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The Christmas holiday will impact hours at for Watertown’s municipal facilities, including City Hall, the Library, the Senior Center and the Department of Public Works. See information below. Watertown City Hall
Closing at noon on Tuesday, Dec. 24
Closed Wednesday, Dec. 25
Watertown Free Public Library
Closing at noon Tuesday, Dec.
Half a dozen condos and a townhouse were sold this week. 456 Belmont St. APT 19, 2 bedroom 2 bathroom 1,450 sq. ft. Condo, Sold: $1,275,000
71 Bradford Road UNIT 71, 4 bedroom 3 bathroom 2,052 sq.
Watertown’s Regan Driscoll, pictured playing for Watertown High her freshman year, has been invited to the USA Field Hockey Junior National Camp in January. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
Watertown’s Regan Driscoll has been invited to the USA Field Hockey 2025 Junior National Camp. Driscoll started her high school career at Watertown High School before moving to Phillips Andover Academy. She will be vying out for a spot on the U-16 junior women’s squad at tryout camp held at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte on Jan. 10-12.
A coating of flour can be seen on the Watertown-Cambridge Greenway path and fence that sit in the shadow of the silos of Newly Weds Foods. The flour was released from the factory on Dec. 12. (Contributed Photo)
Residents of one East End neighborhood woke up last week to what appeared to be a coating of snow, but what was falling from the sky for several hours was not flakes but flour. The flour came from the nearby Newly Weds Foods factory, located on Grove Street and abutting a neighborhood off Mt.
Check out the homes hosting open houses this week. 12 Walnut St. #B, $1,675,000, 4 bedroom 4 bathroom 2,859 sq. ft. Townhouse, Open houses: Saturday, Dec.
The U.S. Attorney’s office in Massachusetts provided the following announcement about the New York man arrested in the parking lot of the Watertown Home Depot for allegedly selling drugs to a federal informant. Members of the Watertown Police assisted in the operation. See the announcement below. A New York City man has been arrested and charged for allegedly distributing multiple kilograms of fentanyl in the greater Boston area that he transported from New York. Cesar Nunez Lopez, 42, was charged with three counts of distribution and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.
Some of the toys collected for the 2024 Sonny Whooley Foundation. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
The mission given to 40 Watertown police officers and firefighters Tuesday morning was to fill boxes full of gifts, and then deliver them to more than 150 families around the Community. They had their choice of hundreds of toys, games, balls, even bicycles that filled the Community Room at the Watertown Police Station. All were donated to or purchased with funds given to the John “Sonny” Whooley Foundation, named after a former Watertown Police officer who would raise money and give it to families in need during the holidays. Watertown Police Justin Chief Hanrahan looked over the hive of activity as people packed boxes with gifts.
City Council President Mark Sideris speaks at the 2024 Inauguration. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
Watertown City Council President Mark Sideris recently wrote a letter to the Boston Globe asking for recognition of the City’s effort to allow housing, going above and beyond the state’s requirements. The letter was published by the Globe on Dec. 14. He wrote it in response to an article the paper ran about how Lexington met the requirements of the MBTA Communities Law and has about 1,000 units in the pipeline to be constructed.