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Watertown Troop 30 will host a Pasta & Auction event, which also includes entertainment from circus performers. The event will be on Feb. 1, 2020, at the Watertown-Belmont United Methodist Church, 80 Mt. Auburn St., beginning at 6 p.m. The event is handicap accessible from the parking lot to the left of the church. Dinner will be served downstairs hall for dinner, and circus performances will be held in the gym.
See all the open houses happening around Watertown this weekend. $1,250,000 – 305 Mt. Auburn St. Unit 305, Condo – Townhouse, 2,580 Living Area Sq. Ft., 6 Room, 3 Bedroom, 3 Full & 1 Half Bathroom, Open Houses: Saturday 11-12 Sunday 11-12
$779,900 – 60 Everett, Single Family – Detached Cape, 1,300 Living Area Sq.
When Cunniff Elementary School students return to class in September, they will attend classes at a different campus, in a different city. The move will allow the current school to be torn down and replaced by a new building sooner and will save the district money. Cunniff’s temporary home will be the St. Jude’s School, a former parochial school in Waltham. Watertown school officials came to an agreement with the Boston Archdiocese to lease the school during Watertown’s school building project, known as Building for the Future.
Watertown Free Public Library
Winner of a 2019 Emmy Award for Outstanding Research, Dawnland offers the untold story of Indigenous child removal in Maine, capturing moments of truth telling and healing among the Wabanki people. On Wednesday, January 29, The Watertown Free Public Library will offer a screening of this powerful documentary, beginning at 7 p.m. Following the screening, Watertown resident Dr. Mishy Lesser will facilitate a discussion. Dr. Lesser is Learning Director for the Upstander Project and conducted some of the original (award-winning) research for Dawnland locally, at the Watertown Free Public Library. As recently as the 1970s, one in four Native children nationwide were living in non-Native foster care, adoptive homes, or boarding schools. Many of these children experienced emotional and physical harm by adults who mistreated them and tried to erase their cultural identity.
The Howe Building at Perkins School for the Blind. A piece of paperwork that was filed late has put Perkins School for the Blind and the Town of Watertown at odds over whether the school should pay nearly $1.5 million in taxes on its property or if the school be exempt from taxes, as it has operating as a non-profit in town for more than a century. A third option has been proposed, which would cost less than the full tax bill, but over the years would add up to far more than the $1.4 million. Perkins President and CEO Dave Power said the payment would take money away from the school’s mission of providing services to blind and visually impaired children and adults. The missed filing occurred in March 2019, but the issue became public Tuesday night at the Town Council meeting.
Watertown officials will discuss how the town is preparing for hazards caused by the changing climate that could impact the town. A meeting to discuss hazards will be held on Jan. 23 at the Watertown Library. See more information in the announcement from the Town of Watertown:
Watertown is taking action to prepare for a changing climate
Extreme storm events, flooding, and other hazards are becoming the norm and climate science suggests this will continue and get worse. The Town of Watertown is taking action to be prepared for these changes and keep thecommunity safe.
An illustration of how a new high school building with a four story academic wing could fit on the current WHS site. Architect Scott Dunlap stressed this is just a mock up to see if it would fit, not a design. Designers of the new Watertown High School presented several options for how and where new building could be built, but none of the options were simple and all have challenges. Last week, Scott Dunlap, the lead architect from Ai3 Architects, showed the School Building Committee some of the options for how a new high school could be built. With no obvious piece of unoccupied land, all the scenarios require tearing down existing buildings or displacing facilities, such as fields or the Senior Center. At a meeting in December, Dunlap presented some locations, including the existing high school site (both with or without the nearby former-Phillips School), the Victory Field site (both with or without the DPW facility), and Moxley Field.
Edmund Fowle House, home of the Historical Society of Watertown. Tour one of the oldest and most historically significant houses in Watertown. The Historical Society of Watertown will lead tours of the house where the United State’s first treaty with a foreign power was signed and where the Declaration of Independence was first read in Massachusetts. The group sent out the following information:
On Sunday, January 19, 2020 the Historical Society of Watertown will host Historic House Tour and Exhibits. Tours of the 1772 Edmund Fowle House, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., January 19, 2020, 28 Marshall Street, Watertown.