Indoor Track

Watertown’s Koufos Grabs 3rd at Divisional Track Meet, 3 Relays Place

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Watertown’s relay teams showed they could compete with the best teams in their division during the MIAA Div. 4 Indoor Championships, and two runners placed in their individual events on Thursday at the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center. The Raider’s top finish came from Watertown junior Emily Koufos, who battled her way through the pack in the mile run, and closed a gap of more than 25 meters on the final lap to nip a runner at the line for third place. “I knew the pace was fast, and said I have to run my own race,” Koufos said. “I kept my composure and started by passing two girls, which put me in fourth.

Real Estate

Check Out This Week’s Open Houses Around Watertown

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Watertown has a variety of open houses to visit this weekend. $464,900 – 87 Boylston St. Unit 87, 5 room, 2 bed, 1 bath 2/3 family, Open House: Sunday 12-2

$684,500 – 81 Summer St., 2 unit, 10 total room, 4 total bedroom 2 family, Open Houses: Saturday 11-1 Sunday 11-1

$864,900 – 274 Palfrey St. Unit 274, 6 room, 3 bed, 2.5 bath townhouse, Open Houses: Saturday 12:30-2 Sunday 11:30-1

$799,000 – 19 Stuart St., 7 room, 3 bed, 1.5 bath colonial, Open House: Sunday 12:30-2:30

$659,999 – 125 Coolidge Ave. Unit 201, 5 room, 2 bed, 2 bath mid-rise, Handicap Access/Equipped, Open Houses: Saturday 12:30-2 Sunday 12:30-2

Sponsored by:

$629,900 – 11 Church Hill St.

Schools

Superintendent Candidates Will Visit Watertown, Attend Public Forums

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With two finalists chosen for Watertown’s next superintendent, the School Committee is preparing a strategy for interviewing the candidates and a schedule of public forums. 

Wednesday night, School Committee Chairman John Portz formally announced the two finalists – Dr. Deanne Galdston, Assistant Superintendent of the Billerica Public Schools, and Dr. Arthur Unobskey, Assistant Superintendent in the Gloucester Public Schools (see their bios below). The finalists selected from 12 candidates who were interviewed by the Superintendent Search Committee, said School Committee Vice Chair Kendra Foley, who chaired the Search Committee. Each of the finalists will spend a day in Watertown, during which they will visit each of the five schools, speak with a Watertown High School student, meet the Town Manager and Town Auditor, and then have two public forums – one with teachers and staff in the afternoon and one with parents and community members in the evening. “Candidates will come for pretty much the entire day – 12 hours – from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.,” Portz said. Unobskey will be be in Watertown on March 2 and Galdston will visit on March 6.

Police/Fire

Watertown Man Stabbed in Newton, Quincy Man Faces Intent to Murder Charge

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Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan has announced that Chad Kirby, 36, of Quincy, was arraigned today in Newton District Court and charged with assault with intent to murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Judge Daniel Crane ordered the defendant held without bail pending a 58A dangerousness hearing and to undergo a mental health evaluation. The next scheduled hearing in this case is Monday, March 6. On Tuesday, February 14, 2017, at approximately 12:25 p.m., Newton Police responded to a report of a stabbing that took place on Watertown Street in Newton. Upon arrival authorities observed the victim, a 53-year-old Watertown man, bleeding from a head wound.

Obituaries

OBIT: Mary Ann McCarthy, 72, Former Watertown Resident, Nurse in Boston Hospital

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A Funeral Service for Mary Ann (Mastrangelo) McCarthy will be celebrated in the MacDonald, Rockwell & MacDonald Funeral Home, Watertown on Saturday morning at 11 a.m.

Mrs. McCarthy died at the Putnam Farms Long Term Care in Danvers on Wednesday morning after a long battle wit ALS. She was 72. A daughter of the late Dominic and Camille (Cannata) Mastrangelo, she and her late husband Jimmy were long time Watertown residents before moving to Weston. Mary Ann was a Registered Nurse, working at the Boston Medical Center in the Renal Dialysis Unit, she wrote procedures for dialysis patients. She also volunteered at the Counsel of Aging in Weston.

Commonwealth Compact

Lt. Governor Signs Agreement Which Will Help Watertown Build ‘Complete Streets’

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Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito came to town last week to welcome the Town of Watertown as the latest community to sign a Commonwealth Compact with the Baker-Polito Administration. 

Watertown is the 261st community to sign a Commonwealth Compact and the compact focuses on Complete Streets, which seeks to make streets accessible not only to motor vehicles but mass transit, bicycles and pedestrians. By signing the compact, Watertown promises to use “best-practices” when implementing complete streets, and in return they have have a leg up on getting access to state assistance, including grants for design and construction of street projects. “It is the second year of funding, and this year we have $2 million in the Commonwealth Compact Best Practices Fund,” Polito said. The town can hire a consultant to figure out the best practices, and if the town cannot find one the state will hire a third party to work with the town. “Once the town achieves best practices, it will be eligible to apply for Complete Street construction funds,” Polito added.