Real Estate

Here are This Week’s Watertown Open Houses

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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.

Firearms

Watertown Man Faces Charges After Leaving Gun on Trunk of Vehicle

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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.

Baseball

Watertown’s Callahan Named Framingham State’s Head Baseball Coach

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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.”

Sports

Watertown Youth Softball Piling Up Wins, Several Players Named All-Stars

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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.

Schools

School Building Committee Split Over What New Hosmer School Should Look Like

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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.

Arrests

Police Log: Man Stopped for Walking Around With Knife, German Chocolate Scam

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
July 24, 2:47 p.m.: Police received multiple calls from concerned people about a man who was acting strange and carrying a knife on Patten Street, off Mt. Auburn Street. Officers located the man, who was still carrying a knife in one hand and a kitchen stool in the other. The officers were able to calm the man and he put the knife down.

Real Estate

Two Homes Sell for Over $1 Million This Week in Watertown

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See all the home sales this week in Watertown. $716,000 – 7 Arthur Ter., 6 room, 3 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, Colonial single-family home

$900,000 – 129-131 Nichols Ave., 2 unit, 15 total room, 7 total bedroom, 2 Family – 2 Units Up/Down multi-family home

$1,005,000 – 13 Oliver St., 13 room, 6 bedroom, 2 full & 1 half bathroom, single-family home

$1,150,000 – 259 Mount Auburn St., 11 room, 5 bedroom, 3 full & 1 half bathroom, Victorian single-family home

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$642,500 – 70 Chapman St., 6 room, 3 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, Bungalow single-family home

$614,000 – 282 Mt. Auburn St. Unit 282, 7 room, 2 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse

$670,000 – 27-29 Charles St., 2 unit, 13 total room, 5 total bedroom, 2 Family multi-family home

Around Town

Storm Rolls Through Watertown After Spawning Tornado Saturday Morning

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A severe thunderstorm that produced a tornado in Central Massachusetts Saturday calmed down by the it hit Watertown, dropping only rain

The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed a tornado struck Webster, damaging some buildings in the downtown area of the town in southern Worcester County. The NWS had issued a Tornado Warning for parts of Worcester County and Southeast Middlesex County which expired at 10:45 a.m.

Watertown was under a flash flood warning from the NWS.