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Four Watertown Home Sales This Week
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Two single-family homes and a pair of townhouses were sold this week.
Pair of Watertown Educators Running 2025 Boston Marathon For Causes Close to Them
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Watertown educators Cheryl Wermer, left, and Maureen Murphy — pictured with her four children — will run the 2025 Boston Marathon.
UPCOMING FUNDRAISER: Get Lively Health & Fitness Studio in Watertown will host a fundraising workout class for Boston Marathon runners Maureen Murphy and Cheryl Wermer’s charities. Also, Whiting Pond, will provide free charcuterie cups for all guests. All proceeds will go to Children’s Hospital and FamilyAid. The workout class Saturday, Feb. 8 at 10:30 a.m.
(See the original story from Jan. 15, 2025 bel0w)
Two Watertown Public School employees have set their sites on the 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to Copley Square this year, and each will raise money for causes close to their hearts.
Watertown Receives Municipal Website Award from Statewide Organization
A screenshot of the City of Watertown’s website.
The City of Watertown received a Municipal Website Award at the recent Massachusetts Municipal Association conference.
City Manager’s Update on Winter Parking Ban; Demolition Delay Review Request & Watertown’s Federal Grants
Watertown City Hall
Following the multi-hour meeting about Watertown’s Winter Parking ban, City Manager George Proakis updated the City Council about next steps and urged residents to sign up for the City’s alert system. Also, Council President Mark Sideris requested a review of Watertown’s Demolition Delay Ordinance, and Proakis provided information on Federal grants received by the City.
City Council Newsletter: Police Body Cameras, Capital Improvement Plan & More
The Watertown City Council Newsletter for the meeting on Jan. 28, 2025 was provided by the City Council.
Residents can view the recording of the January 28th meeting here.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Council President Mark Sideris began by reading a proclamation honoring Ingrid Marchesano on her retirement after over forty years of dedicated service to Watertown. You can read the full proclamation here. Ingrid has also served Watertown on several committees including the Watertown Arsenal Yards Development Committee, the original Public Arts and Culture Committee, and numerous other city efforts. Ingrid shared that she continues to reside in Watertown and looks forward to continuing to see the people she has come to know over the course of her career.
More Headlines
Watertown Public Schools Partners With Regis College to Enhance Staff Development, Recruitment
Mt. Auburn St. Project: Drainage Installation Work at Arlington St. & Bigelow Ave. Continue
Familiar Architecture Firm Picked to Design Watertown Middle School, Committee Concerned with Budget & Getting “A Team”
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Community Preservation Committee Recommends Funding Affordable Housing Project
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A rendering of the proposed Willow Park Housing development.
An affordable housing project got a boost from the Watertown Community Preservation Committee, which voted to recommend that Community Preservation Act money be used to help fund the project in East Watertown.
Entertainment
Check Out the Latest Small Saves Cartoon
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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.
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See What Title the Library Selected for the 2025 One Book, One Watertown
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The Watertown Free Public Library revealed the title for this year’s One Book, One Watertown. See the announcement below.
Entertainment
Wordle Paintings Will be on Display at Watertown Art Gallery
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Watertown gallery Storefront Art Projects will display Wordle paintings by Jeanne Williamson Ostroff from Jan. 4-25. There will be a reception on Saturday, Jan. 4, from 1-4 p.m.
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Several of Open Houses Over the Weekend in Watertown
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See the properties hosting open houses this week in town.
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Diaper Drive Being Held for Watertown Housing Authority Families
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The Watertown Housing Authority seeks donations of diapers to assist residents of families in WHA housing.
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Watertown Day Care Trying to Preserve Historic Building as it Creates a New Home
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The University Prints Building on Boyd Street has much history, and is now home to First Path Day Care. (Courtesy of First Path)
The new home of a Watertown day care center will be in a building off Galen Street that’s full of history, from the architecture to the former uses, which includes being a cookie factory to a printer of textbooks and one of the nation’s largest providers of checks.