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Writers Wanted to Join the Lit Squad at the Watertown Arts Market

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The Watertown Lit Squad provided the following announcement:

Calling All Creative Writers! Please join the Lit Squad as part of the Watertown Arts Market (WAM) on Saturday August 17, 12-5 PM, at Filippello Park; rain date, August 18. We are a newly gathered group of published and amateur writers, young and forever-young Watertown residents, who seek to promote poetry and all literary arts here in this diverse community. We encourage all forms of expressive writing (as opposed to technical or academic), with general readers in mind. Languages other than English must include the English translation.

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Senior Citizens Invited to Cookout Hosted by Watertown Rotary

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Watertown seniors are invited to the annual FREE Senior Citizen Cookout hosted by the Rotary Club of Watertown. This year’s Senior Cookout will take place on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Sons of Italy Hall, 520 Pleasant St., Watertown. Enjoy hamburger, hot dogs, pizza. There will be prizes, giveaways, and entertainment will be provided by DJ Richard Picceri and Mass Motion Dance Studios.

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Check Out the Latest Adventures of Small Saves

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James DeMarco grew up in Watertown and became a goaltender at age 5. It’s his life’s passion to stand between the pipes and keep the puck out of the net. Combining this with the love of cartooning Small Saves emerged in 1991 and took on a life of his own. “To play goal – then come home and draw Small Saves — is my ideal definition of a good day.”

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Two Family Home in Watertown for Sale by Owner, Open House Sunday

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Two family home for sale by owner in Watertown. A two-family home in Watertown is being sold by the owner. 18 and 20 Fuller Road

$1,199,999

Details: 10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, oak floors, detached 2 car garage, walk to the Lowell School and Victory Field complex. Open house on Sunday, August 11th from 2 to 4 p.m.

For more information contact Carusojor@yahoo.com

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Watertown Fitness Studio Hosting Free Footloose Dance Workout Party

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The following announcement was provided by Get Lively:

Join us for a lively workout set to the soundtrack and moves of 80’s favorite Footloose! Whether you are Holding out for a Hero or feel like you’ve Almost (found) Paradise, you’ll want to join us for this dance inspired – all levels – fun summer workout as everybody cuts footloose! 

Summer Social: Footloose Dance Workout Party! Thursday, Aug. 22, 6 p.m.

Get Lively®: Health & Fitness Studio, 25 Clarendon St., Watertown

FREE, bring a friend! Been working, so hard?  Been punching your card?

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Repaving of Arsenal Street Will Include Lane Closures, Detours

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The following announcement was provided by the City of Watertown:

Street paving will begin on August 12, 2024, along Arsenal Street, from Greenough Blvd to School Street, and on School Street, from Arsenal Street. to 76 School Street. “No Parking” signs will be posted where necessary in the areas designated for road work. Please avoid parking your car in these posted areas. During paving, access to and from your driveway and the roadway being worked on will be limited.

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City Receives MassDOT Grant to Expand Bluebikes in Watertown

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The following announcement was provided by the City of Watertown:

Great news – the City of Watertown has won a Shared Streets and Spaces Fiscal Year 2024 Funding Grant from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) that will help pay for operations costs for Bluebikes! This grant will help Watertown fund our public bikeshare system (Bluebikes) to continue to be a resource for the region for years to come. The grant will compliment a system expansion that will serve more people and, in more areas not currently served by the existing system. It will boost our bikeshare system (Bluebikes) in providing more and better connections to the MBTA transit system, so Watertown’s residents & visitors can hop on & off a bike to get closer to their destination or home. Bluebikes is a bedrock of our environmentally-sustainable goals, and this grant will help make our investments in Bluebikes to be more financially sustainable, with a new avenue of funding unlocked.