Real Estate

Multiple Open Houses to Choose From in Watertown This Week

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There are tons of open houses for h0me seekers in Watertown this weekend. $319,900 – 18 Pierce Road Unit 18, 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom townhouse, Open House: Sunday 12-1:30 p.m.

$799,000 – 71 Russell Ave., 4 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom colonial, Open Houses: Saturday 1-3 p.m. Sunday 1-3 p.m.

$549,900 – 25 Palmer St., 4 bedroom, 1 bathroom colonial, Open Houses: Saturday 12-2 p.m. Sunday 12-2 p.m.

$694,500 – 51 Hillside Road, 5 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom colonial, Open House: Sunday 12-2 p.m.

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$450,000 – 31 Ashland St. Unit 31, 2 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom townhouse, Open Houses: Friday 5-7 p.m. Saturday 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

$429,000 – 69-71 Chapman St. Unit 2, 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom 2 family, Open House: Sunday 1-2:30 p.m.

$799,000 – 700-702 Belmont St., 2 unit, 12 total room, 5 total bedroom, Open House: Sunday 2-3 p.m.

$899,900 – 75 Summer St. Unit 75, 3 bedroom, 3 full 2 half bathroom townhouse, Open House: Sunday 12-2 p.m.

$529,000 – 12 Wilson Ave.

Sports

Watertown Girls Hoops Books Trip to Section Final by Beating Belmont

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Lowell’s Tsongas Center is becoming a familiar place for the Watertown girls’s basketball team, which will play there for the third straight year in the North Section final after defeating Belmont Wednesday night. The top-seeded Raiders (20-0) beat their rivals for the second time this year, but the fifth seeded Marauders (16-7) did not go quietly. Watertown head coach Patrick Ferdinand expected a tough game in the Div. 2 North Section semifinal at Mystic Valley in Malden. “(Belmont) did a really good job adjusting,” Ferdinand said.

Sports

Watertown/Belmont Girls Hockey Ends Season in State Quarterfinal

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The Watertown/Belmont girls hockey team ran into a tough Austin Prep squad and the Maraiders fell in the quarterfinals of the MIAA Div. 1 tournament for the second straight year. The two teams skated evenly and ended the first period of the game at Woburn’s O’Brien Arena tied 0-0. The fifth seeded Cougars (17-2-3) came out in the second and pressured fourth seeded Watertown/Belmont coop team. Maraider freshman goalie Jonna Kennedy (in her second year after starting as an eighth grader) made several saves before Austin Prep’s Meghan Hanlon scored from point blank range on a pass from Kylie Currier with 12:23 left in the second period.

Entertainment

Historical Society Opens New Exhibits at Edmund Fowle House

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A new exhibit presented by the Historical Society of Watertown will debut this weekend at the Edmund Fowle House. Last spring the Historical Society received a grant from the Watertown Community Foundation. The grant allowed us to purchase a free-standing, re-useable display screen and exhibit materials so that we may create rotating exhibits at the Edmund Fowle House. The inaugural exhibits will be unveiled on March 7 and are free and open to the public. On display in the North Parlor will be “Watertown and the Civil War” featuring a newly acquired collection, donated by one of our long-time members, Florence Jones, of transcriptions and reproductions of Civil War letters written by her great-uncle Thomas Folsom Norris, who joined the Union Army as a 15-year-old drummer boy in 1862.

Around Town

Find Out How to Live Healthy and Well in Watertown

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Live Well Watertown will host dozens or groups, agencies and organizations that promote healthy living and well being at a community forum on Sunday. 

The event will be held Sunday, March 8 from 2-4 p.m. at the Watertown Free Public Library in the Watertown Savings BankRoom. About 24 groups – civic groups, agencies and organizations – will participate. Come and hear about the many wonderful efforts happening in Watertown!

Business

See When a New Farm-to-Table Restaurant Will Open in Watertown

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Watertown’s newest restaurant will feature farm-to-table food with a New American and French flair. 

Royal has already had a soft opening and it will host its Grand Opening on Saturday, March 7. After several months of renovations Royal will officially open its doors at 45 Lexington St., on the corner of Main and Lexington Streets in Watertown. Executive Chef/Partner, Rachid Kourda who has over 20 years of experience in the
restaurant industry, is serving breakfast, lunch and dinner on from 7 a.m.-11 p.m. and features its full menu. “I am not only a chef, but also an artist. The food I create is ‘sexy food’ with
a unique design to each plate.” Kourda said.

Sports

Watertown Going Where Few Raider Boys Hockey Teams Have Gone

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The Raiders dominated Wayland most of the game in the 4-1 MIAA Div. 3 North Section semifinal win reached a round that Watertown has not visited in decades. Watertown (13-3-2) fell behind early Tuesday evening at the Chelmsford Forum, but junior Nick Martino tied the score less than three minutes later with 6:25 left in the first with an unassisted goal. Junior Tyler Gardiner scored the first of his two goals 4:22 into the second period when he took a pass from junior Tyler Poulin and beat Wayland goalie Andrew Ludwig with a backhand move. The goal provided some redemption for Gardiner and the Raiders who fell last year in the same round to Wayland 1-0 in overtime.

Police/Fire

Visually Impaired Pedestrian Struck While Crossing Arsenal Street

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The Middlesex District Attorney’s office is investigating an incident where a vehicle struck a visually-impaired pedestrian who was crossing Arsenal Street Tuesday morning. The pedestrian, who volunteers at the Perkins School For The Blind, was struck near Beechwood Avenue and was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital with serious injuries, according to a press release from District Attorney Marian Ryan’s office. “It is state law that drivers must come to a complete stop for someone in a crosswalk,” Ryan said. “In real driving conditions, what this law means is that people who are driving really should slow down when approaching any crosswalk so that if a pedestrian is trying to cross the street the driver will have plenty of time to safely stop, thus preventing an injury to the pedestrian and preventing other vehicles from rear-ending the vehicle which is stopping.”

The driver of the vehicle which allegedly struck the pedestrian at 6:55 a.m. pulled to the side of the road and then he spoke to police officers. This incident is under investigation by the Watertown Police Department and Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office.