Government

Public Sees Visions for Renovation Coolidge Square, Weighs In on Project

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Town officials invited the public to come give its ideas for how to redesign and improve Mt. Auburn Street in the area of Coolidge Avenue, while making the area more efficient for motor vehicles, buses, bicycles and pedestrians. Currently, the street has two lanes of traffic in each direction and parking on both sides of the street, but no dedicated bike lanes. Some ideas for changing the street include cutting the number of lanes of traffic to one each way with left turn lanes at intersections, adding bike lanes and making sidewalks wider in some places to allow easier crossings for pedestrians. Planning for all modes of transportation is known as Complete Streets.

Around Town

Lights, Camera, Implant: Watertown Dentist Does Live Demo of High Tech Dental System

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Putting in a dental implant is nothing new for Watertown dentist Dan D’Amico, but on Friday he did it with cameras broadcasting his every move to a room full of dentists at a major Boston dental conference. 

Most of D’Amico’s dental office on Main Street was taken over by the video crews and representatives from Dentsply Sirona, the maker of the equipment being demonstrated for about 180 attendees of the Yankee Dental Congress. The audience heard a presentation from Dr. Tarun Agarwal in a ballroom in Boston, D’Amico prepped his patient for the procedure – putting in the implant where a new crown will be set. D’Amico, who has been in business for more than 25 years, had given presentations at the Yankee Dental Congress about the technology before, but he had never done a live demo. He has used the technology for about 4 or 5 years. He uses of Cone Beam X-ray to make a 3-D image of the patient’s teeth and jawbone, and then an intra oral scanner to find where to place the implant.

Schools

Lowell School Site Will Not Be Used for High School, Future Enrollments Discussed

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The Lowell Elementary School site will be removed from the table as a possible location for a new high school with a vote taken by the School Committee on Monday during a special meeting to discuss issues impacting upcoming school building projects. The School Committee also looked at the enrollment which the new schools will be able to accommodate after the three elementary schools are rebuilt or renovated. Examining the Lowell site was necessary as the Watertown Public Schools officials start a parallel construction project to rebuild or renovate Watertown High School with the help of the state’s Massachusetts School Building Authority, said School Committee Chairman John Portz. “The question (Monday) is not whether to site the high school there, but is it a viable site for the high school,” Portz said. School officials will have to present the state with all the potential sites in town for a high school, including the current one.

Police/Fire

Firefighters, Police, Citizens Awarded for Saving Lives; Fire Personnel Sworn In

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Firefighters, police officers and others who acted quickly to save lives received awards for their good work Friday, and the Watertown Fire Department swore in their recently promoted and hired members. The Watertown Library’s Watertown Savings Bank Room was packed with family members and well wishers for the ceremony. Acting Fire Chief Bob Quinn said he was happy to mark something positive after a tough stretch for the Fire Department during which Firefighter Joe Toscano died while fighting a fire and Fire Chief Mario Orangio was diagnosed and died from cancer linked to his fire service. “The last year and a half has been rough for the Watertown Fire Department,” Quinn said. “It is great to be here for a happy occasion.”

Sports

Senior Led Watertown Boys Basketball Faced Belmont Friday Night

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The Raiders’ boys basketball team – led by the senior duo of John Korte and Julio Fulcar – suffered a close loss to rival Belmont Friday  night in the WHS Gym. 

Watertown lost 59-56 to the Marauders in the Middlesex League matchup. The Raiders battled back to make it close after being down 36-22 in at halftime. The team dropped to 8-5 on the season and 5-5 in the Middlesex League. The Raiders were coming off a 10 point win over Boston United earlier in the week, where senior guard Julio Fulcar scored a career high 30 points, according to Wicked Local Watertown. The team has been led this season by senior John Korte, who passed the 1,000 point mark for his career during a 27-point performance at Wilmington last week.

Coolidge Square

UPDATED: See the Concept for Redesigning Mt. Auburn St. in Coolidge Square, Give Input Tuesday

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{Updated Jan. 29, 2018 at 10:45 a.m. The plans previously posted are out of date, and maps will be available to review at the meeting on Jan. 30.} 

The Department of Public Works will host an open house on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 to discuss the plans to change the layout of Mt. Auburn Street in Coolidge Square. 

The project is part of the greater effort to redesign Mt.

Real Estate

Watertown Has Three Open Houses This Weekend

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A trio of open houses in Watertown to visit this weekend. $849,000 – 385 School St. Unit 385, 9 room, 4 bed, 2.5 bath colonial, Open Houses: Friday 11:30-1 Saturday 11:30-1 Sunday 11:30-1:30

$489,000 – 40 Waltham St. Unit 2, 6 room, 3 bed, 1 bath 2/3 family, Open House: Sunday 12-1

$641,000 – 49 Bradford Road Unit 1, 6 room, 2 bed, 2 bath 2/3 family, Open Houses: Saturday 12-2 Sunday 12-2

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