Around Town

Watertown Runner Turns in All-American Performance, High Jumper Places

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Watertown senior Mange Camara placed fifth in the 400 in the New Balance Nationals Indoor Track championships in New York over the weekend. Here he runs the 55 meter dash at the MIAA Div. 5 Meet. Watertown sprinter Mange Camara wrapped up the indoor track season by showing he is among the best high school runners in the United States. The senior competed at the New Balance Nationals Indoor meet at the Armory in New York City.

K-9

Watertown Police Will Soon Have a Dog on Patrol, Help Name Him

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The Watertown Police Department’s newest member, a German Shepard, with his handler, Officer Andrew Civetti. The WPD seeks names for the dog. For the first time in many years, the Watertown Police Department will have a four-legged crime fighter on its roster. The WPD’s police dog was introduced on Facebook, and the Police Department is asking for the public to suggest names for its K-9. Police Chief Michael Lawn shared the following comment on the Watertown Police Facebook page:

Chief Lawn is excited to introduce our newest officer to the community.

Arrests

Police Log: Driver Strikes Pedestrian, Multiple Scams & Man Faces 3rd OUI Charge

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The Watertown Police Department provided the following information. Arrests

Feb. 21, 5:11 p.m.: Police spotted a woman who they knew was wanted on a warrant. She was stopped at the corner of Main and Lexington streets and was taken into custody. The 42-year-old Watertown woman was arrested on two warrants from Waltham District Court: one for larceny under $1,200 and one for possession of a Class B substance.

Real Estate

Three Homes Sold This Week in Watertown

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Three Watertown properties sold this week in town. $485,000 – 5 Swetts Court, 6 room, 4 bedroom, 1 full & 1 half bathroom, Colonial single-family home

$565,000 – 17-19 Avon Road Unit 1, 8 room, 3 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, condo/townhouse

$675,000 – 26 Hosmer St. Unit 26, 7 room, 3 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, 2/3 Family condo/townhouse

Sponsored by:

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.