Duncan Robinson

Watertown Summer Basketball League Finals Set, Series Start Aug. 30

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The 2021 Papas Elite League finals are set, and the teams made up of current and former college players will play for the trophy on the Saltonstall Park Court starting Monday night. The league, run by the Watertown Recreation Department, has players from colleges around New England, as well as some across the nation, including Michigan, Oklahoma and Virginia. One of the alumni of the league, Duncan Robinson, has gone on to national success. He attended Williams College and then went on to play on Michigan’s Final Four team in 2018. He followed that up with an appearance in the 2020 NBA Finals with the Miami Heat.

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Ode to Russo’s and a Longtime Employee from His Two Daughters

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Phil Amatangelo worked at Russo’s market for nearly 50 years. The news that Russo’s market will be closing hit many people hard, and sparked plenty of memories. None more so, perhaps, than for a pair of daughters of a man who worked at the Watertown institution for just short of half a century. Anne Korte and Susan Amatangelo shared just a handful of memories of their father Phil Amatangelo with Watertown News. The Italian immigrant settled in the Boston area and his ties to the Russo family go way back, said Anne, who lives in Watertown.

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Open Houses Across Watertown This Weekend

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See all the open houses around town this week. $845,900 – 28 Hall Ave., Multi-family Home – 2 Family, 2,196 Living Area Sq. Ft. 2 Units, 9 Total Rooms, 5 Total Bedrooms, Open Houses: Saturday 11-12:30 Sunday 11-12:30

$829,000 – 5 Highland Ave., Single Family – Detached Bungalow, 1,926 Living Area Sq. Ft.

Boston Pride

Q&A: Watertown Hockey Player Hopes to Win Back-to-Back Titles with Boston’s Women’s Professional Team

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Boston PrideBoston Pride defender Lauren Kelly signed to play her fourth season for the pro women’s hockey team. season 6 headshot

Watertown’s Lauren Kelly will return for her fourth year playing with the Boston Pride, the reigning champion of the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL). Recently, the Pride announced Kelly would return to be part of the team’s 2021-22 roster. The Boston Pride are a professional women’s ice hockey team and are one of the NWHL’s four charter franchises. In her three seasons in Boston, Kelly has played 48 games on defense, scored five goals, and added 14 assists, including two in the playoffs.

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State Board Approves Design of New Watertown High School

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Ai3 ArchitectsA rendering of what the new Watertown High School could look like. The view is from Common Street. The design of the new Watertown High School got the endorsement of the Massachusetts School Building Authority on Wednesday. Superintendent Dede Galdston sent out a letter saying that the MSBA Board of Directors unanimously supported moving the WHS project to the schematic design phase. “At this time, the design team, the OPM, and the School Building Committee will prepare for the next big milestone, the Board approval of participation in our project,” Galdston said in a letter to school and town officials.

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Watertown Schools Opening In-Person, With Mask & Testing Requirements

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The opening of school in Watertown comes at a time when the cases of the Coronavirus are on the rise. In response, the School Committee voted to approve COVID-19 protocols for the 2021-22 school year on Monday night that includes requirements for regular testing of students and for masks to be worn when indoors. Some of the rules are the same as those that had been in place when school ended in June, said Watertown Superintendent Dede Galdston, while others have been changed. There will also be a shift in early October. School Committee Chair John Portz thanked the Watertown Public Schools staff and others who put together the COVID protocols.

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DCR Closes Dealtry Pool in Watertown for the Season

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The swimming season at Watertown’s Dealtry Pool has ended. The pool, owned by the state Department of Conservation and Recreation, sits near the Charles River at 138 Pleasant St. According to the DCR’s website, the pool closed on Aug. 21. The Clarence W. Dealtry Memorial Swimming and Wading Pool, located at 138 Pleasant St in Watertown closed for the season on August 21, 2021 as per the DCR website: https://t.co/RGM4PJc5vI @MassDCR pic.twitter.com/BZeRSnoYjy— Town of Watertown, MA (@watertowngov) August 24, 2021

The facility has a lifeguard, a separate wading pool, locker rooms with showers, and swimming lessons are available.