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Come down to the Watertown Free Public Library to check out the solar eclipse. The eclipse will take place on the afternoon of Monday, Aug. 21. The library will have activities for the rare event from 1:30-3 p.m. While is some places in the United States it will be a full eclipse, in New England we will get a partial eclipse. The library will have activities on the front lawn of the library, located at 123 Main St., Watertown.
Visitors of a Watertown cemetery this week found several gravestones vandalized including the grave of a prominent Catholic priest. The graves lie in the Sandy Banks Cemetery, also referred to as the Catholic Mount Auburn Cemetery, near Cottage Street, and one of the defaced gravestones belongs to Father Manasses P. Dougherty, who helped found many Catholic churches in the Cambridge area. Dougherty is one of many graves that had been researched by Newton resident Bill McEvoy, who spotted the red spray paint on the monuments and headstones on Aug. 10. First McEvoy and others approached Mount Auburn Cemetery, however, while the Catholic Cemetery abuts the Mount Auburn Cemetery, it is not part of that property, said Bree Harvey, Vice President of Cemetery & Visitor Services at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
A single family home sold in Watertown this week. $550,000 – 210 Palfrey St., 6 room, 3 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, single-family home
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A young boy is still alive thanks to the quick action of a Belmont teen who lifeguards at Watertown’s Oakley Country Club. On June 11, John Stewart was just getting off his shift when he heard that a boy had stopped breathing while swimming in the shallow end of the pool. He gave emergency life-saving aid and after giving the 11-year-old boy, named Brian, two rounds of CPR the boy threw-up the water and he opened his eyes, according to a report by WHDH Channel 7. Brian survived and remains in contact with Stewart. On Thursday, Watertown Police Chief Michael honored 19-year-old Stewart for his heroics.
Plenty of open houses for Watertown home buyers to check out this weekend. $525,000 – 81 Carroll St. Unit 81, 6 room, 3 bed, 1 bath townhouse, Open Houses: Saturday 11:30-1:30 Sunday 11:30-1:30
$259,900 – 38 Carey Ave. Unit 4, 4 room, 2 bed, 1 bath mid-rise, Open Houses: Saturday 11:30-1:30 Sunday 12-2
$589,000 – 478-480 Main St. Unit 478, 9 room, 4 bed, 2 bath townhouse, Open Houses: Saturday 12:30-2 Sunday 12:30-2
$589,000 – 478 Main St., 9 room, 4 bed, 2 bath colonial, Open Houses: Saturday 12:30-2 Sunday 12:30-2
$495,000 – 35 Bancroft St.
A manager of two Boston-area restaurants who lives in Watertown was charged today in federal court in Boston with tax fraud, the office of Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb District of Massachusetts announced. The US Attorney’s office sent out the following release:
Burhan Ud Din, 48, of Watertown, was indicted on one count of conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and 12 counts of failing to withhold and pay employee taxes to the IRS. Two of Din’s co-conspirators, Hazrat Khan, 57, of Middletown, NY, and Khurshed Iqbal, 57, both Pakistani nationals, were charged in an April 2017 18-count superseding indictment with conspiracy and willful failure to pay over taxes. Khan previously pleaded guilty and will be sentenced later this year. Iqbal’s whereabouts are unknown.
Sometime in the future, self-driving shuttles could be transporting people around Watertown, and that future may not be that far down the road.
The Town Council’s Ad Hoc Committee on Transportation asked Town officials to look into opportunities for grants and pilot programs to test autonomous vehicles to provide public transportation in Watertown. The town would not be the first community to test such self-driving shuttles. Las Vegas and London have started programs and Columbus, Ohio, is exploring the idea, according to this report by CNET. They can also be seen on campuses and as inter-terminal trains at airports. In October 2016, Gov. Charlie Baker signed an executive order promoting the testing and deployment of automated vehicles.
The Watertown Police and the Recreation Department will host the second Family Movie Night on Friday, Aug. 11. The moving will be the animated film Sing. The event runs from 6:30-10 p.m.
The festivities will be held outside in the park at 552 Main St., behind the Police Station
6:30- 8:00 Games, Face Painting, Popcorn, Pizza and Refreshments
8:00 The Movie will begin! Please park in the front of the police station!