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Undefeated Raiders beat Belmont on strokes, face Bishop Fenwick in semifinals
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
Check out local gas prices as of this morning.
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Halloween costumes
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
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?
The city got its first snowfall this week.
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Did the state get a fair shake in Arsenal deal?
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
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
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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Watertown residents, money and politics
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
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
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”
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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?
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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