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Watertown’s Arlin Cimen recently received a nursing scholarship from Mount Auburn Hospital. Cimen graduated from Watertown High School and will be attending Regis College in the fall. She received the $500 scholarship from Mount Auburn Hospital Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nurse Executive Deborah Baker, RN.
Children at the Church of the Good Shepherd’s Vacation Garden Camp have been learning about nature, and what better place to do so than a place that boasts 5,000 trees – Mount Auburn Cemetery. On Tuesday, a group of campers took a tour of the cemetery from Mount Auburn Cemetery President Dave Barnett. The cemetery, which was created in 1831 and has over 700 species of trees. Barnett told the group of 14 junior counselors to look at the differences in the trees – such as the Norway Maple which has a trunk about 20 feet high before the first branches and the big, smooth leaves of the magnolia. The weeping beech appealed to many of the kids, with its branches that drape down and form a shaded open area inside.
With neighboring communities moving toward banning plastic shopping bags, members of a citizens group said this may be the time to do so in Watertown, too.
ReThink Plastic held a community meeting on Tuesday night, and presented their findings about bag bans in communities around Massachusetts and in other states. The first town to put in a ban was Brookline, which required all businesses 2,500 sq. ft. in size or larger, including restaurants where take out is more than half the income. Also retailers with three or more locations in town or pharmacies with at least two locations in town.
A dozen high school students from high schools in and around Watertown were selected as winners in the Watertown Savings Bank 2014 High School Photo Contest. The winners were honored at an awards night held in June at the Watertown Free Public Library. The 12 winning photos will make up the 2015 Watertown Savings Bank calendar. “The Bank received 105 terrific submissions from high school students; it truly was a task to narrow it down to just 12,” according to the announcement from the bank. The winners were: First Place Winner Chris Owens, Belmont High School; Second Place Winner Jay Sullivan, The Arlington School, Belmont; Third Place Winner Paulina Romero, Newton North Hight School; Katie Goodwin, Lexington High School; Jen Mitchell, Lexington High School; Nicole Acero, Waltham High School; Emma Taylor, Belmont High School; Aaron Schwartz, Newton North High School; Betsey Donham, Arlington High School; Bimini Horstmann, Newton South High School; Mackey Howe, Newton North High School; and Liam Shanny, Newton South High School.
Storm drains bubbled, man hole covers popped off and finally water came pouring into basements in an East Watertown neighborhood. Homes in a normally quiet corner of town, where Laurel Street and Melendy Avenue come together, had water around five feet high in the street due to the heavy rains Monday morning. “Water ran like a river down the sidewalk and got into my yard,” said Laurel Street resident Brian Patriacca. “My basement was chest deep. It was almost to the windows.”
Twenty minutes of torrential rains turned Mt. Auburn Street into a river and flooded the intersection of Arlington and Mt. Auburn streets in East Watertown Monday morning. The rain water came up over the sidewalk in the intersection and one car got stuck in the water. It also came into the doorways of some businesses on Mt.
See which homes around Watertown have sold, and how much they went for. $614,500 – 233 Warren Street, 6 bedroom, 3 bathroom, Colonial single-family home
$550,000 – 8-10 Myrtle, 2 unit, 4 total bedroom, 2 Family, Side by Side multi-family home
$370,000 – 88 Belmont Street Unit 88, 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 2 Family condo
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$736,000 – 19-21 Bates Road, 2 unit, 6 total bedroom, 2 Family home
$413,000 – 3 Repton Unit 3315, 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, Mid-Rise condo
$295,000 – 327 Arlington St. Unit 3, 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 3 Family condo
Four Tufts Health Plan employees were honored by the YMCA for their outstanding performance in the workplace and dedication to their communities. Maria-Cecilia Coloma, Kerri O’Connor, Pamela Mobley and Tanisha Nesmith have been selected as a YMCA Achievers for 2014. YMCA Achievers were recognized at an annual gala held at the Westin Copley in Boston on May 13. “Tufts Health Plan extends our sincere congratulations to the 2014 Y Achievers who will complete a year of service mentoring and supporting young men and women as they strive to create greater opportunities for themselves,” said Lydia Greene, Tufts Health Plan’s vice president of human resources and diversity and member of the YMCA Achievers board of commissioners. “The YMCA Achiever program provides educational enrichment and career awareness activities for Greater Boston youth. “Many of these youth are left to navigate the college process by themselves and these Tufts Health Plan employees, along with many others, will help to prepare these young men and women for college and a career.