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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.
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.
Middlesex Sheriff’s OfficeCadets from Watertown graduated from the MIddlesex Sheriff’s Office’s Youth Public Safety Academy. Registration for the 2026 Youth Public Safety Academy (YPSA) opened on Monday, June 1, 2026 at 9 a.m., Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian announced. Watertown’s week is July 20-24. YPSA is open to children ages 8-12 living in any of Middlesex County’s 54 cities and towns. Individuals ages 13-15 may register as a Counselor in Training. “I am so excited to once again offer this exceptional and low-cost summer program,” said Sheriff Koutoujian.
The DCR’s Dealtry Pool in Watertown. Watertown officials may seek to lease the Dealtry Pool and Cannalonga Park and increase the staffing and improve maintenance of the facilities along the Charles River. During a visit to the City Council by Watertown’s House members on May 26, State Rep. John Lawn raised the possibility that the City of Watertown may be able to work out an agreement with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) to lease the Dealtry Pool and Cannalonga Park. The pool is located near the Watertown Dam off Pleasant Street and has a swimming pool, a wading pool and locker rooms. Cannalogna Park has a parking lot near the Riverworks building, and has tennis courts that have become a popular spot for pickleball, a pavilion, and an area of trees and natural landscape. The DCR had a listening session about the park in 2022.
Watertown Walks continues on Thursdays in June. The walks hosted by Live Well Watertown and other groups run from 1 to 2 p.m. at Saltonstall Park, next to City Hall, unless noted in the information. See more details, below. Weekly programs will include movement, conversation, and opportunities to connect, interact, and explore the greater community. The walking portion of these programs will be approximately 30-40 minutes, and we encourage attendees to walk at a comfortable pace. Note location of meet-up which varies.
Mighty Squirrel Brewing’s Taproom at Arsenal Yards. A new Watertown Free Public Library and Mighty Squirrel Brewing Book Club meets the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m. See more details from the Watertown Library, below. Discuss fiction of all genres in a casual brewery setting with the WFPL Mighty Squirrel book group! Watertown Free Public Library (WFPL) hosts this monthly book group for adults at Mighty Squirrel Brewing Co., located at Arsenal Yards in Watertown. Registration is not required.
“Transitions” by MASARY Studios, one of the new art installations in Coolidge Square. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
Coolidge Square, the heart of East Watertown, will be a construction zone for the next few years, but the area has a pair of new public art pieces to bring a little joy to the area that will endure the chaos of road and sidewalk replacement. https://youtu.be/Yud2pRsSWrU
The project, called “Open for Business,” includes “Transitional,” which incorporates materials you might find in construction — sheets of aluminum and the white and yellow reflective tags used on roads — to create a piece that changes as you look at it from different angles. The piece was created by MASARY Studios, which also produced the Solstice light show at Mount Auburn Cemetery. “Transitional” is on the wall on the side of Coolidge Hardware, on Kimball Road at the corner of Mt.
Members of the Watertown Night Heron Dragon BoatTeam gather for their first on-water practice of the season. The team, organized by the Chinese American Association of Watertown (CAAW), will represent Watertown at the 47th Boston Dragon Boat Festival. (Photo by Margaret Wong, CAAW)
The following announcement was provided by the Chinese American Association of Watertown:
The Watertown Night Herons Dragon Boat Team is back on the water and gearing up for the 47th Boston Dragon Boat Festival, taking place June 13-14 along the Charles River. Organized by the Chinese American Association of Watertown (CAAW), a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the team brings together a vibrant mix of returning veteran paddlers and first-time participants. While members come from a wide range of cultural, professional, and personal backgrounds, they share a common connection to Watertown as residents or employees and a commitment to teamwork, community, and fun.