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The sign welcoming people to Arsenal Park.(Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
Watertown’s newest park renovation received a statewide award at the Massachusetts Recreation and Park Association Conference in Springfield this week.
The Mt. Auburn Street Project will impact traffic patterns temporarily beginning this week. See more information in the announcement from the City of Watertown, below.
Watertown School officials, with the guidance of the School Committee, have reduced a shortfall of $2.5 million and came up with a budget that would have a $700,000 surplus, according to the presentation made Monday by Superintendent Dede Galdston.
Cunniff Elementary School is one of three elementary schools in Watertown to be rebuilt or renovated. The projects closed out with a combined surplus of $4 million. The new school opened in 2021. (Photo by Watertown Public Schools)
Watertown’s elementary school building projects finished with a surplus of more than $4 million, which will allow the high school construction project to stay on budget, and fund designs for a potential new middle school.
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For more than two decades Watertown’s Marilyn Petitto Devaney has served as the Governor’s Councilor for District 3, but in 2022 she faces an opponent in the Democratic Primary, Mara Dolan, who questions her voting record on judges and her relationship with other members of the Council.
Charlie BreitroseThe basketball courts at Casey Park will be closed for renovations.
The following announcement was provided by the Watertown Recreation Department:
The Casey Park baseball diamond, basketball courts, tennis courts and multi-purpose rink will be closed from August 22 thru August 28 for renovation.
Watertown Race Reels, funded by a grant from the Watertown Community Foundation, is a monthly documentary film series open to the public.
Nordblom CompanyAn illustration of the proposed life science building for 148 Waltham St., the former Sterritt Lumber site.
Developers have submitted plans for a lab building to be built on the former Sterritt Lumber site on the Westside of Watertown.
The following information was provided by Watertown SEPAC:
Watertown SEPAC invites all families to attend our Back to School Family Picnic on Monday, August 29 from 5:00-6:30 p.m. at Fillippello Park. Please see the event flyer for more details.
The following announcement was provided by Ballroom in Boston:
Does your toddler’s imagination run wild? Do they love to jump, sing, and dance? Bloom Fine Arts Academy is the perfect place for them to get their sillies out! We focus on creativity, expression, forming our own ideas, play movement, and more!
A rendering of the proposed four-story office/lab building at the LINX property on Arsenal Way.
A community meeting will be held about the proposed project planned for the LINX campus on Arsenal Way, which backs onto Nichols Avenue in East Watertown.
Arsenal Yards will host outdoor fitness events on the Arsenal Green.
The following information was provided by Arsenal Yards:
Through the fall, Arsenal Yards is bringing back its popular Outdoor Fitness Series with a chock-full schedule of complimentary classes, featuring local instructors and studios for a total body workout in a lively group setting!