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The Massachusetts State Primaries will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, and there will be one race involving a Watertown candidate on the ballot. Democrats will be choosing their candidate for Governor’s Councilor. The incumbent is Watertown’s Marilyn Petitto Devaney, and she is challenged by Mara Dolan of Concord. Republicans will be selecting their candidate for U.S. Senate.
Five single family homes and a three-family home were sold this week in town. 106 Russell Ave., 3 bedroom 3 bathroom 2,200 sq. ft. Single Family, Sold: $1,285,000
42 Brookline St., 3 bedroom 3 bathroom 2,010 sq. ft.
Kim Charlson, executive director of the Perkins School for the Blind’s Library. She will receive the highest honor from the American Foundation for the Blind. (Courtesy of Perkins School)
Longtime director of the Perkins Library and chair of the Watertown Commission on Disability Kim Charlson, has garnered honors and accolades, and later this year she will receive one more when she receives the highest honor in the field of blindness. In September, the Watertown resident will receive the 2024 Migel Medal at the American Foundation for the Blind’s (AFB) annual leadership conference, along with Susan Mazrui. “It is an honor to recognize these two outstanding leaders, who have spent their lives making the world more inclusive and accessible for those who are blind or have low vision,” AFB President and CEO Eric Bridges said in announcement about the award.
Check out the open houses in town this weekend. 63 Bradford Road #B, $930,000, 3 bedroom 3 bathroom 1,289 sq. ft. Condo, Open House: Sunday, Aug. 18 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
9 Pearl St.
Who will lift the Watertown Summer Basketball League trophy this year? The championship will be decided on Aug. 15 at Saltonstall Park when New Day faces More Than Different. Pictured here, in 2021 Team New Day won the league title. The championship of the Watertown Summer Basketball League will be decided Thursday night in a winner-take-all game.
Watertown City Manager George Proakis. [UPDATED: The story was updated on Aug. 15 at 8 a.m. about the status of the building permit.]
City Manager George Proakis weighed in on the City of Watertown’s role in the ongoing strife between First Path Day Care Center and the Watertown Boys & Girls Club over the space leased to the daycare provider. He said he was limited in how much he could say because First Path has ongoing suits against the City. The dispute over First Path’s lease at the Watertown Boys & Girls Club became public in recent weeks, first with a letter from the Boys & Girls Club leaders saying they have plans to expand the Club’s program but the day care has not left the space after its lease expired.
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Students from Watertown graduated from Western New England and Roger Williams in the spring of 2024, and local students earned honors at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and University of Delaware. Graduates
Western New England University
Lauren A. Rae graduated from Western New England University with a MS in Applied Behavior Analysis. The graduate ceremony was held on Sunday, May 19, at the MassMutual Center in downtown Springfield. More than 350 graduate students received their master’s, law, and doctorate degrees from its Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, Pharmacy, and School of Law. Roger Williams University
Roger Williams University is proud to announce that Tom Walsh, of Watertown, MA, (02472) graduated with a M.A. in Special Education in May as part of the Class of 2024.
Game 1 of the 2024 Watertown Summer Basketball League Finals tipped off Tuesday night. (Courtesy of Watertown Recreation)
The seventh seed in the Watertown Summer Basketball League kept rolling through the playoffs and took a 1-0 lead in the finals with a win Tuesday night. No. 7 New Day defeated No. 4 More Than Different 68-57 at Saltonstall Park.