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These six Watertown homes sold this week. $355,000 – 11 Ladd St. Unit 1, 3 room, 1 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, 2/3 Family condo/townhouse
$499,000 – 381 School St. Unit 1, 5 room, 2 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, 2/3 Family condo/townhouse
$630,000 – 504 Main St. Unit 1, 6 room, 2 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, 2/3 Family condo/townhouse
Sponsored by:
$605,000 – 29 Union St.
Massachusetts voters will cast their ballots in the 2018 State Primary on Sept. 4, but to be able to vote you must be registered by Wednesday, Aug. 15. You can register on the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s website (click here) or in person at Town Clerk’s office in Watertown Town Hall, 149 Main St., Watertown. The Clerk’s office will be open on Wednesday, Aug.
The latest plans by developers of Arsenal Yards to add biotech research and development space to the multi-use development have been put on hold by the Planning Board. Until now, the focus of the development has been creating new retail and residential space on the former Arsenal Mall property. Developers also have plans to renovate the historic brick buildings on the site, including Building A (where Marshall’s is located). Wednesday night Boylston Properties presented a request to change the approved plans for Building A to allow biotech tenants on the second floor. Mark Deschenes of Boylston Properties said that plans changed since Phase 1 was approved by the Planning Board in May 2017.
Check out all the open houses in Watertown this weekend. $565,000 – 118 Rutland St., 9 room, 3 bed, 1 bath colonial, Open House: Sunday 12-1:30
$599,900 – 688 Belmont St. Unit 688, 6 room, 3 bed, 2.5 bath townhouse, Open Houses: Friday 11-12 Sunday 11:30-1
$679,900 – 75 Edward Road, 7 room, 3 bed, 2 bath cape, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1:30 Sunday 12-1:30
$614,900 – 17-19 Avon Road Unit 2, 9 room, 4 bed, 1 bath townhouse, Open House: Sunday 12:30-2:30
$584,900 – 17-19 Avon Road Unit 1, 8 room, 3 bed, 1 bath garden, Open House: Sunday 12:30-2:30
$745,000 – 13 Hazel St. Unit 13, 9 room, 3 bed, 2 bath townhouse, Open House: Sunday 11-1
$599,900 – 11 Lexington St. Unit 11, 9 room, 4 bed, 2 bath 2/3 family, Open Houses: Saturday 1-2:30 Sunday 1-2:30
$850,000 – 39-41 Townly Road, 2 unit, 10 total room, 5 total bedroom, Open House: Sunday 1-3
$949,900 – 11 Hill St., 14 room, 6 bed, 3 bath colonial, Open House: Saturday 1:30-3
Sponsored by:
$1,095,000 – 35 Otis St., 8 room, 4 bed, 2 bath victorian, Open House: Sunday 12-1:30
$470,000 – 11 Wollitzer Lane Unit 11, 5 room, 2 bed, 1 bath 2/3 family, Open Houses: Saturday 11:30-1 Sunday 12-1:30
$450,000 – 9 Wollitzer Lane Unit 9, 5 room, 2 bed, 1 bath 2/3 family, Open Houses: Saturday 11:30-1 Sunday 12:30-2:30
$539,000 – 67 Palfrey St.
A Watertown man faces criminal charges after leaving his pistol sitting on top of a vehicle in his driveway.
Late on the morning of Aug. 5, Watertown Police received a report of a firearm sitting on the hood of a vehicle parked in the driveway of a home on Waltham Street, said Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor. “(Officers) located a 9 mm loaded pistol on the hood of a Jeep Cherokee,” said O’Connor, who added that it had a magazine loaded and a round in the chamber. Police knocked on the door of the home and a 15-year-old boy answered, but he did not own the pistol. The home, O’Connor said, is also close to Bemis Park.
Framingham State named Watertown native and FSU alum Sean Callahan its new head baseball coach.
Callahan moves to Framingham after three years working as an assistant coach, most recently at Stonehill College. He also worked as the hitting and catching coach at UMass-Boston. “We are thrilled to welcome Sean back to Framingham State to lead the baseball program,” said Framingham State Athletic Director Tom Kelley in the announcement. “Sean brings a wealth of baseball knowledge and as a former Ram, he is familiar with the University, the baseball program, and the league. We are looking forward to Sean guiding the program into a new era.”
The Watertown Youth Softball teams have had quite a summer, with the 12 and under team in first place after only losing once this year.
The 12U Raiders’ record is 11-1, recently suffering their first loss to Lincoln-Sudbury. Previously the team beat North Reading and the previously undefeated Medford team. With all the success, several members of the Raiders made the All-Star team. From the 12U Raider Red team: Zoe Ozawa and Hannah Childress
From the 12U Raider Black team: Isabella Sadkowski, Victoria Reilly, Brianna Cooper and Soline Fisher
Also, two members of the 18U Raiders team were named All-Stars: Jacquie Furbish and Stella Papadopoulos
This year’s All-Star games were be played at the Burnham Road Complex in Methuen on Saturday, Aug. 4.
A vision for what the new Hosmer Elementary School might look like was presented to the School Building Committee last week, and members had a variety of opinions. There are already a mix of styles on the site, including the Brigham House (formerly East Junior High and before that Watertown High School), along with the 1960s era section with the auditorium, and the 2002 addition that connects that area to the old classroom building. That building will be torn down and a new building will be constructed. Architect Scott Dunlap of Ai3 presented conceptual drawings for the new building, which showed a three story building with clapboard style siding — red is some areas and white in others — topped by pitched roofs and a cupola. “We are not attempting to match it with the Brigham House or the exiting Hosmer,” Dunlap said.