The woman was walking on Dock Street in the direction of the train station at about 2:30 p.m. when she was robbed, police said.
The suspect, described as a black man of medium height and build with a scraggly beard, fled the scene, police said.
Officers walked the route the suspect took and recovered the woman's purse, but it was missing her watch, credit cards, cash and phone, police said.
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