Around Town

Athenahealth Employee Wins Fulbright Scholarship to Study in The Netherlands

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Jordyn Burger, an 2014 graduate of Olin College who currently works at athenahealth in Watertown, has won a full grant through the Fulbright Program to study how people interact with products. The Olin School of Engineering announced that Burger will be studying Design for Interaction at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands during her Fulbright year. The goal of the program is to educate designers who understand what people do with and expect from the products they use in everyday life, and who are able to design products appropriate to their needs’ concerns and abilities, according to the the TU Delft website. The Fulbright Program is an international exchange initiative sponsored by the U.S. government that is designed to build relationships between Americans and people in more than 140 countries across the globe to collectively address global challenges and work toward world peace, according to the Fulbright website.

Real Estate

Four Properties Sold This Week in Watertown, See Details Here

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Four properties sold in Watertown this weekend, including a single family home. 

$850,000 – 35 Harnden Ave. Unit 2, 7 room, 3 bedroom, 2 full & 1 half bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse

$564,500 – 22 Springfield St., 6 room, 3 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, Colonial single-family home

Sponsored by:

$550,000 – 151 Coolidge Ave. Unit 402, 7 room, 2 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, High-Rise condo/townhouse

$875,000 – 198 Westminster Ave. Unit 1, 8 room, 3 bedroom, 3 full & 1 half bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse

Police/Fire

Police Log: Woman Tries to Use False Prescription, Bracelet Stolen

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. 
Arrests
June 29, 10 p.m.: Security at Target spotted a man taking a cell phone and hiding it in his sweatshirt pocket. The man left the store without paying for the phone but was stopped. The phone is valued at $129.99. While investigating, Police found pills for which the man did not have a prescription. The pills were identified as Amitriptylin.

Elections

Big Interest in Running for Town Councilor At-Large & School Committee

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The latest list of people who have pulled papers to run for office in the 2017 Watertown Town Election includes many possible candidates for Town Councilor at Large and School Committee. 

If everyone who has pulled papers gets enough signatures to be on the ballot, all the open seats will have at least one person running for them, but two have attracted more interest than the rest. There will be an uncontested seat in the Councilor-At-Large race, with Susan Falkoff announcing she will not seek reelection. Six people have pulled papers, including the three remaining incumbents: Aaron Dushku, Michael Dattoli and Tony Palmoba. There are also three challengers, all of whom are running for Town Council for the first time: David Stokes, Caroline Bays and Michelle Cokonougher. For the other Council seats, so far, the only ones to pull papers are the incumbents: Town Council President Mark Sideris, District A Councilor Angeline Kounelis, District B Councilor Lisa Feltner, District C Councilor Vincent Piccirilli and District D Councilor Ken Woodland.

Real Estate

Watertown Victorian Selling for Just Under $1 Million, One of Many Open Houses

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Watertown has many open houses to visit this weekend, with a mix of condos, townhouses and some single families. $999,999 – 137 Marshall St., 12 room, 7 bed, 3 bath victorian, Open House: Saturday 11:30-1

$575,000 – 27 Church Lane, 6 room, 3 bed, 2 bath cape, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1:30 Sunday 12-1:30

$789,900 – 118-120 Waverley Ave., 2 unit, 13 total room, 4 total bedroom, Open House: Sunday 12-2:30

$479,900 – 31 Charles St., 6 room, 3 bed, 1 bath cape, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1:30 Sunday 12-1:30

$449,000 – 53 Crawford St. Unit 2, 6 room, 3 bed, 1 bath 2/3 family, Open House: Sunday 12-2

$414,900 – 478-480 Main St. Unit 480, 6 room, 2 bed, 1 bath 2/3 family, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1:30 Sunday 12-1:30

$699,900 – 32 Harrington St. Unit 32, 7 room, 3 bed, 3.5 bath townhouse, Open House: Sunday 1:30-3

$699,900 – 30 Harrington St.

Around Town

Watertown Man Tells the History of His Hometown in His New Book

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A town resident has tried to capture Watertown’s place in the history of the nation and the world in his new book, The World and Watertown. Greg Beach, 28, has worked in education, but also enjoys writing. He wanted to write a book about Watertown history for a number of years, but it was when the Boston Marathon Bombers came to Watertown in 2013, and the following year’s Marathon that really pushed him to make the book a reality. It also spurred in his mind the links Watertown has to history that has touched the nation. “I talk about the (the Watertown Shootout and Manhunt), and also that my experience as a Watertown Middle School student,” Beach said, noting that he went to the school during some major events in American history: the 2000 Presidential Election when he was in sixth grade, the Sept.

Around Town

Watertown Dance School Hosting Free Open House for Range of Ages

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Watertown-based dance school the School of Dance with Sara will host an open house on July 12 with free classes. The dance school will host the open house will be held at First Parish Church, 35 Church St. in Watertown. The workshop schedule is:

Twinkle Toe Ballet (2 years) 10-10:30 a.m.

Toddler Ballet (3-4 years) 10:45-11:15 p.m.

Ballet & Hip-Hop (5-6 years) 11:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Junior Hip-Hop (7-10 years) 1-1:30 p.m.

Surprise Dances (Open to All Levels) 1:45-3 p.m.

Registration for fall classes will be available during the open house. For more information go to: www.dancewithsara.com

Letters

LETTER: Don’t Sacrifice the Open Space Feel of Victory Field for Athletics

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I attended one of the June subcommittee meetings on Victory Field renovations.  As with many projects, it is difficult to organize the “general public” to attend. And it is natural that those whose work is directly affected (sports directors from high school, recreation dept. and youth) are an integral part of this project, and will speak in favor of their needs. But in the effort to accommodate their needs, we can lose the identity of this open space, which has served the general public for decades, improving health and building community, in an informal way. By adding many fixed physical objects to the field for organized sports, we may make the field uninviting for casual play, and we may lose flexibility to use this space for future needs.