Real Estate
Lots of Open Houses Around Watertown on Veterans Day Weekend
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Homebuyers have plenty of properties to visit this weekend around town.
Watertown Man Leaps into National Finals of NBC’s American Ninja Warrior
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Matt D’Amico (right) who grew up in Watertown, with American Ninja Warrior Coach and business partner Lucas Reale during the recent Eastern Regional Finals. (Photo by Scott Everett White/NBC)
Remember when you were 6 years old and got your first baseball mitt or hockey stick, in anticipation of playing games that would become the passion of a lifetime? Well, there’s a whole new generation of young athletes passing on team sports for the opportunity to attend Obstacle Training Facilities that offer Ninja Warrior classes. Matt D’amico represents one such example, a local boy turned young man, and his story of independence, effort, determination and maturity – ultimately leading to success in more ways than one.
Record Breaking Home Sale in Watertown, Single Family Goes for $2.6+ Million
The home that fetched a record-breaking figure in Watertown. (Courtesy of Compass)
A four-bedroom Colonial near Oakley Country Club sold for the highest price on record for a single-family home in Watertown.
State Rep. Candidate Debate to be Hosted by Watertown News, Watertown Cable
In the first of two debates for races in the Sept. 1, 2026 State Primary, the candidates for 10th Middlesex State Representative will appear in a live televised debate on Watertown Cable Access Television. The debate is co-sponsored by Watertown News.
Developer Looking at Turning Old Mill Building into Residential Building with Retail Space
A view of the proposed mixed-use project at 9 Galen St. on the site of the former mill building. (From RMR Group Plans)
The large brick building facing the Delta in Watertown Square could be turned into a mixed-use building with six stories and 285 residential units and space for 6,000 sq. ft. of ground-floor retail.
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City Council to Hold First Discussion of Watertown Square Project, Including a Parking Garage
Bodywork Businesses Shutdown by City, One Had “Items of Sexual Nature”
TREATY DAY 250: Pact Signed in Watertown in 1776 Remains Alive 250 Years Later
Elections
See How Candidates Did in Each of Watertown’s Precincts
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A map of Watertown’s Districts: Peach is A, Red is B, Lime Green is C, Green is D.
The winning candidates in Watertown’s race for Town Councilor At-Large topped the voting in each precinct, but they split who won each of the town’s 12 precincts. See that and where other candidates fared best in the 2019 Town Election.
Field Hockey
WHS Sports: Boys Soccer Triumphs in 2OTs, Field Hockey Falls
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Watertown’s Rodrigo Freitas celebrates after scoring the winning goal in double overtime over Dracut in the North Section quarterfinal.
Watertown High School’s boys soccer team fended off waves of attack from Dracut in the Div. 3 North quarterfinal, but in crunch time Rodrigo Freitas struck and won the game for the Raiders in sudden death overtime.
Schools
MassBay College Invites Prospective Students to Fall Open House
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Prospective students attended MassBay Community College’s spring open house.
MassBay Community College announced will hold its annual Fall Open House on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019 at 9 a.m.. President David Podell along with faculty, staff, and students will be on hand to greet and welcome prospective students and their families to the Wellesley Hills campus.
Arsenal Yards
First New Store Opens at Arsenal Yards, Others Coming Soon
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Employees celebrate the opening of The Gap Factory store at Arsenal Yards.
The Gap Factory store officially opened for business in Watertown on Wednesday morning. It is the first new store to open, or in this case, re-open, at Arsenal Yards.
Entertainment
Watertown High School Students Competed for Spot on WGBH TV Quiz Show
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The team from Watertown High School that competed for a spot on WGBH’s High School Quiz Show.
A group of Watertown High School students recently competed at WGBH’s studio to be part of the High School Quiz Show. WGBH provide the following information:
Around Town
Residents Invited to Meeting on Redesign of Watertown Square
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Watertown Square.
Find out about plans to redesign Watertown Square at a public meeting on Dec. 3. Organizers sent out the following information:
Election 2019
UPDATED: Gannon Joins Council Incumbents as Winners in Watertown Election
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John Gannon thanked his supporters after being elected to the Town Council Tuesday night. Here he and his campaign manager Kat Powers are shown at the gathering held at The Talk Restaurant.
Watertown voters returned the three incumbent Councilors At-Large to the Town Council during Tuesday’s Town Election, and newcomer John Gannon took the fourth seat. The race was the lone contested one on the 2019 ballot.