Watertown Officials Will Try to Preserve Trees at Victory Field

Roots of trees along Orchard Street threatened because field will be dug by to install field drainage system.

Town officials will work the construction contractor to try to preserve as many of the six trees as possible that are threatened by the Victory Field renovation project. The trees that line the sidewalk on Orchard Street were discussed at the Tree Hearing held in Town Hall Thursday afternoon. A number of residents wanted to see the trees preserved. Town Councilor Tony Palomba said he wanted to make sure that if six trees are lost, six be planted to replace them. The construction plan now calls for three to be planted in a new plaza near Marion Road behind the football bleachers. Tree Warden Chris Hayward said he is worried the trees would be damaged and eventually die because some of the roots will be removed when the grass field is dug up…

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Details of Victory Field Construction Project Discussed

Residents concerned about construction traffic, trees being removed from the Watertown athletic facility.

Work has just started on the Victory Field renovation, but the heaving lifting will soon begin, which will mean trucks coming in and out of the site. The construction will including demolishing and removing the old concrete bleachers near the baseball field, removing dirt from the top of the field to make way for the new stone fill which will go underneath the turf, said Glen Howard, project manager for architects CDM. The goal is to finish the project by this fall, Howard said at a meeting about the project held Tuesday night. Construction traffic could include multiple trucks daily, but officials promised residents that all the traffic would be on Orchard Street, and not impact the neighborhood behind the field, accessed by Marion Road…

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Happy Holidays 2010

Simple Tips for A Greener Holiday

There are a number of clever and easy ways Watertown residents can be eco-friendly while celebrating the holidays.

According to The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), Massachusetts residents produce 25 percent more trash and use about 5 percent more energy between Thanksgiving and New Year's. To help reduce that burden to the environment MassDEP and Watertown Citizens for Environmental Safety (WCES) offer several tips on how to "Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle" while celebrating the holidays.  Some of MassDEP's tips on "Going Greener" for the holidays include: WCES's Terese Hammerle says gifts with little to no packaging are ideal. "Most items are shipped with Styrofoam, or polystyrene, which is hard to recycle in Watertown," Hammerle said. "But luckily WCES is working with DPW and the police department to sponsor a Styrofoam …

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