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New Day won the 2024 Papas Elite Summer Basketball championship Tuesday at Saltonstall Park. (Photo by Watertown Recreation)
The Watertown Summer Basketball League Champion has been crowned after a winner-take-all Game 3 on Tuesday night, and one of the lowest seeds has claimed the 2024 title. The game had been postponed from Aug. 15 due to lightning. New Day won game 1 of the finals, 68-57.
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A Federal Bankruptcy Court judge sided with the Watertown Boys & Girls Club’s motion to allow them to evict the First Path Day Care Center from the facility on Whites Avenue. On Monday, Judge Janet E. Bostwick rejected First Path’s request for a preliminary injunction preventing the eviction, and ruled that the bankruptcy filing does not prevent the Boys & Girls Club evicting the day care center, according to a report by the Boston Globe. In the ruling, Bostwick said lease had “unequivocally expired,” according to the Globe, and that under state law any other agreements “needed to be in writing to be enforceable.” First Path has been located in the building owned by the Watertown Boys & Girls Club for 26 years, and currently serves 60 families. In December 2021, the Boys & Girls Club informed First Path that its lease would not be renewed because it seeks to expand its program into that space.
In the third episode of Little Local Conversations Watertown’s Matt Hanna spoke with Gavin Kleespies, the Executive Director of Gore Place. In Little Local Conversations, discover the people, places, stories, and ideas of Watertown. Hanna has conversations with various businesses owners, community leaders, creatives, and other interesting folks in Watertown to learn about what they do and get to know a bit about the people behind the work.
Gavin Kleespies
Hanna wrote:
“Meet Gavin Kleespies! He’s the new Executive Director at Gore Place. Listen to learn more about Gore Place and some of its little known history (including steam-powered build-it-yourself cars) and a bit of insight into what it’s like to be an executive director.”
Chris Bertone and Tim Guiggio from Brait Construction delivered items to the Watertown Food Pantry on Aug. 12. (Contributed Photo)
Last week, the Watertown Food Pantry received a donation from a construction company working in a major project in town. Food Pantry volunteer Stacy Walsh said that donation was delivered by Chris Bertone and Tim Guiggio from Brait, which is in the contractor for the Watertown High School project, and previously worked on the Cunniff and Hosmer elementary school projects. “Brait Construction did a much needed food drive for the Watertown Food Pantry, for which we were extremely grateful!”
The Massachusetts State Primaries will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, and there will be one race involving a Watertown candidate on the ballot. Democrats will be choosing their candidate for Governor’s Councilor. The incumbent is Watertown’s Marilyn Petitto Devaney, and she is challenged by Mara Dolan of Concord. Republicans will be selecting their candidate for U.S. Senate.
Five single family homes and a three-family home were sold this week in town. 106 Russell Ave., 3 bedroom 3 bathroom 2,200 sq. ft. Single Family, Sold: $1,285,000
42 Brookline St., 3 bedroom 3 bathroom 2,010 sq. ft.
Kim Charlson, executive director of the Perkins School for the Blind’s Library. She will receive the highest honor from the American Foundation for the Blind. (Courtesy of Perkins School)
Longtime director of the Perkins Library and chair of the Watertown Commission on Disability Kim Charlson, has garnered honors and accolades, and later this year she will receive one more when she receives the highest honor in the field of blindness. In September, the Watertown resident will receive the 2024 Migel Medal at the American Foundation for the Blind’s (AFB) annual leadership conference, along with Susan Mazrui. “It is an honor to recognize these two outstanding leaders, who have spent their lives making the world more inclusive and accessible for those who are blind or have low vision,” AFB President and CEO Eric Bridges said in announcement about the award.
Check out the open houses in town this weekend. 63 Bradford Road #B, $930,000, 3 bedroom 3 bathroom 1,289 sq. ft. Condo, Open House: Sunday, Aug. 18 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
9 Pearl St.