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The Mass. Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs announced that the region that includes Watertown has reached Critical Drought levels. See more information in the announcement from the City of Watertown, below. During the month of May, the state of Massachusetts received between 1-3 inches of rain, which was 1.3 to 3 inches below normal. Rivers and streams throughout the region are running below normal levels, even if they may have seen a slight increase right after a rain event.
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.
The Parade started the festivities for Watertown Pride 2026 on June 6. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
Watertown Pride returned to Watertown Square for the fifth year on Saturday, June 6, 2026. A volunteer handed out Pride flags. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
A parade from Moxley Field to Saltonstall Park started the celebration. The Good Trouble Brass Band performed at the pavilion in Saltonstall Park.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Historical Society’s tour of Watertown During the Revolution has become a popular event, and Sunday is the last time to take the tour before the fall. See details in the announcement, below. The Historical Society of Watertown invites you to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the fight for American Independence by taking a walking tour of “Watertown During the Revolution.”
Date: Sunday, June 7, 2026 at 10 a.m. (last chance to take this walking tour- may offer more in the Fall)
Meeting Place: Zussman Memorial Park beside 66 Galen St. (The tour will be cancelled for rain.)
Join Historical Society of Watertown walking tour leaders Lynne O’Connell and Beth Houston for a 90-minute walking tour to learn about the important role that the town played during the American Revolution. After the battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775, the Provincial Congress assembled in the town’s Meeting House, making Watertown the seat of the Massachusetts government for 18 months.
The 2026 Watertown Farmers Market returns to Saltonstall Park on June 10 and runs weekly through Oct. 21. The market will be held Wednesdays from 2:30-6:30 p.m. (6 p.m. in October). See more information from the Farmers Market, below. The 13th season of the Watertown Farmers’ Market kicks off on June 10, 2026, and runs every Wednesday through Oct.