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Our History: Miles Pratt — Owned Foundry on Main St., Founded Library

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Miles Pratt (Photo from “Great Little Watertown”)

This is the latest in the series of articles provided by the Historical Society of Watertown. The story was written for the Historical Society’s April 2003 newsletter “The Town Crier” by former Historical Society of Watertown board member Mary Spiers. Mary was our Recording and Corresponding Secretary. Mary retired from the Board in December 2022 but is still a volunteer.

MILES PRATT 1825-1882

Miles Pratt was a Watertown industrialist and philanthropist. He was born in 1825 during the administration of John Quincy Adams and the year the Erie Canal was opened. He is known to be a descendent of Joshua Pratt who arrived in Plymouth on the “Ann” in 1623.

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Armenian Museum Extends Major Art Exhibition Through February

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Some of the pieces in Armenian Museum of America’s “On the Edge: Los Angeles Art 1970s-1990s from the Joan and Jack Quinn Family Collection.” From top left: Laddie John Dill, “Portrait of Joan, 2016,” hand blown and colored glass tubing, argon gas with mercury transformer, 60; Joe Fay, “Joan, 1984,” Prismacolor on Arches paper, 34” x 26; Gregory Wiley Edwards, “Expanded Resonance, 1992,” acrylic on canvas, 46″ x 69 3/4.

If you have not caught one of the biggest art exhibits in Watertown, you have more time to see the show featuring artists like Andy Warhol, David Hockney, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Frank Gehry.

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Watertown Reduced Trash by More than 1,000 Tons in 2022

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Watertown DPWWatertown’s compost, trash and recycling toters.

The following information was provided by the Department of Public Works:

Happy New Year! 2022 was a big year for waste reduction in Watertown. We implemented newprograms to help achieve the newly ratified Massachusetts 2030 waste goals. This landmarkmasterplan set the objective of municipalities reducing the amount of waste they send for disposal by 30% by 2030. Watertown’s tonnage reduction is being tracked based on the City’s 2019 tonnage of 8,760 tons of waste sent for disposal.