Around Town

Learn About the Current Status of Disability Rights from a Panel of Experts at Watertown Library

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The Watertown Free Public Library, the Watertown Commission on Disability, and World in Watertown will two community events focused on disability rights. See the announcement below. What is the status of disability rights in the United States? How do national policies impact people with disabilities in our community? This month, the Watertown Commission on Disability, the Watertown Free Public Library, and World in Watertown are hosting a special two-night look at the past and present fight for disability rights.

Sports

Watertown Grad, Westfield St. Field Hockey Player Earns D3 National Player of the Week Honor

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The following announcement was provided by Westfield State Athletics:

Earlier this week, Westfield State first-year forward Caroline Andrade (Watertown, Mass./Watertown HS) was named as the National Field Hockey Coaches Association’s national Offensive Player of the Week for NCAA Division III for the week ending October 5. Andrade tallied five goals and three assists in a 3-0 week for the Owls, and has been a major factor in the Owls current eight-game winning streak. “I was excited,” said Andrade, on learning of the award. “But I think it’s’ really about the team connecting,  more of a team effort and seeing passes.”

Andrade missed the first six games of the 2025 season for the Owls when an injury she suffered during high school basketball flared up before the start of the season. Andrade came off the bench in her first two games in the lineup for the Owls, scoring shootout in a overtime win against Johnson and Wales before being inserted into the starting lineup. “I was a little rough and rusty at first, and it was difficult not knowing exactly how my teammates played even though I had been watching all season,” said Andrade.

Around Town

Mt. Auburn St.: Construction Continues in East End in Area of Coolidge Square

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Sections of Mt. Auburn Street in and around Coolidge Square will be under construction this week beginning Monday. See the impacts on traffic, parking, and sidewalks in the announcement from the City of Watertown below. Sidewalk Excavation Continues At Cambridge Line

Excavation of the eastbound sidewalk and curbing on Mount Auburn Street between Belmont Street and Arlington Street will continue on Monday, October 13, 2025 from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Learn about travel and parking impacts below. Traffic and Sidewalk Impacts

The eastbound sidewalk will be closed for excavation starting on Monday, October 13, 2025 at 7:00 a.m. A bypass sidewalk on the eastbound side will be opened up while this work is being completed.

Around Town

Small Saves Plays with His Cat in This Week’s Cartoon

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James DeMarco grew up in Watertown and became a goaltender at age 5. It’s his life’s passion to stand between the pipes and keep the puck out of the net. Combining this with the love of cartooning Small Saves emerged in 1991 and took on a life of his own. “To play goal – then come home and draw Small Saves — is my ideal definition of a good day.”

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Watertown’s Project Save Hosting First Full Exhibition This Fall & Conversations on Photography

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Astrig Agopian’s “Like There’s No Tomorrow”

The following announcement was provided by Project Save:

Project Save Photographic Archive, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit dedicated to preserving the global Armenian experience through photography, announced today its lineup of fall programming, including its first major exhibition in the organization’s gallery and archive space, and two events in its popular “Conversations on Photography” series. French-Armenian photojournalist and documentary filmmaker Astrig Agopian’s multimedia exhibition Like There’s No Tomorrow will open at Project Save on Nov. 13, 2025 and run through Jan. 17, 2026. The exhibit focuses on the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh, a region Armenians have inhabited for millennia and whose cultural heritage has endured centuries of upheaval.

Entertainment

Live Simulcast of Yo-Yo Ma Concert to be Held at Watertown Library

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Yo-Yo Ma. (Photo by Bradley Gutierrez)

The Watertown Free Public Library will be one of more than 20 locations simulcasting Yo-Yo Ma’s Celebrity Series of Boston concert from Symphony Hall on Nov. 21. See more information in the announcement provided by the Watertown Library. This November, Yo-Yo Ma will perform Bach’s complete suites for solo cello for the first time in one evening at home, in Boston.

Elections

City Council At-Large Candidates Appearing at Housing for All Watertown Forum

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The following announcement was provided by Housing for All Watertown:

Please join Housing for All Watertown (HAW) as we hold an in-depth conversation on housing policy with the At-Large City Council Candidates on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. The forum will take place from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Watertown Savings Bank Room at the Watertown Free Public Library. Due to a scheduling conflict, we will be unable to host the candidates for the other contested City Council race, in District C. Please see the forum lineup below. 2025 Candidate Forum Lineup

2 p.m. – Welcome and introductions 

2:15 p.m. – Candidates for Councilor At Large: Caroline Bays (Incumbent), John Gannon (Incumbent), Theo Offei, Tony Palomba (Incumbent), Tom Tracy

3:15 p.m. – Closing

This event is free and open to the public.  For more information on Housing for All Watertown go to: https://www.housingforallwatertown.org/

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Bar ‘Cino Watertown Raises Nearly $2,500 for Centre Street Food Pantry

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Newport Restaurant Group. The following announcement was provided by Bar ‘Cino:

Bar ‘Cino, located at 47 Main Street in Watertown, is pleased to announce that the restaurant will donate $2,496.00 in support of the Centre Street Food Pantry. The donation was raised through a fundraiser that ran from Aug. 17 though Aug. 31 in which 50 percent of all restaurant dessert sales were designated for the Pantry’s “No Child Hungry” program.