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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.
Wikimedia Commons / ChensiyuanMassachusetts State House.
City officials requested that the State Legislature give Watertown an exception to a state law that would give residential property owners a break on their taxes.
The Charles River Food Co-op recently announced it has been adding members since it started offering shares, and has a goal to enable it to take the next step toward opening a food store in the Watertown area.
BreaktimeWatertown’s Elizabeth Plume has been appointed as the development director at Breaktime.
The following information was provided by Breaktime:
Breaktime, a Boston-based nonprofit organization that supports youth experiencing homelessness, today announced the appointment of Elizabeth Plume as the organization’s development director. The Watertown resident will help lead fundraising efforts for the organization as it prepares for a statewide expansion of its program.
The organizers of the Faire on the Square sent out the following announcement:
Join us for another outstanding Faire on the Square on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Charlie BreitroseWatertown residents cast their ballots at Watertown City Hall.
The following announcement was provided by the Quentin Palfrey campaign:
Former Assistant AG and candidate for Attorney General Quentin Palfrey has been endorsed by a group of six elected and community leaders in Watertown, including State Representative Steven Owens and City Councilor Caroline Bays. They have added their names to a list of more than 300 state, local and community leaders who have endorsed Palfrey’s grassroots campaign.
Alexa SteeleStudents in the Mosesian Arts Summer Stages & Studios program create trees and animals during “Wonders of the Natural World” week in July 2022.
The Mosesian Center for the Arts released its schedule of art classes being offered in the fall of 2022. See the information below:
The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department.
Watertown had sales of three condos and a two-family home this week.