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Charlie BreitroseThe Raiders had strong support from its fans at the TD Garden in the 2022 State Final. This year the Raiders are the fifth seed. Watertown High School’s boys hockey team will seek a second straight trip to the Garden as the fifth seed in the MIAA Div. 3 State Tournament. The girls and boys basketball teams will host a home game in the State Tourney.
Watertown Square could become part of the City’s proposed cultural district. The center of Watertown may become a cultural district, which would allow the area’s arts and culture groups, restaurants and businesses to be promoted as a destination for people in and around the city, and even for tourists. Receiving approval to be a cultural district is a multi-step application process, concluding with approval by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, said Liz Helfer, the City’s Public Arts & Culture Planner. The application must include a partnership of representatives from arts and culture institutions, artists, and someone from the City. Helfer is part of the group putting together the proposal for the Cultural District.
Homebuyers have many choices of properties to visit this weekend. 91 Spring St. APT 10, $445,000 1 bedroom 1 bathroom 922 sq. ft. Condo, Open House: Saturday, Feb 25 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
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A Watertown man faces criminal charges after he allegedly stabbed a dog that was attacking his dog and would not release it. On Feb. 13, just before 6:30 p.m., police received a report of a fight between two dogs at Filippello Park. When they arrived the two owners, one who had a dog about 20-25 pounds in size, and the other had two dogs that were 40-50 pounds each. The men had been walking along a path in the park when the altercation happened, said Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor.
Watertown’s Stephanie Barker will be running her first Boston Marathon in 2023, and is raising money for Boston Children’s Hospital. Watertown’s Stephanie Barker will be running her first Boston Marathon in 2023, and will be raising money for a cause that helped her when she was young. Barker Raised more than $10,000 for Boston Children’s Hospital. If not for their services, she may not be running the marathon, at all. “I was born with hip displacement — they weren’t in the sockets when I was born,” Barker said.
City of WatertownThe new electric van running on the Watertown Connector along Pleasant Street and to Harvard Square. A new electric van has been added to the Pleasant Street Shuttle in Watertown, and increases the frequency of the trips from the Westside to Harvard Square, via Watertown Square. The new vehicle debuted on Feb. 13, and runs on weekdays every half hour from the west end of Pleasant Street from 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. in the morning, and from Harvard Square from 4:27 p.m. to 6:57 p.m. in the afternoon and evenings. The Watertown Connector Pleasant Street shuttle costs $1 for the public to ride each way, and is free to residents of Watertown Mews, Aver, and Watermills, and people working at Riverworks.
Teagan O’Sullivan
Watertown’s Teagan O’Sullivan will make her second appearance on Jeopardy! this week. In 2019, O’Sullivan competed in the Teen Tournament, where she was a semifinalist after winning in the quarterfinal round. That year she won $10,000. At the time she was a student at Ardrey Kell High School in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Charlie BreitroseThe program from the Memorial Mass for former Town Manager Michael Driscoll. Make your way around Watertown and it will be difficult not to go past something that former Town Manager Michael Driscoll had a hand in building or creating. In his 29 years at the helm of the municipal government, he played a part in the construction of net zero schools, building police and fire stations, expanding the library, and creating new parks. Judging from the people who knew him best, however, the things that he treasured most were the friendships and relationships he built during that time. On Friday, family, friends, colleagues, and many Watertown residents gathered at St.