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Week in Review: Man Attacked on Arsenal Street, Gov. Patrick Stops by Perkins

Also this week, bad week for garbage trucks, MLK Day speaker urges focus on human rights and residents oppose changes proposed for park.

 

A man walking down Arsenal Street was attacked by two men and his iPhone was stolen.

Gov. Patrick stopped by Perkins School for the Blind, where he read from his book to the school's Elder Book Group.

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Garbage trucks had a bad week around Watertown. First one caught on fire, then another one struck a pole in Watertown Square and caused major traffic problems.

Robert Lewis Jr., the keynote speaker at this year's Unity Breakfast on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, asked Watertown residents to think beyond Civil Rights and work to improve Human Rights.

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Some residents who live near the park behind the new Police Station complained that the park will be ruined by new features planned for the park, including a hard court area.


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