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A condo and three two family homes were sold this week in town. 45-47 Keenan St., 4 bedroom 4 bathroom 2,516 sqft 2 Family, Sold: $1,060,000
10 Williams St. APT 78, 1 bedroom 1 bathroom 670 sq. ft. Condo, Sold: $395,200
Sponsored by:
13-15 Sunnybank Road, 5 bedroom 4 bathroom 3,830 sq.
The Watertown Public Health Department will host a series of flu vaccine clinics in coming weeks. Some are for people ages 9 and above and some are for seniors. See the details in the announcement provided by the City of Watertown below. People Ages 9 and Over
The Watertown Public Health Department is offering Influenza vaccine to people, ages 9 and over, at the Watertown Free Public Library, located at 123 Main Street, on the following days and times. Please register ahead to secure your appointment:
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 from 3:30 to 6:30pm. Register here.
The Watertown Public Arts and Culture Committee sent out the following announcement:
The Watertown Public Arts and Culture Committee (PACC) is excited to announce the 2025-26 season of the Community Sculpture Walk. The Community Sculpture Walk exhibits outdoor sculptures to enhance use of green space in Watertown, encourage public interaction with contemporary art, and create an annual exhibition opportunity for artists at all career stages working in a variety of mediums.
The Community Sculpture Walk follows the Community Path from the Thaxter Street parking lot behind the Watertown Free Public Library to Waverly Avenue. There are eight sites along the path for sculptures and additional sites may be added as the path is extended. Each year, four sculptures will be selected to be on loan for two years, so that each year four new sculptures will be on view. Description
Selected artists will be awarded $2,500 for the two-year loan of their sculpture.
Check out the properties hosting open houses this weekend. 456 Belmont St. APT 19, $1,285,000, 2 bedroom 2 bathroom 1,450 sq. ft. Condo, Open houses: Friday, Sept.
The following announcement was provided by the Mosesian Center for the Arts:
Mosesian Center for the Arts offers a variety of visual art classes for adults. Classes are still open for registration. For more information, please see our Fall Catalog: https://view.publitas.com/mosesian-center-for-the-arts/education-catalog-fall-2024/page/14-15
Here are some of our classes starting very soon! Beginning and Intermediate Painting with Acrylic
Paint with acrylics in this class for all levels of painters. Beginners embark on exercises exploring color, value, and composition.
Perkins School for the Blind provided the following announcement:
Next month Perkins School for the Blind will host its fourth annual Everybody Move! Walk/Move for Perkins on October 5th. This family-friendly event begins and ends on the Perkins campus and includes a short walk or move through Watertown, as well as a baby animal petting zoo, snacks and food trucks, and accessible yard games.
Register online to help create a world of opportunities for children with disabilities and their families.
A rendering of 300 Forge, a life science building that could go on part of the Home Depot Parking lot. (Courtesy of Boylston Properties)
A six-story life science building which would to be built on part of the parking lot behind the Home Depot in Watertown is in the planning stages. Boylston Properties, the developers of Arsenal Yards, submitted pre-application plans to the City of Watertown showing a six-story building with five levels of life science space and one story of parking. Plans were submitted to the Planning Department on Sept. 5.
Charlie BreitroseThe Watertown Dam near Watertown Square slows the flow of the Charles River. A group is advocating removing the dam. The following information was provided by the Charles River Watershed Association:
Watertown Dam, located on the Charles River, is owned and operated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) has contracted an engineering consultant to perform an alternatives analysis study for potential future actions at the Watertown Dam. In this community meeting, the DCR project team will present information on the preliminary results of the ongoing study and possible future alternatives for modifying the dam, including its removal.