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A blog by Watertown TAB and Press columnists, employees and community members
Updated: 9 weeks 1 day ago

Undefeated Raiders beat Belmont on strokes, face Bishop Fenwick in semifinals

Mon, 11/03/2008 - 2:50pm
Photo by Ed Wozniak Erika Kelly celebrates a first-half goal against Belmont on Friday. Erika Kelly scored the Raider’s goal to tie in regulation. She also put in a stroke after two overtimes....

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Watertown gas prices dropping

Mon, 11/03/2008 - 1:26pm
Check out local gas prices as of this morning.

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Halloween costumes

Sun, 11/02/2008 - 11:32pm
I was wondering what some of the interesting Halloween costumes you saw this weekend were. My favorites were a girl and a guy were dressed as Juno and Paulie from the movie “Juno” (2007)....

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Monday night’s School Committee agenda

Fri, 10/31/2008 - 6:04pm
The Watertown School Committee meets at 7 p.m. Monday in the cable studio of Watertown High School, at 50 Columbia St. Here’s the agenda.

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Aren’t you glad you don’t live in Watertown, NY?

Fri, 10/31/2008 - 1:19pm
The city got its first snowfall this week.

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Did the state get a fair shake in Arsenal deal?

Fri, 10/31/2008 - 12:15pm
The Watertown Conservation Commission is concerned about the federal Army Corps of Engineers’ assertion it can’t get funding to clean up contaminated buildings on the General Services...

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Jojo White speech

Fri, 10/31/2008 - 9:49am
Jojo White, former Boston Celtics player and current director of special projects for the team, gave a keynote speech at the Watertown-Belmont Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards dinner last night. He...

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seeks public comment

Thu, 10/30/2008 - 1:49pm
Friday’s Watertown TAB will include an article on the status of the General Services Administration property cleanup. The site is a former burn site for the U.S. Army. The land is contaminated...

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Tomorrow’s front page, today

Thu, 10/30/2008 - 1:11pm


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Watertown residents, money and politics

Wed, 10/29/2008 - 10:34pm
Watertown residents have given significantly more money to Barack Obama’s campaign for president than John McCain’s campaign during this year’s election cycle. Check out this chart...

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Preliminary Watertown budget for fiscal year 2010 online

Wed, 10/29/2008 - 12:10pm
Check it out here. Under the budget, spending would increase 3.3 percent to $98.8 million, while revenues would increase 1.3 percent to $96.8 million. The preliminary budget includes a 2.5-percent...

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Hello from the new reporter

Tue, 10/28/2008 - 6:09pm
Hello readers, My name is Christine Laubenstein, and I am your new Watertown reporter. I am very excited to take on this new job, and hope I will succeed at covering many different aspects of the...

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Watertown man vies to be “The Next Great Sports Blogger”

Tue, 10/28/2008 - 2:53pm
Mike Goldstein needs your vote to win. The top two get their own blog on WEEI and $5,000.

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Live “War of the Worlds” reading at the Arsenal

Tue, 10/28/2008 - 2:23pm
It’ll be Thursday, Oct. 30 at the Arsenal Center. FLAT EARTH THEATRE PRESENTS “THE WAR OF THE WORLDS” WATERTOWN: On October 30th, 1938, Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre on the Air shocked...

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Read closed-door discussions about leasing to federal anti-drug strike force

Mon, 10/27/2008 - 6:05pm
As you know, Watertown will be home to a federal anti-drug strike force. For a look at the behind-closed-doors discussions on Town Council that cleared the way for the lease, take a look at these 20...

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Meet Nader at the library on Saturday

Wed, 10/22/2008 - 12:42pm
Ralph Nader’s whistle-stop tour of 21 Bay State cities and towns comes to Watertown, or, as the Nader campaign calls it “Water Town,” from 3 to 3:20 p.m. He’ll be at the...

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Guess which man who might have tipped a presidential election is coming to Watertown?

Tue, 10/21/2008 - 11:38am
The Nader/Gonzalez 2008 presidential campaign will be winding its way through Watertown sometime on Saturday. Ralph Nader will be attempting to break the Guinness Book of World Records for the most...

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Things that go bump in the night: chairs in an exhibition hall

Mon, 10/20/2008 - 5:37pm
This weekend, if you missed the third annual Mass. Monster Mash, you missed out on famous cryptozoologist Loren Coleman. Here are some highlights from his talk on Mothman, a West Virginia-based...

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One word: Plastics

Mon, 10/20/2008 - 4:20pm
A company that makes plastics from renewable substances may be locating in Watertown, according to the Banker and Tradesman. According to this report on the publication’s Web site, the company...

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Is Watertown really “reassured” over the Armenian Genocide?

Mon, 10/20/2008 - 1:52pm
I was puzzled by this item in the Globe headlined “ADL statement on Armenian Genocide reassures Watertown.” Clyde L. Younger, the Town Council’s president, said he now feels...

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