in Somerville, where a local woman was being mourned. Police say 40-year-old Allison Donovan was struck and killed by the hit-and-run...
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Woman Killed In 3-Car Crash In Watertown
WATERTOWN (CBS) – A woman was killed in a three-car crash in Watertown Wednesday night. Police say she was speeding towards Boston on Pleasant Street when the crash occurred. “Struck the back of the...
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