Hollywood Turns Watertown Into a Film Set for ‘Patriots Day’
It can seem like Watertown has been turned into a Hollywood set recently with scenes from the “Patriots Day” film being shot several places around town. The film chronicling the events of the Boston...
View ArticleOscar Winner, ‘Patriots Day’ Crew Take Over Home of a Watertown Police Officer
Watertown Police Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese had some house guests in his Westside home this week – a whole crew of them, in fact – including an Oscar winning actor. One of the characters in the “Patriots...
View ArticleLocal Reporter Tells Story of Boston Cop Who Died from Injures from the...
The puzzling death of a Boston Police officer who was injured during the Watertown Shootout and died suddenly a year later was chronicled by Watertown-based reporter Adam Sennott. Boston Police Officer...
View ArticleOne of the Heroes of the Watertown Shootout Addresses the Rotary Club
Watertown Police Sgt. Jeff Pugliese, one of the officers who took on the Boston Marathon bombers in the Watertown Shootout, recently spoke with the Rotary Club of Watertown. Pugliese is a 37 year...
View ArticleWatertown Police Officer Gets the Hollywood Treatment for ‘Patriots Day’ Movie
The past several months have been a whirlwind Hollywood experience for Watertown Police Sgt. Jeff Pugliese. As one of the Watertown Police officers who faced off in a firefight with the Boston Marathon...
View ArticlePatriots Day Filmmakers Wanted to ‘Get it Right’ for Survivors, First Responders
Getting it right was so important to the team behind the Boston Marathon Bombing movie, “Patriots Day,” that it became their motto. Producer and star Mark Wahlberg said he initially was hesitant to...
View ArticleWhich Scenes Shot in Watertown Made it Into ‘Patriots Day, What Stood in For...
Oscar-winning actor J.K. Simmons, center, speaks with Connie Pugliese during a break from filming in her home. The actor is portraying her husband Jeff, a Watertown Police sergeant in the film...
View ArticleREVIEW: ‘Patriots Day’ Movie an Emotional, at Times, Rough Ride
Like anyone who lived in Watertown during the Boston Marathon Bombings and the aftermath, there was no surprise in how the “Patriots Day” movie turns out, but what was unexpected was the feeling I had...
View ArticleRed Cross Hosting 3 Blood Drives as Boston Marathon Bombing Memorials
The American Red Cross will join community leaders to host three blood drives on April 15 in honor of the lives changed by the Boston Marathon bombings and to pay tribute to the strength and resilience...
View ArticleWatertown Woman Ran Toward Danger at 2013 Marathon, Event Still Inspires Her
Last month, Kelsey Barry ran the Boston Marathon for the fourth time. The 28-year-old Watertown resident also ran in 2013, and it profoundly changed her life. Barry was about five minutes from...
View ArticleOBIT: David Henneberry, Man Who Discovered Marathon Bomber in His Boat
David Henneberry, the man who ended the manhunt for one of the Boston Marathon Bombers, died on Sept. 27, 2017, according to the obituary on Legacy.com. Henneberry found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in his boat,...
View ArticleDiscussion About a Possible Re-Trial of the Boston Marathon Bomber at the...
The public is invited to a lecture and discussion called “New Thoughts On The Boston Marathon Bombing.” The author of a new book that examines a possible re-trial of the Boston Marathon Bomber as his...
View ArticleIn Aftermath of Watertown Shootout, Police Created Group to Help Officers...
Thursday, April 19, 2018, marked the fifth anniversary of the day that Watertown Police faced the Boston Marathon Bombers in a shootout on the streets of East Watertown, but at the Watertown Police...
View ArticleLocal Insurance Agency Thanks Watertown Police an Anniversary of Capture of...
{The following post was provided by H&K Insurance.} On April 19th, 2018, five years after the Boston Marathon bombing suspect died in a violent shootout in Watertown, Massachusetts, H&K...
View ArticleBuses to Start Using New Red Lanes on Mt. Auburn Street Soon, Also Impacts...
The following information was provided by the MBTA and Town of Watertown: Beginning the week of Oct. 15, the Town of Watertown, the City of Cambridge, the MBTA, the Mass. Department of Conservation and...
View ArticleOBIT: David Henneberry, Man Who Discovered Marathon Bomber in His Boat
David Henneberry, the man who ended the manhunt for one of the Boston Marathon Bombers, died on Sept. 27, 2017, according to the obituary on Legacy.com. Henneberry found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in his boat,...
View ArticleDiscussion About a Possible Re-Trial of the Boston Marathon Bomber at the...
The public is invited to a lecture and discussion called “New Thoughts On The Boston Marathon Bombing.” The author of a new book that examines a possible re-trial of the Boston Marathon Bomber as his...
View ArticleIn Aftermath of Watertown Shootout, Police Created Group to Help Officers...
Thursday, April 19, 2018, marked the fifth anniversary of the day that Watertown Police faced the Boston Marathon Bombers in a shootout on the streets of East Watertown, but at the Watertown Police...
View ArticleLocal Insurance Agency Thanks Watertown Police an Anniversary of Capture of...
{The following post was provided by H&K Insurance.} On April 19th, 2018, five years after the Boston Marathon bombing suspect died in a violent shootout in Watertown, Massachusetts, H&K...
View ArticleBuses to Start Using New Red Lanes on Mt. Auburn Street Soon, Also Impacts...
The following information was provided by the MBTA and Town of Watertown: Beginning the week of Oct. 15, the Town of Watertown, the City of Cambridge, the MBTA, the Mass. Department of Conservation and...
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