Around Town

Watertown Cub Scouts Revved Up for the Pinewood Derby, Interest in Scouting Growing

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Watertown Cub Scouts crowded around the track to cheer on their cars during the 2019 Cub Scout Pinewood Derby at Hosmer Elementary School. The anticipation built and young racing fans crowded the steel track set up in the Hosmer School cafeteria. Cheers erupted when the first wave of wooden cars sped down their lane in the Watertown Cub Scout Pack 30 Pinewood Derby on Tuesday night. The Pinewood Derby was weeks in the making. Each of the 50+ Scouts crafted their cars from pieces of wood and plastic wheels attached with nails.

Real Estate

Multiple Open Houses This Weekend in Watertown

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See the properties hosting open houses this weekend. $749,000 – 170 Maplewood St. Unit 2, 8 room, 4 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, 2/3 Family condo/townhouse, Open Houses: Saturday 11-1 Sunday 11-1

$498,800 – 11 Adams St. Unit 1, 5 room, 3 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, 2/3 Family condo/townhouse, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1:30 Sunday 12-1:30

$899,000 – 127 Spruce St., 2 unit, 12 total room, 4 total bedroom, 2 Family multi-family home, Open House: Saturday 12-2

$699,900 – 232 Edenfield Ave. Unit 1, 7 room, 3 bedroom, 2 full & 1 half bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse, Open Houses: Saturday 12-2 Sunday 12-2

Sponsored by:

$499,000 – 7 Bromfield St.

Entertainment

UPDATED: Catch the Watertown High Musical, “Urinetown,” This Weekend

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Watertown High School will present the musical “Urinetown” three times this weekend. (The time of the Sunday production of Urinetown has been updated.)

Watertown High School will present three productions of the musical, Urinetown, this weekend. The WHS spring musical will be performed at the Watertown High School on Friday, March 8 at 7:00 p.m., Saturday, March 9 at 7:00 p.m., and Sunday, March 10 at 2:00 p.m.

Musical Theatre International had the following description of the show:

Urinetown, is in fact, a satire of almost every musical you can think of. More than this it parodies the traditions of musicals as a whole in terms of style, structure and story. It also jabs at the legal system, capitalism, corrupt corporation, waste in terms of the environment and our sense of entitlement (amongst other things).

Schools

First Images Released of What Watertown’s New Schools Could Look Like

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A look at what the inside of Hosmer School could look like. The view is from the top of the stadium seats in the learning commons, and looks down the atrium to the main entrance. The architects designing Watertown’s new elementary schools gave the School Building Committee a peek at what Hosmer, Cunniff and Lowell could look like after construction is complete. Scott Dunlap of Ai3 Architects showed what designers have come up with for what the outsides of the new buildings could look like. They have also laid out where the classrooms, gyms, cafeterias and other spaces would be located, even started to show where sinks and other fixtures could go in the rooms.

Some of the layouts have changed since the proposals first came before the School Building Committee.

Government

Solution Sought for Parking, Other Problems Facing Neighbors of Filippello Park

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Many Berkeley Street residents rely on the parking lot at the end of the street because their homes do not have driveways. Often people going to Filippello Park are parked in the spots, too. Residents of a small neighborhood tucked off Arlington Street near Filippello Park seek relief from scarcity of parking and other problems associated with a gate leading to Filippello Park. Tuesday night the a joint meeting of the Town Council’s Public Works and Human Services Committee met to start the process of finding a solution for the problems of residents of Berkeley and Clarendon streets. The problems date back to 1999 when a gate was opened giving the public access to Filippello Park near the area where the two streets come together at a parking area, known as Glen Circle.

Around Town

Local Church Hosting Ash Wednesday Services

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First Baptist Church of Belmont, at 129 Lexington St., Belmont, will host Ash Wednesday services. The church will be open from 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m for the Ash Wednesday prayer event. Come whenever you can during this period. Upcoming services:

April 14, 2019 –  Palm Sunday: 10:00 a.m. Worship Service

April 21, 2019 – Easter Sunday: 10:00 a.m. Easter Service