Around Town

Is Your Street on the Watertown Road Improvement Plan?

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Road repairs are coming to Watertown. Photo by Charlie Breitrose

By Charlie Breitrose

The list of Watertown roads that will be repaired, and in some cases completely rebuilt, was approved by the Town Council last week. The projects will repair 12 roads and will cost $25 million. Some will be repaired with the reclamation method, where the entire road is taken up, ground up and laid down again. Others will be fixed with the mill and overlay, where the top layer is ground down and a new layer of asphalt is put down.

Food

Farmers Market Coming to Watertown!

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By Charlie BreitroseWatertown will have its own farmers market beginning this spring!The farmers market will be held at the Arsenal on the Charles, which is home to athenahealth, the Boston Sports Club and the Arsenal Center for the Arts. The first market will be held on Thursday, June 5, and will be held each Thursday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. through October, according to the Watertown Farmers Market website, http://www.watertownmarket.com/.Organizers are seeking vendors to provide fruits and vegetables, baked goods, meat, dairy products, honey, cider, maple products, plants and flowers, and more.For more information contact Mimi Graney or MaryCat Chaikin at info@watertownmarket.com or 617-620-1497.

Around Town

Road Race Planned for First Anniversary of Capture of the Bombing Suspect

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A poster for the Watertown Police fun run on April 19. By Charlie Breitrose

A year after Watertown residents filled the streets after the capture of the Boston Marathon Bombing suspect, people will take to town roads – this time for a road race sponsored by the Watertown Police. The 5K race will be held on Saturday, April 19 at 10 a.m. and will raise money for a number of organizations, including the One Fund, the Watertown Police Foundation and the Watertown Police Supervisor’s Association. One Fund benefits those impacted by the Marathon Bombings, and the Watertown Police Foundation supports programs for youth and schools in Watertown. The race begins at Tufts Health Plan at 705 Mt.

Police/Fire

Reward Offered for Info on Person Behind Threat at Watertown High School

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By Charlie BreitroseAfter another threat that evacuated Watertown High School on Friday, a reward has been offered for helping to catch the person behind the threat.The State Fire Marshall’s Office and the Watertown Police Department have put up a reward of up to $5,000 reward for “information leading to the arrest of a suspect,” according to the press release from the Watertown Police.”Any individual offering information will remain anonymous,” the announcement reads.The threat was the third this school year. Two occurred in December. Once a threatening note was found and the second time a single bullet was found on a desk in a classroom at WHS.What do you think about the repeated threats at Watertown High?

Police/Fire

Watertown High School has Been Evacuted, Again

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By Charlie Breitrose

For the third time this school year Watertown High School has been evacuated due to a potential threat. Reports that a threatening note has been found at the high school. State Police are being called in to search the building. Principal Shirley Lundberg sent parents a letter saying that at threatening letter was found at about 11:30 a.m. Friday and the school was evacuated as an abundance of caution. “The threat was determined NOT to be credible.  As soon as the police have secured the building, we will be returning students to classes,” Lundberg wrote.

Around Town

Transportation Improvements May be in Watertown’s Future

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MBTA Buses may be one of the things improved under the Legislature’s Transportation Bond Bill. By Charlie Breitrose

Several proposals to improve transportation in Watertown have been included in the Legislature’s Transportation Bond Bill, including for buses, multi-use paths and intersection improvements. A summary of the proposals was collected by State Sen. Will Brownsberger’s office. The projects are proposed over the next five years. The joint House and Senate bills bot include:

$725,000 to create and improve the Community Path in Watertown
$1.3 million to create construct a multi-use path from Arlington Street in Watertown to Fresh Pond in Cambridge along a former railroad.