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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
Oct. 13, 12:24 p.m.: A woman was spotted taking a set of sheets and a coffee-flavored milk from Target and leaving without paying. Store security had video of the same woman also taking a Keurig coffee maker on Sept. 15.
The Watertown football team looks headed to the MIAA Div. 4 playoffs for the third year in a row after the Raiders beat Stoneham Friday at Victory Field. In a key game for the playoff picture, the Middlesex League contest was a back and forth affair, with junior quarterback Deon Smith providing the late heroics. Watertown fell behind in the first quarter, but in the third quarter, Raiders’ quarterback Deon Smith put the Raiders ahead 7-6 with a 6-yard touchdown run. Zach Rimsa scored on his own 6-yard run in the third to give the Raiders a 14-6 lead.
Comic Jack Lynch had a bit of a hard time getting laughs from the audience at the Watertown High School Gym Wednesday night, but people were focused on a serious issue facing the town – addiction to opiates and heroin. The program was the main public event for the Erase the Stigma Week, a series of events organized by a recently formed coalition known as WATERtown, (Watertown Access to Treatment, Education and Resources). The evening featured some very serious discussions of addiction, opioids and other drugs. The underlying message, however, is that addiction is a disease and treatment is available – and it works. Addiction has taken a toll locally and nationally.
The School Committee candidates displayed some of their differences during the Candidate Forum hosted by the Watertown Education Foundation on Thursday night. For the second week running the School Committee members answered questions about serving on the School Committee, and the challengers and incumbents had differing views. (See highlights from the first forum here.)
The candidates did not share the same view of using test scores and making goals to measure the district’s progress. School Committee member Julie McMahon said she has participated in the Superintendent Jean Fitzgerald’s evaluation every year and she thinks the goals and evaluation are good ones for Watertown. “Some people say other towns have these goals,” McMahon said.
Dear Editor,
We are writing you because we believe there is a clear choice for District A Councilor in the upcoming town election. Angeline Kounelis has been advocating for East Watertown long before she became a Town Councilor. It goes back to the East Watertown Betterment Association {see the Boston Globe clip below}. This has been a very busy year for all our Councilors, but nobody has been as busy as Angie. She has been out almost every night front and center for the best interest of District A.
This is the list of the many district projects and issues she has dealt with on our behalf: Athenahealth, the Arsenal Project, the Marriott Hotel, the Verizon building, CVS, Greenough Boulevard, the Crossroad on the Charles water break, snow dumping on Elm Street, the Elm Street Hotel and rodent problems.
This is in addition to her council work on townwide issues.
The Watertown Youth Softball teams wrapped up their fall season during a weekend in which they had to wrap up tight to beat the cold. The 10U, 12U and 14U Fast-Pitch softball teams finished their Fall Season this past weekend. With morning temperatures in the 30’s and slowly warming to the low 40’s the girls competed with the Wellesley Raiders in double-header action on the frost covered fields. The 10U girls lost the twin-bill but had two very competitive games going 7-5 and 5-3. The 12U girls were able to finish their season with two ‘W’s in a slugfest with scores of 16-15 and 13-12.
Homebuyers have many, many open houses to choose from this weekend, including many on Saturday. $449,000 – 51 Crawford St. Unit 51, 8 room, 4 bed, 2 bath 2/3 family, Open Houses: Saturday 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
$242,500 – 38 Carey Ave. Unit 9, 4 room, 2 bed, 1 bath mid-rise, Open Houses: Saturday 1:30-3 p.m. Sunday 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
$949,000 – 222 Main St. Unit 222, 8 room, 5 bed, 2.5 bath townhouse, Open House: Sunday 1-3 p.m.
$995,000 – 224 Main St.
Watertown’s field hockey players hugged and danced on the field after setting a new national record for the most straight unbeaten games by a high school team Wednesday afternoon, but they were also quick to acknowledge the players that game before them. After beating Melrose 6-0 and extending their unbeaten streak to 154 games, the Raiders invited all the former players in the stands to come down to pose with them for the throngs of media at Victory Field. They came in droves, some with children in hand. Coach Eileen Donahue was glad to see her former players in attendance. “Once you are a Watertown player, you are always a Watertown player,” Donahue said.