Government

Council Approves Watertown Square Zoning Changes With Increased Sustainability Requirements & Other Changes

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The zoning map recommended by the Planning Board on October 30, 2024. After nearly a year of planning, meetings and discussion, the Watertown Square Area Plan zoning changes have been adopted by the City Council. The updated zoning will meet the State’s housing requirements, even after trimming back some of the recommendations from the Planning Board, and the Council increased the green building requirements for new projects. Thursday night, the Council approved the Watertown Square Zoning unanimously. They included a majority of the changes recommended by the Planning Board on Oct.

Around Town

Watertown Native’s Event Raises $275K for Cancer Research

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A Shot for Life Founder & CEO Mike Slonina, left, and Dr. Will Curry, Chief Medical Officer of Massachusetts General Hospital post with Boston Celtics Mascot, Lucky the Leprechaun. (Photo by Betsy Cullen/A Shot For Life)

On Saturday, a fundraiser run by a Watertown native raised more than $275,000 to support research into the development of cancer treatments. Mike Slonina, a Watertown native, started A Shot for Life in 2017, and since its inception, through a number of sports-centric initiatives including the Gauntlet, the organization has raised more than $1.1 million in support of cancer research at Mass General. 

At this weekend’s Gauntlet, which took place at the Starland Sportsplex in Hanover and was open to all skill levels, hundreds of players participated in shifts to ensure that basketball drills and sprints were ongoing for 24 hours – from noon Saturday to noon Sunday. https://www.watertownmanews.com/2022/01/20/lacrosse-games-to-raise-funds-to-fight-cancer-organized-by-non-profit-led-by-watertown-resident/

Around Town

Dunkin’ Donuts Manager Who Brings Smile to People’s Faces Profiled by Boston News Station

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Julianna Tosta, manager of the Dunkin’ Donuts on Main Street, was profiled on WBZ Channel 4. (Screenshot from WBZ)

The energetic manager of a Dunkin’ Donuts in Watertown was featured on WBZ Channel 4’s Change Maker segment recently. WBZ-TV’s Lisa Hughes spoke to Julianna Tosta, and some of her many fans who frequent the Dunkin’ on Main Street. The four minute-plus piece includes some familiar faces, including Watertown High School Principal Joel Giacobozzi. Tosta shared some stories about her life, which has had some ups and downs, and how the owners of the Dunkin’ discovered her infections spirit.

Sports

Watertown Holds Strong Defensively & Capitalizes on Opportunities to Win 22nd Field Hockey State Championship

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The Watertown High School Field Hockey team celebrates winning the 2024 MIAA Div. 3 State Championship. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)

WORCESTER — Most games, Watertown High School’s field hockey team spends a majority of the time attacking the opponents goal, but in Saturday’s MIAA Div. 3 State Final the tables were turned. Despite facing an onslaught from Sandwich’s attack on Saturday, the Raiders emerged as the 2-0 winner and claimed the program’s 22nd State Title.

Sports

Field Hockey State Final: Watertown wins 2-0 over Sandwich

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The Watertown field hockey team and senior co-captain Rachel Egan seek their fourth straight state championship against Sandwich on Saturday. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)

Two familiar foes will meet in the 2024 MIAA Div. 3 Field Hockey State Final. Watertown seeks its fourth straight title, and each of the previous three crowns came at the expense of their opponent Sandwich Saturday at Worcester State. Follow the action from the State Final with live updates on this page.

Government

City to Add Section to Community Path with Taking of Land, Memorialization Committee Could be Created

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Watertown City Hall

(CORRECTION: The easement payment was incorrectly listed at $374,000. It is $37,400)

Watertown’s Community Path will get a bit longer with the addition of a section that sits on private land right next to Main Street. The Council also heard about the committee proposed to decide how to name streets, buildings, and other places in someone’s memory. That section of the Community Path that runs from Waverley Avenue and Main Street has been constructed, City Manager George Proakis told the City Council on Tuesday night, but it has been closed off until the City could get the right for public use through an easement agreement with the property owner. “We are paying them, they are getting these easement rights, and we will get the path further along and connected to Main Street,” Proakis said.