Watertown

Everybody do the Devaney Dance: Drag your heels and add a new motion

Kaz — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:13:55 -0400

First, she asked the police "Do you know who I am?". Now, she claims: The police unfairly targeted me because of who I am.

In this year-long saga that is Marilyn Devaney's felony trial for allegedly assaulting a beauty store clerk with a curling iron, the latest legal maneuver includes a motion to dismiss because according to her lawyer, Devaney's treatment by police was "atypical" and the felony state of the charge against her was excessive.

The eleventh commandment in Watertown

adamg — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:50:50 -0500

Thou shalt not park without authorization at one local Methodist church.

Sing-Along for Justice

Socializing4Justice — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:25:09 -0500

Are you looking for like-minded progressives to hang out with in Boston? Want to cross-promote your events and campaigns? Are you new to the area and looking for groups to get involved in? Are you psyched about building strong cross-issue coalitions?

One fast commute

adamg — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:29:13 -0500

From Watertown to Rte. 128 via Rte. 2 in just 90 seconds.

Flush with success: Watertown to go down the toilet

adamg — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:33:37 -0500

Wormtown's loss is H2Otown's drain: The American Sanitary Plumbing Museum, a.k.a. the toilet museum, is moving from Worcester to Watertown, the Worcester Telegram reports.

The largest plumbing contractor in New England, J.C. Cannistraro LLC, is footing the bill to renovate a 150-year-old former ice house on the banks of the Charles River to house the museum. ... John C. Cannistraro Jr., president of J.C. Cannistraro LLC, said the museum will be expanded in the new location to exhibit cutting-edge plumbing technology. The goal is to show the arc of sanitary plumbing through history from the first bulky, water-hogging flush toilets to toda's sleek models that conserve water.

No word if Cannistraro will build a pier on the river for the Ty-D-Bowl man to dock at - or why the museum isn't being moved to Flushing, NY.

Arsenal parking crackdown

adamg — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:50:57 -0500

Sean Graham reports security guards with clipboards were out in force this morning at the Watertown Arsenal demanding to know if incoming motorists actually worked there. Seems there might be some people parking there who don't belong.

Throwing in the shovel

adamg — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:52:13 -0500

Watertown has some seriously tough snow.

He's Spartacus!

adamg — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:03:34 -0500

Well, if Spartacus lived in Watertown and had to clear a 35-foot-long driveway armed only with a shovel, that is.

Good thing Marilyn Devaney won that recount

adamg — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:26:51 -0500

Even if the recount may, itself, be recounted, because otherwise, what would Paul Day have to do with himself on Tuesday nights when the Watertown Town Council is in session?

... She huffed, she puffed, she whined, she rolled her eyes and shook her head so hard that I felt concerned for her spine. She asked the town attorney for a ruling in voice that just reeked of "but you said I could have a white pony". The lawyer did not tell her what she wanted to hear, which means we'll need a new town attorney, I guess.

At one point, someone (Clyde, if I remember) cut her off in the middle of a rant and she bellowed, "BE RESPECTFUL!" And I tried to keep it in, honest I did, but I hooted out loud. It's just about the funniest thing in the world for Marilyn, who cuts off pretty much anybody she cares to because it's her God-given right to do so, to even attempt to chide someone for being rude. ...

Mystery train in Watertown

adamg — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:30:08 -0500

Looks like Watertown's got itself a freight train again.