Real Estate

Several Watertown Homes Sold This Week

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See the five Watertown homes that sold this week. $489,000 – 8 Warwick Road Unit 8, 7 room, 2 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, 2/3 Family condo/townhouse

$434,900 – 6 Warwick Road Unit 6, 5 room, 2 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, 2/3 Family condo/townhouse

$680,000 – 199 Coolidge Ave. Unit 204, 5 room, 2 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, High-Rise condo/townhouse

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$520,000 – 8 Locust Unit B, 7 room, 4 bedroom, 2 full & 1 half bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse

$660,000 – 168 Sycamore St. Unit 168, 7 room, 3 bedroom, 2 full & 1 half bathroom, condo/townhouse

$600,000 – 225 Westminster Ave., 6 room, 3 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, Cape single-family home

Real Estate

See the Properties Hosting Open Houses in Watertown This Week

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More than a dozen open houses are planned in Watertown this weekend. $499,900 – 123 Grove St. Unit 123, 5 room, 2 bed, 2.5 bath townhouse, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1:30 Sunday 2-3:30

$499,900 – 151 Coolidge Ave. Unit 402, 7 room, 2 bed, 2 bath high-rise, Open Houses: Saturday 2-3:30 Sunday 11:30-1

$619,000 – 14 Harnden Ave., 6 room, 3 bed, 1.5 bath colonial, Open Houses: Saturday 11:30-1:30 Sunday 12-2

$739,900 – 7 Oliver Road, 2 unit, 10 total room, 4 total bedroom 2 family, Open Houses: Saturday 2-4 Sunday 3-4:30

$999,000 – 182 Standish Road, 11 room, 5 bed, 2.5 bath colonial, Open Houses: Friday 11-12:30 Saturday 12-2 Sunday 12-2

$659,000 – 115 Irving St. Unit 115, 10 room, 3 bed, 2.5 bath townhouse, Open Houses: Friday 6:30-7:30 Saturday 12-1:30 Sunday 12-1:30 Monday 6:30-7:30

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$549,000 – 13 Hosmer St.

Business

Local Artist, Author Hosted Lecture on Popeye, Will Doodle for Free Comic Day

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Local writer, cartoonist and cable show host Fred M. Grandinetti, hosted a lecture on the history of Popeye at I AM Books on April 29, 2017. 

In Italy the sailor man is known as Braccio Di Ferro and appeared in hundreds of comic books produced specifically for the Italian marketplace. I AM Books has Italian comic books featuring Braccio Di Ferro and his crew available for purchase. Grandinetti showed a special episode of his award winning cable access series Drawing With Fred.  The program featured Popeye cartoons in Italian. Nicola Orichuia, co-owner of I AM Books, became an animated cartoon character during the broadcast.

Business

Yoga Studio Joining Project: OM, a National Effort to Battle Breast Cancer

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Artemis Yoga in Watertown is participating in projectOM, a yoga class of one million to battle breast cancer. Liz Padula, owner of Artemis Yoga, sent out the following information:

We all know that positive, powerful change needs to start from the ground up and in this case from the yoga mat up. So we were thrilled to team up with Manduka, the industry’s most trusted yoga brand, to be a part of the world’s largest yoga class of one million bodies strong to benefit Susan G. Komen. As part of this effort, we share the collective goal to do great things – for our bodies, for the bodies of others and for the world. So we are inviting the community to be part of something epic and we are offering four donation-based classes on May 12 & 13 as follows:

Friday 5/12 – 9:30 a.m. – Level 1 Flow with Billy
Saturday 5/13 – 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. – Level 1 Flow with Eliza
Saturday 5/13 – 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. – Level 1 Iyengar with Rahel
Saturday 5/13 – 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. – Slow Flow with Meghann

To sign up for a project:OM  class at Artemis Yoga, please visit this registration link

Artemis Yoga invites students to pick a class and to set an intention for the practice such as a person you are honoring, a survivor, a fighter or any other reason for participating.

Business

Watertown Savings Announces New Location, New Corporator at Anual Meeting

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The 147th annual meeting of the Watertown Savings Bank (WSB) was held recently at the Boston Marriott Hotel in Newton. Before the gathering of bank officers, managers, trustees, and corporators, Bank President Brett Dean talked about 2016 results and events, and plans for 2017. Dean reported that in 2016, WSB saw continued deposit and loan growth. As of December 31, 2016, total assets for the bank were $1.1 billion. He noted that WSB will continue its commitment to customer service and community banking.

Real Estate

See the Four Watertown Homes That Sold This Week

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Four homes sold this week in Watertown. $440,000 – 22 Madison Unit 22, 6 room, 3 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, condo/townhouse

$500,000 – 64 Evans St. Unit 64, 9 room, 3 bedroom, 1 full & 1 half bathroom, 2/3 Family condo/townhouse

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$609,500 – 31 Ladd St. Unit 31, 7 room, 4 bedroom, 3 full bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse

$671,000 – 25 Paul St. Unit 25, 6 room, 3 bedroom, 2 full & 1 half bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse

Real Estate

A Wide Variety of Watertown Properties Hosting Open Houses

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These 14 homes in Watertown are having open houses this weekend. $799,000 – 21 Lovell Road, 8 room, 3 bed, 1.5 bath colonial, Open House: Sunday 12-1:30

$389,000 – 22 Palfrey St. Unit 22, 4 room, 2 bed, 1 bath townhouse, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1:30 Sunday 12-1:30

$699,900 – 65 Oakley Road, 7 room, 4 bed, 1.5 bath colonial, Open Houses: Saturday 1:30-3 Sunday 1:30-3

$825,000 – 60 Katherine Road, 2 unit, 11 total room, 4 total bedroom, Open Houses: Saturday 11:30-1 Sunday 12-1:30

$230,000 – 99 Pleasant Unit A1, 3 room, 1 bed, 1 bath garden condo, Open House: Sunday 11:30-1

$419,900 – 158 Langdon Ave. Unit 158, 5 room, 2 bed, 1 bath 2/3 family, Open Houses: Saturday 11:30-1 Sunday 12-1:15

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$419,000 – 32 Whites Ave. Unit F3304, 3 room, 1 bed, 1 bath garden condo, Handicap Access/Equipped, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1:30 Sunday 12-1:30

$579,000 – 22 Springfield St., 6 room, 3 bed, 1 bath colonial, Open Houses: Saturday 1-2:30 Sunday 1-2:30

$999,900 – 186 Pleasant St.

101-103 Morse Street

Zoning Board Asks Developer of Morse Street Project for More Details

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The Zoning Board of Appeals told developers looking to change a former massage school into an apartment complex that their plan needs more work before it can get approval. The complex at 101-103 Morse Street, south of the Charles River in Watertown, most recently was occupied by the Cortiva Institute, but when the massage school left property owner Kamran Shahbazi decided to change it into a residential building. The current plan calls for 44 apartments – 3 studios, 32 one-bedrooms, nine two-bedrooms and one three-bedroom – to be constructed. This is down from 49. One of the main complaints the ZBA had about the plan was a lack of information and clarity in the plans submitted by the developers, including images of what it would look like, more detailed architectural plans and descriptions of the project.