Author: Wayside Team

Q&A with Laura Kurman Who is Retiring from Wayside Multi Service Center After More Than 30 Years

For more than three decades, Laura Kurman has been working to help those in need in Watertown. She retired as Executive Director of the Wayside Multi Service Center at the end of June, and looked back on her time. Kurman spoke with Watertown News Editor Charlie Breitrose in her office at the house on North Beacon Street…
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Wayside Honors Juneteenth 2025

  Dear Wayside Community, Thank you for being here to commemorate this powerful and sacred day—Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated remembrance of the ending of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, freedom finally reached the last remaining enslaved African Americans in Galveston,…
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Comprehensive Resources for LGBTQIA+ Support, Advocacy, and Equality

The Trevor Project The Trevor Project is the leading suicide prevention nonprofit for young LGBTQIA+ people. You can contact the organization on its 24/7 hotline at 866-4-U-TREVOR (866-488-7386) or message someone on TrevorChat for counseling support and crisis intervention. Visit the website Equality Federation The Equality Federation is a nonprofit organization that works with state-based advocacy groups…
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