Around Town
A Pair of Watertown Homes Were Sold This Week
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A single-family home and a condo were sold this week. 97 Standish Road, 3 bedroom 2 bathroom 2,554 sq. ft. Single Family, Sold : $1,175,000
53 Myrtle St. #53, 2 bedroom 3 bathroom 916 sq.
Around Town
Registration for Watertown Recreation Winter II Programs Open Soon
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Sign ups for the Watertown Recreation Winter II Program begin on Jan. 3 at 6 p.m., including multiple activities for elementary school children and adults, and a program for middle schoolers. For PreK-5 the programs this session include kids test kitchen, all-sports, parent and me, Blue Belles baton twirling, archery, wrestling, robotics, engineering. Middle schoolers can participate in Python Pioneers. Adult programs include pickleball, volleyball, basketball, and archery.
Sports
Watertown Sports: Field Hockey Coach of the Year, Wrestler Wins Holiday Tournament
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Watertown Field Hockey Coach Eileen Donahue holds her plaque for being the MIAA Field Hockey Coach of the Year. She was joined by family, her fellow coaches, and school administrators. (Courtesy of the Watertown Public Schools)
Watertown Field Hockey Coach Eileen Donahue collected another accolade this month when she was honored by the MIAA, and Watertown wrestler Tessa Master kicked off her season with a win in a major holiday tournament. Donahue was named Field Hockey Coach of the Year, and was honored at a banquet held by the MIAA. In November, she coached the Watertown to the team’s fourth straight State Championship, and the Raiders finished undefeated at 22-0.
Police/Fire
Police Log: Greek Church Vandalized, 2 OUI Arrests
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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Dec. 13: A Bromfield Street resident received a suspicious email from an unknown person asking to send money to a Bitcoin address. The resident did not send the money and reported it to the Police. Dec.
Around Town
Christmas Eve & Christmas Day Hours for Library, Senior Center, City Hall & DPW
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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.
Around Town
Seven Homes in Watertown Were Sold This Week
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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.
Sports
Watertown Field Hockey Player Invited to USA Field Hockey Junior National Camp
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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.
Around Town
Neighborhood Covered in Dusting of Flour from Nearby Food Factory, Neighbors Frustrated by Response
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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.