Basketball

A Pair of Watertown High School Coaches Named Honored by Boston Globe

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Watertown High School had not one but two coaches honored as coach of the year in their sports by the Boston Globe during the winter season. Watertown High School basketball coach Steve Harrington guided the Raiders to the school’s third State Championship, and his third as head coach. Harrington was named the Div. 3 boys basketball coach of the year by the Boston Globe. Having just completed his 24th season coaching Watertown, Harrington took the job when he was 24 years old.

All-Scholastic

Two Watertown Athletes Named to Boston Globe’s All-Scholastic Teams

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After stellar winter seasons two Watertown High School athletes made Boston area All-Scholastic teams, one in basketball and one in track. Senior John Korte led Watertown to its third State Championship in March. The center finished with 1,337 points in his career with the Raiders and averaged 21 points and 10 rebounds a game. He was named to both the Boston Globe’s boys basketball All-Scholastic team and the Boston Herald’s All-Scholastic team. Korte also was named the Most Valuable Player of the Middlesex League Freedom Division for the second straight year. He is an honor role student and plans to do a postgraduate year, during which he will play basketball, before heading to college.

Government

OP-ED: Criminal Justice Reforms About Lifting People Up, Not Locking Them Up

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(The following piece was submitted by State Sen. Will Brownsberger, who represents Watertown)

Last week, the legislature sent a broad reform of the criminal justice system to the Governor with a unanimous vote in the Senate and a near-unanimous vote in the House. The bill is about lightening up on the little guy – the person who has made some mistakes but wants to turn a corner and live right. If possible, we want to lift that person up instead of locking them up. And we want to cut away the web of bureaucratic entanglements that makes it hard for them to get back on their feet. For the most dangerous offenders though, the focus has to be on public protection and the bill also gives police and prosecutors a number of useful new tools.

Arrests

Police Log: Wanted Man Tracked Down in Shed, Unruly Patron Breaks Bottles & Computer Screen

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
March 26, 5:34 a.m.: A man discovered that a male friend of his adult daughter was in his home, so the homeowner called police to have the man removed. Police knew that the man had a warrant for his arrest, but when they arrived he was gone. He was spotted a short time later walking down Worcester Street and when officers approached, the man ran away through back yards. Police got the assistance of a State Police search dog and tracked him down inside the shed of a home on Fitchburg Street.

Transportation

Bike Sharing Program Coming Soon to Watertown, Surrounding Towns

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Watertown is planning to contract with companies that will provide a bicycle sharing program similar to Hubway but without the docking stations and bring the bikes to Town as soon as this spring. 

Assistant Town Manager Steve Magoon said the Town had been looking at working with Hubway, which provides bicycles that can be rented by the hour in Boston, Cambridge, Brookline and Somerville. However installing the docks would require the Town to invest thousands of dollars and find places in town to locate them. Then Watertown and other communities began receiving inquiries from other companies looking to do bicycle sharing, Magoon said. “About a year ago dockless systems came to municipalities and said we want to come into your community free of charge, and you don’t need a dock,” Magoon said. The bikes would have wheels that are locked and can be unlocked by people using the company’s app.

Real Estate

$1.1 Million Tudor is One of This Week’s Watertown Open Houses

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See all the open houses around town this weekend. $750,000 – 27-29 Charles St., 2 unit, 13 total room, 5 total bedroom 2 family, Open House: Friday 1:30-3:30

$1,150,000 – 44 Shattuck Road, 9 room, 4 bed, 3.5 bath tudor, Open Houses: Saturday 12-2 Sunday 12-2

$775,000 – 46 Washburn St. Unit 46, 7 room, 4 bed, 2.5 bath townhouse, Open Houses: Friday 11:30-12:30 Saturday 12:30-2 Sunday 11:30-1

$839,900 – 174 Edenfield Ave., 9 room, 5 bed, 4 bath colonial, Open Houses: Friday 11-12:30 Saturday 12-2 Sunday 2-4

$499,500 – 72-74 Forest St. Unit 1, 7 room, 2 bed, 1.5 bath townhouse, Open Houses: Saturday 1:30-3 Sunday 1:30-3

$875,000 – 5 Lovell Road, 7 room, 3 bed, 1.5 bath colonial, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1:30 Sunday 12-1:30

$399,000 – 49 Pierce Road Unit 49, 5 room, 2 bed, 1 bath townhouse, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1:30 Sunday 1:30-3

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$935,000 – 129 Arsenal St., 3 unit, 13 total room, 5 total bedroom 3 family, Open Houses: Friday 4-5:30 Saturday 3:30-5

$425,000 – 3 Repton Cir. Unit 3306, 3 room, 1 bed, 1 bath mid-rise, Open House: Saturday 1-3

$959,000 – 52-54 Beacon Park, 2 unit, 13 total room, 5 total bedroom 2 family, Open Houses: Saturday 11-1 Sunday 11-1

$899,000 – 38-40 Waverley Ave., 2 unit, 11 total room, 5 total bedroom, Open Houses: Saturday 1-2:30 Sunday 1-2:30

$639,900 – 9 Church Hill Unit 9, 8 room, 3 bed, 2.5 bath townhouse, Open Houses: Saturday 11:30-2 Sunday 11:30-2

$999,000 – 75 Summer St.

Government

Town Councilors Disappointed That Starting Date For Watertown Shuttle is Still Uncertain

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Progress on getting shuttle buses on the roads of Watertown appears to have stalled, with no start date in sight. The news disappointed Town Councilors and others at the Economic Development and Planning subcommittee meeting. In August, coordinators of the Watertown TMA (Transportation Management Association) hoped to get a pilot for a shuttle on Pleasant Street started by the spring of 2018. On Tuesday night, Michele Brooks from TransAction Associates, the firm hired by the Watertown TMA to mange the TMA, said the start of the shuttle will have to wait. She has been meeting with the TMA’s Board of Directors, which includes members paying into the TMA.