Food

Subcommittees to Ask Council to Adopt BYOB in Watertown

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The Town Council will consider whether to allow restaurants to offer a “bring your own bottle” option to diners after joint subcommittees voted to recommend a set of rules for BYOB licenses. 

The licenses would be available to restaurants that do not have a liquor license. Also, the Joint Rules & Ordinances, Economic Development, and Public Safety committees recommended that the restaurants must be full service, which means they have a “full wait staff, sit down and eat-in dining services for the vast majority of patrons,” according to the recommended ordinance. A BYOB license could cost $1,000 a year, and would be issued by the town’s Licensing Board. They would to be available to a restaurant which has had a suspended or revoked liquor license. The restaurants must also carry alcohol liability insurance.

Around Town

Watertown Man Leading Effort to Stop Taxes for Hosting Olympics

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Watertown’s Steve Aylward will be the co-chair for an effort aimed at preventing taxes being charged for Boston to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. On Sunday, the Coalition to Stop Taxes for Olympics announced that Steve Aylward will be the Co-Chairman of Tank Taxes for Olympics ballot initiative. Aylward was Co-Chairman of the ballot initiative for the successful Yes on 1 campaign. “I am pleased that we are building this coalition with Steve Aylward. He is an extremely hard worker and a outstanding advocate for the taxpayers,” said Evan Falchuk, Chairman of Citizens for a Say in the announcement.

Entertainment

Arsenal Project Hosts a Series of Events This Summer, Fall

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The Arsenal Project in Watertown has plenty of activities this summer and into the fall. 

July 8: Mass Audubon Habitat – Summer Life in the Meadows: 10-11:30 a.m. A drop in educational and interactive program for children ages 3-7. More information: http://goo.gl/T0wo86

July 21: The Arsenal Project Drive in Movie – Happy Feet: Movie starts at dusk More information: TheArsenalProject.com

July 28: Watertown Family Network – Summer Fun; Peter Rabbit Edition: 10-11 a.m. A fun music & crafts program for preschool age children. More information: https://goo.gl/6dcXgP

Aug. 18: The Arsenal Project Drive in Movie – Grease: Movie starts at dusk More information: TheArsenalProject.com

Thru Sept. 16: Food Truck Wednesday’s: Every week from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. More information: TheArsenalProject.com

HATCH: Watertown’s free public makerspace!

Around Town

Historical Society Celebrates Declaration of Independence, Treaty Signing

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Two of Watertown’s historical claims is that it was the first place in Massachusetts that the Declaration of Independence was read, and it was the site of the signing of the first treat made by the new United States of America. These events will be reenacted by the Historical Society of Watertown. On Saturday, July 18 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the Declaration of Independence and Treaty of Watertown Commemoration will take place at the Edmund Fowle House, 28 Marshall St., Watertown. This annual event marks the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence to the citizens of our new nation in Watertown on July 18, 1776. Also, the signing of the first treaty negotiated by our new nation with a foreign power, namely the St.

Real Estate

Four Homes Sold in Watertown This Week, See Them Here

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See the four homes that sold in Watertown this week. $560,000 – 24 Edenfield Ave., 7 room, 3 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, Colonial single-family home

$305,000 – 153 Boylston St. Unit 3, 3 room, 1 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, 2/3 Family condo/townhouse

Sponsored by:

$630,000 – 612 Belmont St., 9 room, 4 bedroom, 1 full & 1 half bathroom, Colonial single-family home

$603,500 – 154 Dexter Ave. Unit 1, 8 room, 4 bedroom, 2 full & 1 half bathroom, Townhouse condo

Police/Fire

Police Log: Two Teenage Girls Attack Counselor at Target and More

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
June 22, 6:36 a.m.: Police arrested a man who was wanted for a warrant. The 25-year-old Watertown man was arrested for the warrant from Dedham District Court for a probation violation for a GPS device violation. June 22, 1:20 p.m.: Detectives spotted a man driving who they knew had a suspended license. The 27-year-old Brighton man was charged with driving with an suspended license, driving an uninsured motor vehicle, driving an unregistered motor vehicle and driving with a revoked registration.

Obituaries

OBIT: William J. McCarthy, 83, Navy Vet, Served in Korea, Antarctica

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A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday July 6, 2015 at 9 a.m. in the Church of Saint Patrick, Watertown for William J. McCarthy. Mr. McCarthy, a son of the late William J. and Margaret (Kocher) McCarthy. A resident of South Boston prior to moving to Watertown and Newton 54 years ago. A retired Master Chief Petty Officer, USN and a supervisor with the Bureau of Special Investigations, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. William passed away in the Evans Park at Newton Corner on Tuesday June 30, 2015 after a brief illness.

Around Town

Boston 2024 Organizers Say Area Will Get Jobs, Transportation Improvements

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If Boston gets the Summer Olympics in 2024, the events will not be held in Watertown, but organizers said the event could be a boon for area jobs, transportation, housing and recreation areas. 

The organizers of the Boston Olympic bid came to Boston College Wednesday to make their case for hosting both the Summer Olympics and the Paralympics in 2024. Among the panel of speakers was Molly Schaus, who represented the United States as goalie of the women’s ice hockey team at the 2010 and 2014 Olympics. She dreamed of being in the Olympics since 1998 when she saw the women’s hockey team win gold, and Schaus said the experience exceeded the her dreams, that started when she was in elementary school. Schaus and she would love to have Boston be one of the special places that hosts an Olympics. Part of every Olympics is the thousands of volunteers who welcome athletes to the area and help them get around.