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Incidents
Watertown Police received 32 reports of unemployment fraud from Nov. 2 to 8. Nov. 2, 4:05 p.m.: A School Street resident reported that two vehicles parked on the street had been vandalized.
Two condos and two single family homes were purchased this week. $1,200,000 – 136 Russell Ave., Single Family – Detached Colonial, 2,228 Living Area Sq. Ft., 8 Room, 3 Bedroom, 1 Full & 2 Half Bathroom
$559,000 – 31 Nyack St., Single Family – Detached Cape, 900 Living Area Sq. Ft. 5 Room, 3 Bedroom, 1 Full Bathroom
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$580,000 – 6 Hilltop Road Unit B, Condo – 2/3 Family, 1,663 Living Area Sq.
Watertown artist Chantal Zakari talks about some of the photos from the Watertown Arsenal in her exhibition at Kingston Gallery in Boston. What used to be the U.S. Army’s Watertown Arsenal teems with activity these days, as two major construction projects — transforming the place that used to make and develop military weapons into commercial and lab/office complexes. A Watertown artist has used the labors at the Arsenal, historic and current, as the inspiration for her new exhibit on display now in Boston. Chantal Zakari has assembled images of the Watertown Arsenal, ranging from the 1800s to the present, for her who called “A Work in Progress” at the Kingston Gallery in Boston’s SoWa neighborhood. The exhibition also includes a fictional newspaper with photos and stories created by Zakari, as well as a video installation featuring two screens on loops.
Deluxe Town Diner in Coolidge Square. The owners of Deluxe Town Diner have started an effort to try to raise $100,000 to keep the Coolidge Square institution afloat through the COVID-19 pandemic. Donors who give $100 or more will get a gift card worth $110 to use at the diner. Owner Don Levy posted the following information on the GoFundMe.com page:
Our family owned diner, has been serving Watertown area since 1947, the Covid19 pandemic has in big ways Adversely impacted our business,We survive the 3 months doing take out only, and now its necessary to ask for some help, ” TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN”. Due to restrictions we are only able to service, “less than half of our customers”. We are asking our loyal customers and friends to donate, and to also buy future food at the diner gift card. $100 cash payment, we will issue $110 in diner card to be used now and in the future , when we are back to the normal.
Plenty of open houses to choose from in Watertown this weekend. $999,900 – 37 Langdon Ave., Single Family – Detached Colonial, 2,855 Living Area Sq. Ft., 9 Room, 6 Bedroom, 1 Full & 2 Half Bathroom, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1 Sunday 12-1:30
$775,000 – 68 Gleason St., Single Family – Detached Cape, 1,492 Living Area Sq. Ft., 10 Room, 4 Bedroom, 2 Full Bathroom, Open Houses: Saturday 11-1 Sunday 11-1
$1,399,000 – 9 Pearl St. Unit 9A, Condo – Townhouse, 2,934 Living Area Sq.
Watertown Town Hall
Watertown’s residential property tax rates will rise less than one percent for people whose primary residence is in Town. This was due to the growing value of commercial properties, the increase of the residential exemption, and continuing the practice of shifting the burden onto commercial, industrial and personal property (CIP). Tuesday night, the Town Council approved the property tax rates for Fiscal Year 2021, including an increase of the residential exemption from 24 to 25 percent. The rate will be $12.25 per $1,000 of assessed value, which is 11 cents or 0.98 percent higher than FY2020. Town Assessor Earl Smith said that there is still room for the residential exemption to increase up to 30 percent.
Last week, the Watertown Fire Department honored several firefighters, police officers and others for their life-saving actions during medical emergencies. Normally, the Fire Department would present the awards at a public ceremony, Fire Chief Bob Quinn said. “It was our hope to present these at a more formal ceremony last March but COVID sidetracked us,” Quinn said. “We did individual presentations instead.” Revival of Person Not Breathing
View this post on Instagram Lieutenant C. Wheaton and Firefighters S. Gleason, J. Capello, D. Corsi, O. Winsor, M. Fidler, and R. Hoey were presented with the Watertown Fire Department Company Citation Award by Chief Quinn for their life saving actions at an incident in December of 2019.
Watertown Middle School
With Watertown elementary school students already attending hybrid, and the middle school starting some in person learning this week, the Watertown Public Schools are offering COVID-19 testing for students. Watertown School staff have already had access to the testing, but Superintendent Dede Galdston told the School Committee that she just recently learned the student testing could begin. “It is a very late thing. … Last week didn’t know we would be able to start student testing,” Galston said.