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Once again, the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry Walk of Life will take place in Watertown. The 8th annual event is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. The event begins at the Armenian Cultural and Educational Center (ACEC), 47 Nichols Ave., and goes 2.2 miles to Saltonstall Park in Watertown Square. The event is the same day as the Faire on the Square, happening at the same park.
Watertown-native Alexander Richards and the U.S. men’s eights boat qualified for the 2020 Olympics. Watertown-native Alexander Richards rowed with the United States men’s eights crew at the World Rowing Championships, and on Monday the team qualified for the 2020 Olympics. Richards, who competed at Belmont Hill School and Harvard, rows in seat 5 of the eight man boat that competed in the World Championships in Linz, Austria. The final was held on Sunday, and the U.S. grabbed the last automatic qualifying spot by finishing fifth in the final, according to the U.S. Rowing report. The team completed the 2000 meter course in 5:23.92, which was half a second ahead of New Zealand.
The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
Aug. 19, 11:02 p.m.: An officer patrolling on School Street ran a query of a plate of a nearby vehicle and found that the registered owner had a warrant for her arrest. The vehicle was pulled over and the officer confirmed the owner was driving. The 38-year-old Roslindale resident was arrested on the warrant from Suffolk County Juvenile Court for failure to send a child to school.
The following announcement was provided by the Room 83 Spring gallery:
Kirstin Lamb Curatorial, The Yard, Williamsburg, and Room, 83 Spring are pleased to present a 28 person show featuring artists utilizing dot forms as marks. Collectively this group forms a larger conversation around mark making and image-making. Dot Conference
Sept. 7 – Oct. 26, 2019 at Room 83 Spring, 83 Spring St., WatertownOpening Saturday Sept.
Labor Day is nearly here, and while most stores and restaurants are open, other places will be closed on Monday. In Watertown, the Town Hall, the Watertown Free Public Library and the Senior Center will be closed. MBTA buses will be on a Saturday schedule. Here are some other places:
Retail stores: Open
Liquor stores: Open
Supermarkets: Open
Convenience stores: Open
Taverns, bars: Open
Banks: Closed
Municipal, state, federal offices: Closed
Libraries: Closed
Schools: Closed
Mail: Express delivery only
MBTA: Subways, buses, and trackless trolleys on Saturday schedule. Commuter rail on regular weekday schedule.
Five Watertown homes sold this week, including one for more than $1 million. $1,010,000 – 99 Bailey Road, 14 room, 6 bedroom, 2 full & 1 half bathroom, Tudor single-family home
$772,500 – 24 Grandview Ave. Unit 24, 8 room, 3 bedroom, 2 full & 1 half bathroom, condo/townhouse
$819,000 – 13-15 Olcott St., 2 unit, 13 total room, 4 total bedroom, 2 Family multi-family home
Sponsored by:
$829,000 – 68-70 Edgecliff Road, 2 unit, 12 total room, 4 total bedroom, 2 Family multi-family home
$455,000 – 87 Fayette St. Unit 87, 4 room, 2 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, 2/3 Family condo/townhouse
See this week’s Watertown open houses. $578,000 – 29 Elton Ave. Unit, 6 room, 3 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, Duplex condo/townhouse, Open Houses: Saturday 1:30-3 Sunday 11:30-1
$515,000 – 33 York Ave. Unit 33, 5 room, 2 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, condo/townhouse, Open House: Saturday 11:30-1
$590,000 – 26 Myrtle St., 6 room, 3 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, Colonial single-family home, Open House: Friday 5-6
Sponsored by:
$729,900 – 54 Wilmot St., 8 room, 4 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, Cape single-family home, Open House: Saturday 12-2
$510,000 – 35 York Ave. Unit 35, 5 room, 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom townhouse, Open House: Saturday 11:30-1
$649,900 – 199 Coolidge Ave.
Asbestos was found deep in the walls of Hosmer Elementary School, which will result in higher costs of demolition when the new school is built.
Architects gave the School Building Committee some good news and some bad news with the costs related to hazardous material removal and the grounds where foundations will be built for the upcoming construction projects. In preparation for the construction projects at Watertown’s three elementary schools, architects have been looking at the conditions for demolition of the current schools, and to put in foundations for the new ones. The Bad News
When the schools were examined the schools for hazardous materials some asbestos was found in some hidden places, said Scott Dunlap, project architect for Ai3 Architects. The school with the most was Hosmer Elementary. “What we found at Hosmer we have only seen it a couple times,” Dunlap said, who described a layer of asbestos buffering between the exterior brick wall and the cement blocks inside.