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The Church of the Good Shepherd will hold a special outdoor mass with a blessing of the backpacks. The Mass on the Grass will be held at 10 a.m. on Sunday Sept. 10 at the church, located at 19 Russell Ave. in Watertown. The service includes the Blessing of the Backpacks for students of ALL ages as well as teachers and professors.
Here are the Watertown homes that sold this week. $530,000 – 52 Edward Road, 7 room, 3 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, Cape single-family home
$875,000 – 200 Westminster Ave. Unit 1, 8 room, 3 bedroom, 3 full & 1 half bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse
$655,000 – 108 Morse St. Unit 108, 9 room, 4 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhous
$860,000 – 11 Capitol St., 8 room, 4 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, Colonial single-family home
Sponsored by:
$550,000 – 278 Mount Auburn St. Unit 278, 4 room, 2 bedroom, 1 full & 1 half bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse
$650,000 – 9-11 Dunton Road, 2 unit, 11 total room, 4 total bedroom, 2 Family – 2 Units Up/Down multi-family home
$640,000 – 37 Lowell Ave., 7 room, 3 bedroom, 3 full bathroom, Colonial single-family home
The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
Aug. 21, 7:15 p.m.: An employee at Toyota of Watertown was moving a car onto Arsenal Street and when he opened the door a passing van struck the door and just missed the man. The white van kept going toward Brighton, and it had distinctive markings. Police stopped the van and found that the driver had a suspended license.
Watertown students will make a splash this year with the addition of girls and boys swimming teams to the WHS Athletic Department’s offerings. The girls team begins competing this fall, and the boys will hit the pool in the winter. Both teams will begin as co-op teams with Arlington High School, said WHS Athletic Director Michael Lahiff. The girls team will be based in Arlington, while the boys will be in Watertown at the Boys & Girls Club pool. The girls team also practiced at the pool in Watertown in August while the pool at the Arlington Boys and Girls Club underwent maintenance.
Check out this week’s open houses around Watertown. $549,900 – 93 Franklin St. Unit 2, 6 room, 3 bed, 1.5 bath townhouse, Open House: Saturday 11-1
$603,000 – 12 Rose Ave. Unit 12, 6 room, 3 bed, 2 bath townhouse, Open House: Sunday 1-3
Sponsored by:
$565,000 – 11 Nichols Ave. Unit 3, 6 room, 3 bed, 2 bath other, Open House: Saturday 2-4
$509,000 – 81 Carroll St.
Watertown native Matt Ruskin’s film “Crown Heights” opens locally this weekend, after receiving positive reviews from major news outlets. Inspired by a story on NPR’s “This American Life,” the movie chronicles the life of Colin Warner, who was wrongfully convicted of a murder in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn and his friend Carl King’s effort to fight the legal system and prove his innocence. Ruskin, who grew up up in Watertown and now works in New York and L.A., wrote and directed Crown Heights. The film won the Audience Award for Best Dramatic Film at the Sundance Film Festival this year. It premiered in New York last weekend, and will be playing at AMC Lowes Boston Common 19 (click here for more information.)
Colin Warner served 21 years for a crime he didn’t commit.
Watertown Boys & Girls Club will hold an open house on Tuesday, September 12, 2017 from 5-7 p.m., the club announced. Families interested in learning more about what the Club has to offer are encouraged to attend! Parents will be able to register or re-new their child’s school-year membership at that time. You can also register for membership or swim lessons by visiting
https://online.traxsolutions.com/watertown/main#/memberships. Membership is open to children ages 7 to 18 from Watertown or any other community.
Picture a European city center where people stroll easily and cars occasionally roll at a crawl … or think of a walk through the paved paths of Mount Auburn Cemetery as cars slowly circular – that is vision that Victory Field Committee may head toward to tame the driveway and parking area in the complex. Tuesday night, the committee looking at Phase 2 of the Victory Field renovations explored parking and the driveway area of the park and athletic complex on Orchard Street. All agreed that the roadway at Victory Field can be a treacherous place for people to walk or bike, with cars sometimes barreling through. However, they also agreed that pedestrians wander around the paved area already.