Mario Orangio

Watertown Says Goodbye to its Fire Chief Who Loved the WFD Almost as Much as His Family

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Friends, family and fellow firefighters packed St. Patrick’s Church Friday morning to say goodbye to Mario Orangio, a man who always had a smile on his face and who loved the Watertown Fire Department almost as much as he loved his family. 

The Watertown Fire Chief from February 2004 to October 2017, Orangio was as appointed chief when he was just 37. Father Matthew Conley, parochial vicar for St. Pat’s and Sacred Heart Catholic churches, who is also the Fire Department’s chaplain, said the pain of Orangio’s death was worsened by the fact that he was taken by pancreatic cancer at such a young age. “Adding to the sting of this day is that Mario was only 51 years old and battled a horrendous disease,” Conley said. “He was just too young.”

Real Estate

Watertown Has More than a Dozen Open Houses This Week

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Check out all the open houses happening this weekend in Watertown. $699,000 – 149 Robbins Road, 9 room, 5 bed, 2 bath cape, Open House

$479,900 – 72 Edgecliff Road Unit 72, 6 room, 3 bed, 1 bath 2/3 family, Open House

$659,000 – 25 Rutland St., 7 room, 3 bed, 2 bath colonial, Open House

$475,900 – 22 Belmont St. Unit 4, 6 room, 3 bed, 1 bath 2/3 family, Open House

$398,000 – 290 Pleasant St. Unit 204, 4 room, 1 bed, 1 bath loft, Open House

$485,000 – 8 Oakland St., 5 room, 3 bed, 1 bath cape, Open House

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$569,000 – 478-480 Main St. Unit 478, 9 room, 4 bed, 2 bath townhouse, Open House

$569,000 – 478 Main St., 9 room, 4 bed, 2 bath colonial, Open House

$519,000 – 93 Franklin St.

Elections

Town Council Winners Reflect on the Election, Look Ahead

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The dust has settled after the Watertown Town Election, and the Town Council will have two new members, and two returning for another term. The victors reflected on the election and looked forward at their upcoming term. Anthony Donato took the most votes on his first run for Town Council. He fared well across town. “I was fortunate to have a lot of support spread throughout town and for that I am grateful,” Donato said.

Soccer

Watertown Soccer Takes Down Defending Champs, Heading to North Final

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WOBURN – Playing most of the game a man down, the Watertown High School boys soccer team was able to find off the attacks of the defending state champions and win the Div. 3 North Section semifinal in a penalty shootout, Wednesday night. The top-seeded Warriors (11-2-5) pushed the ball up most of the first half of the game at Woburn High School and had some good scoring opportunities, but they were turned away by senior goalie Sergio Salas. “He had some huge saves in the first half,” said Watertown soccer coach Frank Cacia. “That’s what senior leaders do.”

Around Town

Street Closured Planned for Wake and Funeral for Watertown Fire Chief

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In preparation for services for Watertown Fire Chief Mario Orangio, who died on Monday night, the Watertown Fire Department announced some street closures in Watertown Square on Thursday and Friday. The Police Department sent out the following announcement”:

As we prepare for Fire Chief Mario Orangio’s Funeral, please be advised of the following traffic pattern changes for Thursday and Friday. Most importantly, the area of Main Street surrounding St. Patrick’s Church will be closed on Friday between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m., seek alternate routes. See below for more details.

Elections

See the Library Trustees Precinct by Precinct, and Voter Turnout by Precinct

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Leanne Hammonds won the race for Library Trustees by more than 500 votes, and got a lot of help from two precincts. See how each of the four candidates fared in each precinct. With 2,536 votes, Hammonds won all 12 precincts in Watertown and got more than 300 votes in precinct 7 and 8 and won the precincts by 90 and 46 votes respectively. Second place finisher Michael Hanlon narrowly beat Daniel Pritchard, who won the third and final spot. Hanlon did better than Pritchard in eight precincts (1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12) while Pritchard was ahead in four, precincts 3, 4, 5, and 8.

Election 2017

See How the Watertown Candidates Did in Precinct by Precinct Results

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Anthony Donato won the race for Watertown Town Councilor At-Large by nearly 400 votes, but he did not win every precinct in Tuesday’s Watertown Town Election. See how the candidates for Council and School Committee fared in the precinct-by-precinct results. In the race for the four Town Councilor At-Large seats, Donato got the most votes in seven of 12 precincts – 1, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12 – while second place Caroline Bays won three precincts – 2, 4, 9. Third place candidate and incumbent Tony Palomba won Precincts 3 and 5. Donato’s best showings were on the west side of town – precincts 10-12 – where he won each by at least 85 votes, and precinct 10 by 134 votes.