Schools

Ready for the Start of School – Here’s Some Important Info

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The Watertown Public Schools open on Thursday, Sept. 4, and here are some announcements from school officials. Superintendent Jean Fitzgerald sent out the following information:

STUDENT REGISTRATION

For registration at the appropriate school, new students should bring their birth certificate, school records or report cards (if records from their previous school were not already transferred), proof of residency (e.g. lease or utility bill) and complete health records indicating all required immunizations were received. These immunizations are a requirement of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and must be received before the student may attend school or be enrolled. A parent or guardian should accompany the child to school.

Around Town

Trampoline Complex Coming to Watertown

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A 37,000-square foot trampoline complex will be opening in the Westside of Watertown later this year. The facility will be called Launch Watertown and will be located at 1 River St., just off Pleasant street near the Waltham line. It will be the largest complex run by Launch Franchising. A large part of the floor space will be covered by adjoining trampolines, and there will also be places for “Xtreme” dodgeball, and a Free Fall activity, where people can jump from a town into an inflatable stunt bag, according to the report on Broadway World. The Launch Watertown website also shows trampoline basketball courts and a foam pit, as well as an area to eat which has flat screen TVs and an arcade. Launch Watertown seeks to open by December 2014.

Around Town

Watertown Has a Second Dog Park!

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Dogs now have a second place to run and play off leash in Watertown, the Recreation Department announced. Watertown residents can take their dogs to the dog park at the Alta at the Estate residential complex on the Westside. The complex is located at 100 Woodview Way, off Waltham Street, in Watertown. It is located across from the Gore Estate. In the spring, Watertown opened its first dog park at Howe Park on Pleasant Street, less than a mile west of Watertown Square.

Environment

Watertown Student Studying Abroad in Denmark

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Watertown’s Sam Allen will be headed overseas to take part in implementing a sustainable energy system. Allen, a third-year student at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine, will be heading to Denmark with a class taught by COA faculty and led by COA students in a collaboration with the Rockland-based Island Institute under the auspices of a new philanthropic arm called The Fund for Maine Islands, according to the announcement from the college. During the student trip Sept. 22 through Oct. 4, to Samsø Energy Academy on Samsø Island, Denmark, Allen will study firsthand how Samsø, a farming and tourist community, became carbon negative through efficiency upgrades, wind and solar power production, biomass heating and other elements of a renewable energy portfolio, the announcement said.

Real Estate

Here are the Homes that Sold This Week in Watertown

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Four homes sold this week in Watertown. Check out the details below. $311,000 – 32 Whites Ave. Unit F8806, 3 room, 1 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, Mid-Rise condo

$725,000 – 35-37 Cypress Street, 3 unit, 6 total bedroom, 3 Family home

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$365,000 – 90 Belmont St. Unit 90, 6 room, 2 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, 2 Family condo

$405,000 – 4 Repton Cir.

Around Town

Primary Source Celebrating 25 Years of Teaching Teachers About the World

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Teachers spread their knowledge to their students but someone has to teach the educators, and for areas such as global issues and cultural understanding Watertown-based Primary Source steps in to provide the professional development . The group celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2014, and the Primary Source seeks to expand its influence beyond the Boston area and New England to teachers across the country. The non-profit group started in Cambridge when the founders Anna Roelofs and Anne Watt saw something missing from the curriculum, said Primary Source Executive Director Julia de la Torre. “From our founding we have noticed a real gap in the curriculum for global understanding,” said Executive Director Julia de la Torre. The group puts on seminars and courses lead by college professors and other experts to educators in grades K-12 at its offices on Walnut Street or other spots around the Boston area.

Obituaries

OBIT: U.S. Army Lt. Col. Robert Rayne, formerly of Watertown

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Lt. Colonel Robert L. Rayne, retired U.S. Army, of Indianapolis, formerly ofWatertown and Waltham, died on Aug. 23, 2014 at the age of 96. Rayne is a retired machinist for Boston & Maine Railroad and a U.S. Army Veteran. He was the beloved husband of the late Dorothy A. (Dupont) Rayne. Devoted father of Robert L. Rayne & his wife Carol of Indianapolis and the late David M. Rayne & his wife Maryann of Waltham.