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New Day captured the 2018 Watertown Summer Basketball League title. They will be one of eight teams battling for the 2019 title. The playoffs begin Monday, Aug. 12. It’s playoff time for the Watertown’s Summer Basketball League, and March Madness in August begins with four games Monday night.
The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
July 29, 10:26 a.m.: An officer on Waltham Street saw a motorcycle being driving by a man who was not wearing a helmet. There was also a woman on the back, who had a helmet. When the officer attempted to stop them, the motorcycle sped away. The officer did not try to follow them, but he put out a radio broadcast for police to be on the look out for the motorcycle.
Find out how much these properties in Watertown sold for. $820,000 – 118-120 Spring St., 2 unit, 13 total room, 4 total bedroom, 2 Family – 2 Units Up/Down multi-family home
$210,000 – 183 Mount Auburn St. Unit 14, 3 room, 1 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, Garden condo/townhouse
$595,000 – 15 Hardy Ave. Unit 15, 6 room, 3 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, 2/3 Family condo/townhouse
$485,000 – 8 Russell St. 7 room, 3 bedroom, 1 full & 1 half bathroom, Ranch single-family home
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$1,005,000 – 4 Hilltop Road, 2 unit, 11 total room, 5 total bedroom, 2 Family – 2 Units Up/Down multi-family home
$748,000 – 33 Eliot St.
Watertown Police arrested a Lowell woman who was caught with crack pipes in her car. While patrolling the municipal lot behind CVS on Aug. 4, at 6:05 p.m. an officer noticed a car sitting alone in the back of the parking lot, said Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor. “As the police car drove by the operator looked at the officer looked shocked and lunged toward the center console,” O’Connor said. “The officer spoke with the woman and observed drug paraphernalia, including glass pipes with burn marks on them.”
See the open houses around Watertown this weekend. $599,900 – 311 Waverley Ave. Unit 311, 7 room, 3 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, condo/townhouse, Open House: Sunday 11:30-12:30
$625,000 – 56 Bigelow Ave. Unit 18, 5 room, 2 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, condo/townhouse, Open Houses: Sunday 1-2:30
$575,000 – 50 Watertown St. Unit 604, 4 room, 2 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, High-Rise condo/townhouse, Open Houses: Saturday 12-2 Sunday 12-2
$479,000 – 10 Williams St.
A view of the most recent design of the new Hosmer Elementary School. Members of the School Building Committee worry about controlling the costs in Watertown’s three elementary school building projects in a climate with a competitive construction industry and international tariff wars. The projects include brand new schools at Hosmer and Cunniff elementary schools and a major renovation and addition at Lowell Elementary School. At least one member was bothered that Watertown may have missed an opportunity to keep the projects on budget using an alternative to the typical construction model. The design firm, Ai3 Architects, have nearly completed the design development phase (the second of three major phases before construction) and the costs are currently being estimated.
A newly restored map of Middlesex County from 1856 now hangs on the second floor of the Watertown Free Public Library. A piece of history now hangs on the second floor of the Watertown Free Public Library, near the study area and computers. The map of Middlesex County dates to 1856, and was recently restored as part of the library’s effort to preserve the town’s history. The map shows the outlines of the communities of Middlesex County and measures about 5 feet by 5 feet. It was created by Henry Francis Walling who served as “Superintendent of the State Map” for Massachusetts.
The group applying to operate an adult use marijuana facility in Watertown will host a community meeting to provide information about the facility to the public, and to get input. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019 in the Third Floor Conference Room in Town Hall at 6:30 p.m.
Natural Selections, applying as NS AJO Holdings Inc., has already been approved to run a medical marijuana facility at 23 Elm St. in Watertown, and now seeks to also sell for adult use (also called recreational use). To be approved, the applicants must get a special permit approved by the Zoning Board of Appeals, the Town Council must agree to a host community agreement and the state’s Cannabis Control Commission must approve it.