Real Estate

Two Colonials and a Cottage Among This Week’s Open Houses

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Check out the 11 open houses around Watertown this week. $375,000 – 290 Pleasant St. Unit 208, 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom mid-rise condo, Open House: Saturday 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

$679,900 – 177 Common St., 4 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom colonial, Open Houses: Saturday 2-3:30 p.m. Sunday 12-1:30 p.m.

$467,500 – 87 Watertown St. Unit 87, 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom 2 family, Open Houses: Saturday 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday 2-4 p.m.

$569,000 – 24 Edenfield Ave., 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom colonial, Open Houses: Saturday 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sunday 2-4 p.m.

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$369,000 – 16 Charles St. Unit A, 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom 2 family, Open Houses: Saturday 1-2:30 p.m. Sunday 1-2:30 p.m.

$629,000 – 21 Warwick St., 2 unit, 11 total room, 5 total bedroom, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1:30 p.m. Sunday 12-1 p.m.

$399,900 – 251 Common St.

Government

Town Council Looking at Approving Water Main, Roofing Projects

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The Town Council will hold public hearings about $1.6 million in projects to work on water mains on several streets, and the roofs of two town buildings. The Council will take up the items at the May 12 meeting at 7:15 p.m. in Town Hall. The roofs of Town Hall and the North Fire Station will cost $262,800. Town Manger Michael Driscoll proposes take out a loan and issuing bonds to pay for the work. The low bid for the work was $219,000 and a contingency of $43,800 has been added.

Around Town

Watertown Library Hosting 5K Run & Walk – Find Out How to Sign Up

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The second annual Watertown Free Public Library 5K will be held on May 31! The run and walk begins at 10:15 a.m. and will be fun for the whole family. The event benefits the Watertown Library. “Together we’ll run through Watertown’s beautiful neighborhoods. Participants of all ability levels are encouraged to participate,” the race announcement reads.

Entertainment

Magic Show Will be Coming to a Watertown Church

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The First Parish Church of Watertown will host a springtime magic show, and all are invited. The show will be held on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 3 p.m. and features members of the local chapter of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, Silent Mora–Ray Goulet (Ring 122). According to the event announcement: Performers will present a family show of amazing close-up magic before the show and spectacular stage magic. The show features several magicians, all members of Ring 122, who will engage and entertain audience members with a variety of magic. Cards, money, balls, and other familiar items will vanish, change form, and reappear; thoughts will be read and illusions witnessed. These professional and semiprofessional performers will bamboozle you while you laugh the whole time!

Around Town

Get Ready for the Watertown Townwide Yard Sale!

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The Townwide Yard Sale will be back! Find out where you can get a list of the sales. 

The event will take place on Saturday, May 16, and the list will be available Thursday, May 14 at the Town Hall, the Watertown Free Public Library and on line at www.watertown.k12.ma.us/dept/wce

Rain date is May 17. The Townwide Yard Sale benefits the Watertown Community Education program. There will be more than 70 yard sales around Watertown. For more information, call Rita Foglia 617-926-7764 or e-mail at rita.foglia@watertown.k12.ma.us

Business

Find Out When Food Trucks will Return to the Arsenal Project

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May means the return of food trucks to Watertown! Several will be showing up at the Arsenal Project every Wednesday. 

The Arsenal Project sent out the following announcement about the food and other fun coming this year:

The Arsenal Project is pleased to announce the return of the popular weekly food truck program, Food Truck Wednesdays, kicking off May 20. Five of Boston’s best gourmet food trucks will be rolling into the center’s parking lot this spring, summer, and fall. Food Truck Wednesdays at The Arsenal Project will offer a variety of food during lunchtime, providing a convenient, fun and delicious option for those living and working in the area. “We are thrilled to be able to bring this well-received program back to the community for another great year,” said William McQuillan, President of Boylston Properties, co-developer of The Arsenal Project.

Business

See the Winning Pictures from the Watertown Savings Photo Contest

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The winning shots have been selected in the 2015 Watertown Savings Bank Neighborhood Photo Contest. For many years, WSB has held an annual photo contest for local high school students. This year, they decided to open the competition up to amateur photographers of all ages. The bank received 120 photos were submitted from 53 different photographers and 12 winners were selected. The winning photographs will appear in WSB’s 2016 calendar, available to bank customers each December.  A panel of judges composed of WSB staff selected the winners, according to the announcement from Watertown Savings Bank.     

Boston resident Bill Damon was awarded First Place for his photo Moody Street Dam, Waltham, which will appear with December in the 2016 calendar. Damon was also awarded an Honorable Mention for Ducks in Flight, Moody Street Bridge, Waltham, which will be the February photo. Previous two-time high school photo contest winner Jay Sullivan from Newton is this year’s Second Place winner for his photo, Heron Taking Off from the Charles, which will appear with July. The August photo will be Charles River, Watertown, taken by Watertown resident Chuck Dickinson. He was awarded Third Place. Nine Honorable Mentions were also awarded to: Watertown residents Ralph Holmberg and Joe McLaughlin for their photos, Waverley Oaks, Belmont, and Beaverbrook Reservation, Belmont, appearing in the 2016 calendar in January (Holmberg) and March (McLaughlin); Lexington resident Divya Jain for Lexington Minutemen, which will appear with April; AnneMarie Reynolds of Framingham, who will have her photo Early Morning Charles River Walk, Waltham in the June spot; Waltham residents Emma Magliarditi and Shouvik Gangopadhyay for their photos Leaves and Ladders and Cemetery in Autumn, which will appear with September and October respectively; Eleanor Kharasch of Newton, for her photo Fisherman, which will appear with November; and Mariah LaVache of Woburn, for her photo Watertown Fire Department, which will appear with May.  
The winning photos will also be featured on the digital screens in all WSB branch lobbies throughout the summer. For more information, please call WSB’s marketing office at 617-928-2336.

Entertainment

Jazz Returns to the Arsenal Center for the Arts Next Week

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JAZZ @ The Arsenal returns on Monday, May 11, with Steven Kirby’s “Illuminations” Project, featuring vocalist Aubrey Johnson, presented by the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown. Steven Kirby is an award winning guitarist/composer and Associate Professor of Harmony at Berklee College of Music, whose music is most often categorized as contemporary jazz but who is influenced by a variety of genres, according to the announcement from Arsenal Center for the Arts. The Illuminations Project is Kirby’s newest compositional and performance endeavor. It features a six piece band comprising guitar, piano, sax/flute, bass, drums and, for the first time, vocals as a primary, featured, color in the compositions. The vocalist is Aubrey Johnson, a virtuosic singer who is capable of using her voice like an instrument to sing complex lines with wordless technique while also being able to sing lyrics with masterful interpretation and phrasing.