Business

Local Moving Company Receives Angie’s List Super Service Award

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Olympia Moving & Storage announced it has earned the home service industry’s coveted Angie’s List Super Service Award, reflecting an exemplary year of customer service to members of the local services marketplace and consumer review site in 2016. Olympia’s Boston area headquarter are located on Bridge Street in Watertown. This achievement is particularly significant as Angie’s List experienced unprecedented member growth in 2016. More than 1.6 million consumers, many of whom were eager to quickly hire highly qualified service pros, joined Angie’s List after the company added a new, free membership tier. “Companies that can meet higher demands without missing a beat in their exemplary performance standards truly do stand apart from their peers,” said Angie’s List Founder Angie Hicks.

Real Estate

Watertown Victorian Home Sells for Nearly $1.5 Million

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This week’s home sales include a blockbuster of a home sale “up on the hill.” $1,450,000 – 100 Russell Ave., 15 room, 5 bedroom, 3 full & 1 half bathroom, Victorian single-family home

$720,000 – 57 Wilson Ave. Unit 2, 6 room, 3 bedroom, 2 full & 1 half bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse

$620,000 – 16 Olcott St., 2 unit, 14 total room, 7 total bedroom, 2 Family multi-family home

Sponsored by:

$475,000 – 3 Rose Ave. Unit 3, 7 room, 3 bedroom, 1 full & 1 half bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse

$570,000 – 2 Townly Unit 4, 6 room, 2 bedroom, 1 full & 1 half bathroom, 2/3 Family condo/townhouse

Real Estate

Watertown Has Nine Open Houses This Weekend

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Check out the nine homes with open houses this weekend. $759,900 – 19 Stuart St., 7 room, 3 bed, 1.5 bath colonial, Open House: Sunday 11-1

$559,900 – 100 School St. Unit 5, 6 room, 3 bed, 2.5 bath townhouse, Open House: Sunday 12-1:30

$829,900 – 624 Main St., 2 unit, 12 total room, 6 total bedroom, Open House: Sunday 12-3

$699,999 – 114 Chapman St., 7 room, 3 bed, 2 bath colonial, Open House: Sunday 11:30-1

Sponsored by:

$629,900 – 199 Coolidge Ave., Unit 204 Unit 204, 5 room, 2 bed, 2 bath high-rise, Open Houses: Friday 12:30-1:30 Saturday 12:30-2 Sunday 12:30-2

$434,900 – 6 Warwick Road Unit 6, 5 room, 2 bed, 1 bath 2/3 family, Open House: Sunday 1-2:30

$630,000 – 31 Ladd St. Unit 31, 7 room, 4 bed, 3 bath townhouse, Open Houses: Saturday 12-2 Sunday 12-2

$879,900 – 63 Boyd St. Unit 63, 9 room, 3 bed, 3 bath townhouse, Open House: Sunday 12-3

$995,000 – 22 Hudson St.

Arsenal Street

Find Out Where the New Dunkin’ Donuts Will Open in Watertown

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Watertown’s newest Dunkin’ Donuts store will be opening on Arsenal Street this month. 

The store will be located at 640 Arsenal St., at the corner of Coolidge Avenue, in the space formerly occupied by the Aegean Restaurant. David Carvalho, CFO and Principal of Riverside Management Group, the owners of the store (and 19 others), said the opening day will be sometime in mid-March, and customers will enjoy a modern store. “The new location will be a state of the art Dunkin’ Donuts location, with all of the newest and greatest customer features, ranging from flat screen TV’s to a designated ‘on-the-go’ parking spot for any customers ordering through the On-the-Go mobile app,” Carvalho said. “The store will also feature a large seating area with a wide variety of seating options from comfortable soft seats to relax and enjoy breakfast to a larger meeting area spaces to ‘plug in’ and do some work.” The location will not have a drive-through window.

Real Estate

10 Properties Having Open Houses in Watertown This Weekend

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Here are the properties around Watertown you can visit this weekend. 

$710,000 – 43 Prescott St. 6 room, 3 bed, 2 bath house, Open House: Sunday 12-1:30

$489,000 – 35 Cleveland Road, 5 room, 2 bed, 1.5 bath ranch, Open Houses: Saturday 12-2 Sunday 12-2

$489,000 – 90 Harnden Ave. Unit 90, 7 room, 3 bed, 1 bath 2/3 family, Open Houses: Friday 6-7 Saturday 1-3 Sunday 1-3

$729,900 – 276 Waverley Ave. Unit 1, 7 room, 3 bed, 3.5 bath townhouse, Open House: Sunday 12-2

$489,000 – 15 Cleveland Road, 5 room, 3 bed, 1 bath ranch, Open Houses: Saturday 12-2 Sunday 12-2

Sponsored by:

$379,000 – 22 Madison Unit 22, 6 room, 3 bed, 1 bath townhouse, Open Houses: Friday 10-11:30 Saturday 11-1 Sunday 12-2

$799,000 – 19 Stuart St., 7 room, 3 bed, 1.5 bath colonial, Open Houses: Saturday 12-2 Sunday 12-2

$449,000 – 6 Warwick Road Unit 6, 5 room, 2 bed, 1 bath 2/3 family, Open House: Sunday 1-2:30

$630,000 – 31 Ladd St. Unit 31, 7 room, 4 bed, 3 bath townhouse, Open Houses: Saturday 12-2 Sunday 12-2

$879,900 – 63 Boyd St.

Real Estate

Watertown Has Plenty of Open Houses This Weekend

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There are a ton of open houses around Watertown during the last weekend in February. $575,000 – 40 Elmwood Ave. Unit, 8 room, 5 bed, 2 bath townhouse, Open House: Sunday 12-2

$500,000 – 296 Mount Auburn St. Unit 6, 6 room, 3 bed, 1.5 bath rowhouse, Open Houses: Saturday 1-3, Sunday 1-3

$525,000 – 125 Coolidge Ave. Unit 705, 4 room, 1 bed, 1 bath high-rise, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1:30 Sunday 12-1:30

$529,000 – 16 Fairview Ave.

Business

Watertown Savings Announces Winners of Customer Choice Awards

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On Tuesday, March 28, Watertown Savings Bank (WSB) will distribute $75,000 to the 30 local community organizations chosen by its banking customers, in the bank’s 21st annual Customer Choice Awards, bank officials announced. “Our Customer Choice Awards program is one of which we are particularly proud,” said CEO Ronald Dean. “The list of winners reflects the important work being done by non-profits and volunteer organizations throughout the communities we serve.”

Dollars awarded are based on the number of votes each organization received. All organizations that received one percent of the total number of votes are being awarded funds. The bank divided $75,000 by the percentage of votes received, with $3,500 as the maximum amount and $5,000 awarded to the organization with the most votes. Congratulations to all the winners, and thank you for all that you do in our communities!