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The sign welcoming people to Arsenal Park.(Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
Watertown’s newest park renovation received a statewide award at the Massachusetts Recreation and Park Association Conference in Springfield this week.
Watertown School officials, with the guidance of the School Committee, have reduced a shortfall of $2.5 million and came up with a budget that would have a $700,000 surplus, according to the presentation made Monday by Superintendent Dede Galdston.
Cunniff Elementary School is one of three elementary schools in Watertown to be rebuilt or renovated. The projects closed out with a combined surplus of $4 million. The new school opened in 2021. (Photo by Watertown Public Schools)
Watertown’s elementary school building projects finished with a surplus of more than $4 million, which will allow the high school construction project to stay on budget, and fund designs for a potential new middle school.
Congresswoman Katherine Clark and Congressman Jim McGovern have lunch with Hosmer School second-graders Maya and Daphne. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
A pair of enthusiastic Hosmer Elementary School ambassadors showed two members of Congress around their school Wednesday, ending with a meal cooked up by the school cafeteria staff that featured produce grown in Watertown High School’s hydroponic farm.
Will Brownsberger
The following announcement was provided by the Will Brownsberger Campaign:
Governor Maura Healey announced her support for State Senator Will Brownsberger in his re-election effort. Brownsberger represents the Suffolk and Middlesex district, consisting of Belmont, Watertown, West Cambridge, Allston, Brighton, and Fenway.
Little Local Conversations, the Watertown Business Coalition, and the City of Watertown’s Economic Development department present a panel discussion on Summer Tourism 2026 on April 7.
Tons of open houses around town over the weekend. See details below.
The following announcement was provided by St. Patrick Family Players:
Please join us for this free, musical performance on Palm Sunday, March 29th at 7:00 PM at St. Patrick’s Church, 212 Main Street, Watertown.
Rosie and the Resister performed at a No Kings Rally in Boston in March. (Contributed Photo)
Rosie and the Resisters have hit political protests big and small around the Boston area, and will appear at a pair of No Kings III protests including one in Watertown.
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation logo
The following information came from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation:
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announced today that Yuanzhe Wang of Middlesex Community College is among the semifinalists for its highly competitive Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. The Foundation named 485 semifinalists for the scholarship, which supports the nation’s top community college students with financial need seeking to complete a bachelor’s degree at four-year colleges or universities.
The following letter was sent to City Council President Mark Siders by the Charles River Regional Chamber:
Dear Council President Sideris,
On behalf of the Charles River Regional Chamber, I write to urge the Watertown City Council to designate April 9 as Local News Day.
A Public Information Meeting for the Gore Place Agrivoltaics project will be held on Tuesday, March 31 at 6:30 p.m.