Around Town

Watertown Farmers Market Opens This Week, See Who Will be There, Including New Vendors

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The Watertown Farmers Market returns on June 10, 2026. (Courtesy of Watertown Farmers Market)

The Watertown Farmers Market season begins this week, with the first market of 2026 taking place on Wednesday. See more information about what to expect, how to get there, and food asssistance programs in the announcement provided by the Watertown Farmers Market, below. We’re excited to kick off the 13th year of the Watertown Farmers’ Market in the newly renovated park space! Stop over next Wednesday, June 10, 2026, from 2:30-6:30 p.m. to celebrate all the market has to offer!Join us to welcome back familiar faces and welcome newcomers.

Schools

Watertown Students Graduate from BC High, Make Honor Roll

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Three Watertown students graduated from Boston College High School, and several made the school’s honor roll. See the information provided by BC High, below. Boston College High School proudly celebrated the achievements of the 277 graduates of the Class of 2026 during the school’s 162nd Commencement Exercises on Morrissey Boulevard. Thousands of family members, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends gathered to honor the graduates and welcome them into the lifelong brotherhood of the BC High alumni community. This year’s commencement address was delivered by Vincent D. Rougeau, president of the College of the Holy Cross and a nationally respected scholar of legal education and Catholic social thought

The graduates included the following students from Watertown:

Ben Campolongo

Owen Driscoll

Alex Podgoretsky

Honor Roll

BC High announced the students who received honors in Quarter 3, including several local students.

Around Town

Sidewalk Work Continues in Coolidge Square This Week During Mt. Auburn St. Project

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Crews will be doing sidewalk work in multiple parts of Mt. Auburn Street this week, including in the business district in Coolidge Square. Businesses will remain open during the construction, some may be accessible only using rear entrances. See more details in the announcement from the City of Watertown, below. Concrete Removal

Concrete sidewalk panels will be removed along the eastbound side of Mount Auburn Street between Bigelow Ave.

Around Town

Watertown’s Town Wide Yard Sale Returns, Register Now!

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The following announcement was provided by the organizers of the Town Wide Yard Sale:

Join us for the 2026 Town Wide Yard Sale on Saturday, June 13th and Sunday June 14th! For one fee of $10, you can schedule your yard sale on Saturday, June 13th, Sunday, June 14th, or both days! We’ll do the advertising, provide a list of addresses to buyers and make it a community event for all to enjoy!!! 

Click the links below to see our informative flyer or to access our registration form. 2026 Town Wide Yard Sale Flyer – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dDjupcOobBSkEm_StNcdeaDmU1lTzG2a/view?usp=sharing 

2026 Town Wide Yard Sale Registration Form – https://forms.gle/aPfo7L9x5JpHjDiT8

*Registration by Monday, June 8th, is required to participate as a seller. There is a $10 fee which allows you to participate in both days or either date. 

*Participation as a shopper does not require registration or payment.

Government

State Rep. Steve Owens Hosting 2 Office Hours in Watertown

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State Rep. Steve Owens. State Rep. Steve Owens will host a pair of office hours in Watertown during the month of June. See details in the announcement provided by Owen’s office, below. Please come visit me at my next office hours:

Thursday, June 11 from 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. at Triangle Coffee Bar (66 Galen St, Watertown, MA 02472)

Monday, June 15 from 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the Watertown Senior Center (31 Marshall St, Watertown, MA 02472)

Friday, June 26 from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. at the Collins Branch of the Cambridge Public Library (64 Aberdeen  Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138)

The Statehouse is open to the public and my legislative office is in suite 167. The office phone number is (617) 722-2230.

Around Town

Upcoming Panel Discussing the Original Peoples and the Founding of Watertown

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The following announcement was provided by the Pigsgusset Initiative:

How much do we truly know about the ground beneath our feet and those who lived here for thousands of years? Before it was Watertown, this place was known as Pigsgusset — “the meadow at the widening of the river.”

Community members are invited to go behind the scenes of the groundbreaking new public history tool, “Pigsgusset and Watertown: What You Might Not Know About the original Peoples and the Founding of Watertown” on Wednesday, June 17th from 7-8:15 p.m. at the Watertown Free Public Library. Members of the Pigsgusset Initiative, a working group of Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice and the Environment, will host a panel that will describe the creation of an online StoryMap and will preview the soon-to-be released history tool. Mishy Lesser, co-founder of the Pigsgusset Initiative and Learning Director of Upstander Project, will facilitate the panel. She will be joined by Marilynne K. Roach, President of the Historical Society of Watertown, and Jennifer Wolfrum, coordinator of the Pigsgusset Initiative. Together they will share their experience working together over the past three years to bring this history project to life. Participants will be able to preview the most recent version of the StoryMap and there will be time for questions and discussion following the presentation. The Pigsgusset Initiative is dedicated to healing and justice through the un-erasure of Indigenous peoples from the place now called Watertown.

Elections

State Senate Candidates Appearing at Public Forum

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The candidates for the Suffolk and Middlesex State Senate District — Will Brownsberger and Daniel Lander — will appear at a candidate forum in Boston. The district includes Watertown, Belmont and parts of Boston and Cambridge. See more information from the Boston Ward Committee Dems, below. Join the Boston Democratic Wards 4 and 5 Committees for a lively conversation with the candidates running for seats in the Mass Senate. The Forum will be a double-header, with candidates for the Suffolk & Middlesex State Senate race speaking from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. — and the candidates for the First Suffolk State Senate race speaking from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Confirmed candidates: Senator Nick Collins, Latoya Gayle, and Juwan Skeens (First Suffolk); Senator Will Brownsberger and Daniel Lander (Suffolk & Middlesex).

Around Town

Spring-Summer Watertown Adult & Community Education Catalog is Out, Registration Open

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See what courses are available from Watertown Adult & Community Education in the spring and summer catalog. See details below. The 2026 Spring-Summer Watertown Adult & Community Education Catalog, including information about the Town Wide Yard Sale, is now available online! Courses in the catalog run between June 4, 2026-Aug. 17, 2026. 

Click here to view the 2026 Spring-Summer Adult & Community Education Catalog, including links to our online registration form.