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.

Elections

LETTER: Resident Endorses School Committee Candidate

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I’m writing to urge Watertown voters to vote for Sheila Krishnan for School Committee. Sheila and her husband Steve, both educators themselves, have chosen to rise their kids in Watertown because they love the level of community engagement they’ve found here. I first got to know Sheila through the Kingian Response Team, and we have connected over our shared interest in history and ongoing learning despite our different personal backgrounds. Since then, I’ve watched with admiration at her success in bringing together different parts of the community in service of our youth. She brings a rare combination of deep insight and non-nonsense smarts to complex problems. She helps colleagues get to the heart of the matter with grace and wisdom.

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Watertown Library Releases Five Year Strategic Plan, See Details

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The Watertown Free Public Library. (Courtesy of WFPL)

The Watertown Free Public Library approved a new Strategic Plan in the summer of 2025, and the public is invited to look at the finalized plan. See the announcement from the library, below. Read more about the Watertown Free Public Library FY 2026–2030 Strategic Plan, with an update from Library Director Kim Long (Hewitt):

Hello and happy fall! In June, the Library Trustees voted to approve WFPL’s new Strategic Plan for FY26-2030.