Arrests

Police Log: Shell Game with Cell Phone Cases Fails, Woman Passed Out in Driveway

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
May 17, 6:25 a.m.: Police responded to the report of a woman passed out in a driveway and appeared to be disheveled. When police arrived, they spoke to the woman. After the investigation they discovered a small white bag with a white powder inside, which police believe is cocaine. The 23-year-old Watertown woman was arrested on a charge of possession of a Class B drug.

Arsenal Project

See Designers Vision of What the New Arsenal Mall Could Look Like

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Thursday night, the owners of the former Arsenal Mall showed their first drawings of their vision for the renovated mall, which will have buildings with retail and residential units and tall one large one with just residential units. Buildings along Arsenal Street would be close to the street with retail on the bottoom, and would be six stories and 70 feet tall. The taller buildings – a six story, 84 foot building and a 12 story 129 foot building – will be father off Arsenal Street. “As you step back from Arsenal Street that’s the appropriate place for a tall building,” said Mark Eclipse of PCA, one of the architects designing the project. Two of the buildings in the middle of the site will be “C” shaped, and will come together to form a central square area where people can gather and events can take place, Eclipse said.

Around Town

Watertown Farmers Market Opens Soon, See Which Stands Be There

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Watertown Farmers Market opens for its third season on Thursday, June 2 at 2 p.m. in a fresh, highly visible location. Find 20 weekly vendors on the front green of the Arsenal on the Charles, right on Arsenal Street in front of Arsenal Center for the Arts. Favorite vendors from past seasons return, including Red’s Best local seafood straight from Boston’s piers, Lilac Hedge Farm with pastured meats, fresh eggs, and maple syrup, and The Farm School, a teaching farm in central Massachusetts where future farmers grow organic produce, eggs and flowers. Additionally, the market welcomes several new vendors, including Kitchen Garden Farm with gorgeous produce and producers of a specialty sriracha sauce made from their own farm-grown peppers. Jasper Hill Farm also joins the market this year, bringing their award-winning cow’s milk cheese to market every-other week.

Around Town

Spring Has Sprung in an Unusual Place in Watertown

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Each spring brings a burst of life, with trees and flowers blooming and wildlife welcoming their young. One pair of birds decided to make their nest not in a tree but on top of some emergency lights at the Wayside Multi-Service Center on North Beacon Street in Watertown. The birds built the next a few weeks ago on the emergency lights over the handicap accessible ramp at the center. Recently they hatched, and now the young birds can be seen peaking their beaks out and are close to being able to take their first flights. “We nurture everyone at the Multi,” said Wayside Program Director Laura Kurman.

Around Town

Farm Animals, Summer Story Time and Father’s Day Contest at the Mall

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June is filled with activities at the Watertown Mall, where you can see farm animals, hear a story and enter you artwork into a contest. Summer Kick Off with the Watertown Family Network! Kick Off Summer at the Watertown Mall and the Watertown Family Network on Wednesday, June 15 at 10 a.m.! Stop by for a special Summer Story Time! Kick off the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer with the Watertown Family Network and the Watertown Mall.

Real Estate

A Handful of Open Houses in Watertown on Memorial Day Weekend

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There are a few open houses to see for those looking for a new home in Watertown. $994,500 – 153 Russell Ave. 8 room, 4 bed, 2 bath colonial, Open House: Saturday 2-3 Sunday 11:30-12:30

$699,500 – 199 Coolidge Ave. Unit 701, 5 room, 2 bed, 2 bath mid-rise, Open Houses: Friday 11:30-1 Saturday 1:30-3 Sunday 1:30-3

$730,000 – 25-27 Springfield St., 2 unit, 12 total room, 4 total bedroom 2 family, Open House: Saturday 12:30-2:30

$539,900 – 14 Falmouth Road, 7 room, 3 bed, 1 bath colonial, Open House: Sunday 12-2

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$569,000 – 2 Townly Unit 4, 6 room, 2 bed, 1.5 bath 2/3 family, Open Houses: Saturday 11-1:30 Sunday 11-1:30

$569,000 – 2 Townly Unit 2, 6 room, 2 bed, 1.5 bath 2/3 family, Open Houses: Saturday 11-1:30 Sunday 11-1:30

Around Town

Family of Geese Make Home Outside Friendly’s in Watertown

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Friendly’s restaurant on Arsenal Street has a new attraction, and it’s not an item on the menu – it’s a new family of geese. A pair of Canada Geese has made their home on the small grassy patch in front of Friendly’s for about four years, said manager Pam McPhail, but this year something new happened. “The mama began picking feathers from her down and made and made a nest,” McPhail said. “Then one day she left an egg and left another every day for the next seven days.” That was about six weeks ago, and this week the fuzzy yellow goslings began to emerge.

Around Town

Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall Coming to Gore Place in August

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The traveling replica of the Vietnam Memorial, known as the Moving Wall, will be on display at Gore Place this summer. Watertown Veterans Agent Mark Comeiro said the wall would be on display in August, and on one of the days Watertown will take part in ceremonies surrounding the wall. Color guards from the Watertown Police and Fire departments will be involved along with veterans groups, he told the Town Council. The wall is a half-size replica of the memorial in Washington, D.C., which lists the names of those killed in the Vietnam War. There are actually two Moving Walls, according to the Moving Wall website.