Real Estate

More Than Two Dozen Open Houses in Watertown This Week

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Check out this week’s open houses in Watertown. $430,000 – 274 Lexington St. Unit 274, 5 room, 2 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1:30 Sunday 11-12:30

$475,000 – 290 Pleasant St. Unit 315, 2 room, 1 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, Loft condo/townhouse, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1:30 Sunday 12-1:30

$849,000 – 57 Boylston St., 2 unit, 12 total room, 6 total bedroom, 2 Family – 2 Units Up/Down multi-family home, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1:30 Sunday 12-1:30

$636,500 – 199 Coolidge Ave. Unit 105, 5 room, 2 bedroom, 2 full & 1 half bathroom, condo/townhouse, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1 Sunday 12-1

$879,000 – 132-134 Orchard St., 2 unit, 10 total room, 4 total bedroom, 2 Family multi-family home, Open Houses: Saturday 11:30-1 Sunday 11-12:30

$799,999 – 9-11 Oakland St., 2 unit, 12 total room, 5 total bedroom, 2 Family – 2 Units Up/Down multi-family home, Open Houses: Saturday 11:30-1 Sunday 11-12:30

$629,900 – 210 Belmont St.

Environment

What It Would Take For Watertown to Have Net Zero Energy Schools

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An example of a solar array canopy with a timber frame in a parking lot. They can be made of other materials, including metal. Architects showed the School Building Committee what it would take to make Watertown’s new elementary schools net zero — so the campus would generate enough energy to cover the electricity used to run the building. Watertown will be building two new elementary schools — at Cunniff and Hosmer — and school officials seek to make them not only green schools, but are looking at possibly making them net zero schools. Wednesday night, architect Scott Dunlap of Ai3 Architects, told the committee overseeing the project that the energy would be generated by photovoltaic (PV) solar panels.

Around Town

October Drive Collecting Items for Food Pantries in Watertown

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Items collected for the Watertown Community Foundation’s food drive in January. The Foundation is organizing another one in the month of October. The Watertown Community Foundation will once again organize a food drive to collect items for the two food pantries in town at a time when donations are typically down. Items are being collected at the Watertown Public Schools, as well as the Watertown Police Station and Watertown Free Public Library and several local businesses. As always, items will also be accepted at the Watertown Food Pantry (80 Mt.

Around Town

Athenahealth Looking to Sell Arsenal on Charles, May Impact Partnership with Town

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One of the largest employers in town and owner of the Arsenal on the Charles seeks to sell their headquarters property, but plans to stay in Watertown. The potential sale may impact a partnership athenahealth entered with the Town and a state agency. The Boston Globe reported that the health data tech company would like to sell the 29-acre former U.S. Army Arsenal property which it purchased from Harvard University in 2013. The article indicates that athena would like to sign a long-term lease with the new owners. “Since the change in our company ownership earlier this year, we at athenahealth have been striving to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality and sustainable health care for all,” the company said in a statement.

Police/Fire

Police Log: Social Security Scam Hits Twice, Man Faces OUI, Drug Charges

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests

Sept. 17, 12:03 p.m.: Home Depot security spotted a man who tried to take two three-packs of BIM precision blades valued at $80, and two packages of AAA batteries valued at $9.98. He was stopped and the 41-year-old Dorchester man was arrested on a charge of shoplifting and he was trespassed by Home Depot. Sept.

Around Town

See Which Issues Concerned People Most in the 2019 Watertown News Poll

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Traffic and transportation is the biggest concern, according to the unscientific Watertown News poll given at the 2019 Faire on the Square. Traffic and transportation are the biggest concern, according to a poll of attendees of the 2019 Watertown Faire on the Square, followed closely by development. At the 20th Faire on the Square, 25 people took the Watertown News Poll asking people about “what concerns you most in Watertown today?” People could check as many of the five categories as they wish, and could write in their own issue. The categories were: Schools, Development, Traffic/Transportation, Heroin/Opioids and Property Taxes.

Development

Developers Discussing Self Storage Facility Proposed in East Watertown

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An illustration of the proposed self-storage facility planned for 19 Coolidge Hill Road, at the corner of Arlington Street. The developers proposing to build a self-storage facility that would overlook Arlington Street will discuss their plans at a community meeting. The project is planned for 19 Coolidge Hill Road, and the meeting will be held at the property at that location on Oct. 9, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.

Developers, 19 Coolidge Hill LLC, submitted information to the Watertown Planning Department. The plans show five levels of self storage in a building that would be 53 feet tall, and the building footprint is 14,946 sq.

Around Town

See Photos from the 2019 Watertown Faire on the Square

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The sun shines down on the 2019 Faire on the Square, held behind Watertown’s Town Hall on Saturday. Hundreds of people joined the festivities at Watertown’s Faire on the Square on Saturday. Under sunny skies, the 2019 Faire on the Square featured entertainment from singers, acrobats and dance troupes. Dancers perform at Saturday’s Faire on the Square. Kids had plenty of activities, with several inflatable play structures, pony rides, face painting and clowns.