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Watertown Police arrested a man who tried to make off with dozens of bottles of nail polish from Stop & Shop. When the man who allegedly tried to steal the items entered the supermarket on Watertown Street on Oct. 24 at 8:48 a.m. an employees recognized the man. He was suspected of taking items on previous occasions, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn. “The man was seen placing nail polish in his backpack,” Lawn said.
Two people who work toward having communities friendly to all ages and allowing people to “age well” will give a presentation in Watertown on Nov. 5. The “Age-Friendly Communities” event will be presented by Watertown Community Foundation, WatertownTogether, and the Marshall Home Fund. The free event is open to the public, and will be held at the auditorium at the Apartments at Coolidge School, 319 Arlington St. in Watertown from 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov.
In an effort to make Church Street safer, the Town Council’s Public Works subcommittee recommended that a traffic table, like those near Watertown Middle School, be installed at Palfrey Street. Residents of the area complained to the Council that the intersection is dangerous and has frequent close calls and many accidents, too. Aaron Caine lives near the corner of Church and Palfrey streets and said there are close calls on a daily basis at the intersection, and about once a week there cars screech to a halt trying to avoid a collision. WorldTech, a firm hired by the town to study traffic in the area, did a traffic study and made recommendations. They did not recommend a stop sign, but did say a speed table could be installed.
A jury found a friend of the Boston Marathon Bombing suspect guilty of lying to investigators during the investigation following the bombing at the marathon finish line. Robel Phillipos of Cambridge, a friend of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, faces up to 16 years in prison for the two counts, and he is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 29, according to a report from WBZ-TV Channel 4. He was found guilty at Boston Federal Court on Tuesday. Defense attorneys tried to argue that Phillipos could not remember what happened that day because he had been smoking marijuana, WCVB Channel 5 reported.
The Watertown field hockey team learned who it will play in the State Tournament as they seek a sixth straight crown. The top seeded Raiders will host the quarterfinal of the MIAA Div. 2 North Section field hockey tournamentagainst the winner of the Wilmington (eighth seed, 9-4-3)-Newburyport (ninth, 9-5-4) game. Watertown will play on Friday, Oct. 31 at 2:30 p.m. at Victory Field.
East End dogs could have a place to run and play if the Town Council approves the recommendation of the Public Works subcommittee. Last Wednesday, the subcommittee voted to recommend that a dog park be built at Filippello Park, near the Grove Street entrance. The spot was one of three considered by the subcommittee. The other two were near the Arsenal Project. One was by the tennis courts in Arsenal Park and the other is on land owned by the mall behind the back parking lot.
The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
Oct. 13, 3:30 p.m.: A woman was placing items in a rolling hamper at Target and tried to leave without paying. She had a total of $325.38 in merchandise, and police also found a box cutter inside her pants. Additionally, she had two warrants.
With a perfect 7-0 record, Watertown will host a playoff game on Halloween night as the second seed in the MIAA Div. 4 North bracket. The Raiders will take on seventh-seeded Swampcott (3-4) on Friday, Oct. 31 at 7 p.m. at Victory Field. Watertown won the Middlesex League Freedom Division with a win Friday at Wilmington.