Development

See the Proposed Plans for the New Arsenal Mall Before the Meeting on Aug. 17

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Plans for the proposed new Arsenal Mall have been submitted to the Watertown Planning Department, and includes a 12-story residential building among the additions to the site.  

Developers have scheduled two community meeting to discuss the proposal before it goes before the Planning Board. The meetings will be held in the Innovation Space inside the mall on Wednesday, Aug. 17 and Wednesday, Aug. 31 at 7 p.m. each night.

Real Estate

See the 9 Watertown Homes That Sold This Week

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Watertown’s real estate market continues to be hot, hot, hot, this summer. $760,000 – 144 Lovell Road, 10 room, 4 bedroom, 3 full bathroom, single-family home

$780,000 – 8-10 Kimball Road, 2 unit, 12 total room, 6 total bedroom, 2 Family multi-family home

$726,000 – 25-27 Springfield St., 2 unit, 12 total room, 4 total bedroom, 2 Family multi-family home

$714,500 – 30 Grandview Ave. Unit 30, 8 room, 3 bedroom, 2 full & 1 half bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse

$760,000 – 199 Coolidge Ave. Unit 803, 6 room, 2 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, High-Rise condo/townhouse

Sponsored by:

$959,000 – 24-26 Richards, 2 unit, 13 total room, 4 total bedroom, 2 Family multi-family home

$775,000 – 69 Hillside Road, 2 unit, 12 total room, 6 total bedroom, 2 Family – 2 Units Up/Down multi-family home

$310,000 – 107 Spring St. U:2-4, 4 room, 2 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, Mid-Rise condo/townhouse

$830,000 – 17 Center St.

Arrests

Police Log: Woman Arrested on OUI After Driving the Wrong Way Down Galen St. and More

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. 
Arrests
July 26, 3:35 p.m.: A woman was stopped at Target after she was seen taking several items of women’s clothing into the fitting room and came out with items in her bag. She tried to walk past the registers without paying. The 21-year-old South Boston woman was arrested on a charge of shoplifting by concealing merchandise. July 27, 6:45 p.m.: Police were called to Longfellow Road after a resident reported a man walking up and down the street trying to open car doors. When officers stopped the man, police checked his record and found he had several warrants out of Lowell District Court: the first was a default warrant; the second was for two counts of receiving stolen properties over $250; the third was for larceny over $250, possession to distribute a Class C drug, and possession of a Class B drug; the fourth was for four counts of receiving stolen property over $250 and four counts of larceny over $250 by false pretense; the fifth was for possession of a Class A drug and possession of a Class E drug; and the sixth was a default warrant.

School Facilities Master Plan

See Options for Modernizing Watertown High and Middle Schools

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With some major changes inside the buildings, Watertown High School and Watertown Middle School could be remodeled to handle all the students coming through the town schools, an architectural consultant told the School Facilities Master Plan Steering Committee. The outsides of the buildings would look much the same, but architect Michael van Hamel of SMMA said the schools could be brought up to modern standards without building brand new schools. He went over options during Wednesday night’s Steering Committee meeting which is planning for the master plan, due to come out in September. He plans to reinvigorate space at the schools that are seldom used or not being used to their potential. At the middle school, van Hamel said, the lower gym could be turned into a library and maker space.

Development

Arsenal Project Holding 2 Community Meetings to Discuss Plans for Mall

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The first step of approval of the big renovation of the Arsenal Mall has begun with developers filing the plans with the town. The community will get to see the plans during two community meetings. The materials submitted have been uploaded on the Town website, which will be updated regularly as new information is submitted, according to the developers, Boylston Properties. The filing can be found here: http://www.watertown-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/Index/984

“The purpose of this filing is to continue the conversation with various Department heads within the Town, to get feedback from Town officials, and make sure we are heading in the right direction,” developers wrote in their announcement. The two Community Meetings will be held Aug.

Entertainment

NBC Offering Live Descriptions of Rio Olympics for the Blind

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This year’s Summer Olympics will be easier for the visually impaired to enjoy as the broadcasts will be available with detailed audio descriptions of the action. 

Kim Charlson, director of the Perkins School for the Blind’s Library, sent out information about how to access the video description. The descriptions are available for Xfinity Comcast subscribers who have SAP available devices. Go to the cable Audio settings, hit SAP language and select Video Description. NBC will have the video description on its primetime coverage of the Rio Olympics. Xfinity customers will also be able view the Opening and Closing ceremonies on demand with the descriptions the day after they air.

Real Estate

More Than a Dozen Open Houses This Weekend in Watertown

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Check out all the open houses to visit around Watertown this weekend. $810,000 – 4-6 Middlesex Road, 2 unit, 12 total room, 4 total bedroom, Open Houses: Saturday 12-2 Sunday 12-2

$349,000 – 72 Duff St. Unit 72, 5 room, 2 bed, 1 bath townhouse, Open Houses: Saturday 11-1 Sunday 11-1

$339,900 – 27 Grant Ave. Unit 27, 5 room, 2 bed, 1 bath townhouse, Open Houses: Saturday 12-2 Sunday 12-2

$705,000 – 12 Warren St. Unit 1, 7 room, 3 bed, 4.5 bath townhouse, Open House: Sunday 12-1:30

$765,000 – 153 Summer St.

Schools

Consultant Reveals Options for Expanding Watertown’s Elementary Schools

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The process for coming up with a master plan to remodel or rebuild Watertown’s schools to handle more children and modern education is nearing its end and Wednesday night the district’s consultant discussed ways the current schools could be renovated to do the job. 

One major change will be making the number of students at each elementary school more even. Cunniff would have more than 100 additional students with about 400 students. Lowell would have a capacity of 450 students, about 30 more than this fall. Hosmer, on the other hand, would drop by about 80 students to 500. All the schools would get reconfigured classroom wings, where the traditional rooms coming off a hallway would be changed to have rooms of different sizes and community space to allow classes to be brought together.