WATERTOWN State Rep. Joseph Polletta, R-Watertown, will seek a fifth term in the Nov. 5 election representing the 68th House District. Polletta, 35, serves as senior whip to the House Republicans, and as a member of the Finance, Public Safety and Housing committees.
He was first elected in 2017
Those representing veterans’ organizations from Watertown and Oakville stood at attention as the community held its annual Pearl Harbor Day remembrance ceremony on the Oakville Green on December 7. “It’s
WATERTOWNÂ â As a new year closed in, one era ended and a new one began in the history of the Watertown Police Department. The skies may have been cloudy and the temperature may have been on the chilly side, but the memories and messages of thanks were warm as family, friends, colleagues and state and local officials bade a fond farewell to retiring Police Chief John Gavallas in front of Watertown Police Department headquarters on December 30.
Chief Gavallas, calling it a day after 51 years in law enforcement, a career which began less than one month after the first moon landing in 1969, was the focus of an emotional salute which at times seemed to overwhelm him.