Real Estate

Five Homes Sold in Watertown This Week, See Them Here

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One home sold this week in Watertown, see the details here! $680,000 – 494 Belmont St., 8 room, 4 bedroom, 1 full & 1 half bathroom, Colonial single-family home

$738,000 – 41 Katherine Road, 7 room, 3 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, Colonial single-family

$401,500 – 40-42 Maplewood St. Unit 40, 6 room, 2 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, 2/3 Family condo/townhouse

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$450,000 – 51 Dexter Ave. Unit 51, 6 room, 2 bedroom, 2 full & 1 half bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse

$407,000 – 3 Repton Cir. Unit 3113, 4 room, 1 bedroom, 1 full & 1 half bathroom, Low-Rise condo/townhouse

Police/Fire

Police Log: Man Attacks 2 Police Officers, Shoplifters Try to Take Big Items from Target

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
June 29, 10:01 p.m.: A motor vehicle accident occurred on Landon Avenue and when police arrived they detected an odor of alcohol on the driver’s breath. The driver suffered injuries and was taken to Mount Auburn Hospital for treatment. Police later discovered the driver had prescriptions pills. The 54-year-old Watertown woman was arrested on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, and driving under the influence of drugs.

Charity

Watertown Man Will Ride 62 Miles to End Alzheimer’s Disease

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Doug Orifice, of Watertown, will bike 62 miles in the 2015 Ride to End Alzheimer’s Saturday, July 18. Beginning and ending in Fort Devens the Ride provides a 2-mile family ride, 30-mile, 62-mile and 100-mile route reaching all the way from Western Massachusetts to Southern New Hampshire. Orifice joined the Ride to honor the memory of his grandfather, Leo Egidio. To date, Orifice has raised over $2,800 of his $3,000 goal for the event. “I wanted to do my tiny part in helping raise money to help eradicate this illness,” said Orifice.

Development

Residents Share Ideas for Small Park on Irving Street

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Residents told developers of the half-acre park on Irving Street that they would like to see a nice green space where they can get outside, relax and perhaps play ball with their little kids. 

Representatives from Greystar, which is building the Elan apartment and retail complex at Arsenal and Irving streets, gathered ideas during the first of two meetings held to help design the small park. The park would be owned and run by the developers of the complex. Landscape architect Blair Hines of Blair Hines Design Associates, said the park is quite small. It could fit one full-sized basketball court, but he said that would likely not be the right use of the land. It sits across from the new apartments, and near existing homes on Irving Street.

Elections

More Potential Candidates for Watertown Election, Few Officially In

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The list of potential candidates for Watertown Town Council, School Committee and even Library Board of Trustees is growing, but only a handful have officially made the ballot as of Friday morning. The Library Board of Trustees could have three more candidates, which would set up a contested race with a potential of five people – so far – running for three seats. Sheppard Ferguson, Penelope Peoples and Karen Roubicek have all taken out papers. The only candidate to get enough signatures and have them certified by the Town Clerk’s office is incumbent Michael Hanlon. District A Councilor Angeline Kounelis could have an opponent for the first time in several years after former Veterans Agent Bob Erickson took out papers to run. Kounelis is the only candidate in that race who has been certified.

Government

LETTER: ProgressiveWatertown Hosts Teach-In on Saving the Economy

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You’ve probably heard it from Senator Elizabeth Warren already; “the System is Rigged.” Since the 1980s, all the economic growth in the US has gone to the top 10 percent, leaving nothing for the rest of us. The Tenpercenters don’t need to worry about their future; they have hired an army of lobbyists to advance their agendas, reduce their tax burdens, lighten their risk while underwriting their greed, and increase their wealth for generations. But who are the lobbyists for the rest of us? Unions used to be one of those protections, but the Republican war on unions for the past 35 years has reduced their influence.

Real Estate

Dozens of Open Houses to Look at in Watertown This Week

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After a break for the Fourth of July weekend, the Watertown real estate market is back with gusto. $639,000 – 324 Mount Auburn St. Unit 2, 7 room, 4 bed, 2 bath townhouse, Open House: Sunday 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

$599,000 – 324 Mount Auburn St. Unit 1, 7 room, 3 bed, 2 bath townhouse, Open House: Sunday 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

$379,900 – 48 Bigelow Ave. Unit 11, 5 room, 2 bed, 2 bath garden, Open Houses: Saturday 1:30-3 p.m. Sunday 1:30-3 p.m.

$379,000 – 56 Gleason St., 5 room, 2 bed, 1 bath cape, Open Houses: Saturday 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

$739,000 – 55-57 Cypress St., 2 unit, 13 total room, 7 total bedroom 2 family, Open Houses: Saturday 12-2 p.m. Sunday 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m

$314,500 – 30 Duff St.

Government

Enforcing Watertown’s Snow Rules the Goal of 2 Council Subcommittees

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Avoiding a repeat of large amounts of snow piling up on Watertown’s sidewalks as it did this winter is the goal of two Town Council subcommittees, but how do to so was the big question. The town has snow and ice removal ordinances that prohibits residents or businesses from putting snow onto public streets and sidewalks, and another that requires owners of commercial properties to shovel snow off sidewalks by 2 hours after the end of a storm. The Councilors on the Public Works and Budget and Fiscal Oversight subcommittees and residents at the meeting Tuesday night agreed that these ordinances are not being enforced. Some say they want to take the snow ordinance a step further and require residential properties to shovel their sidewalks, but others say strict enforcement will burden some residents. Whatever is done, Councilor Cecilia Lenk said she would like to see it made a priority.