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Watertown will be brimming with arts activities on Aug. 8, 2026. The day begins with the annual Watertown Arts Market at Arsenal Park, featuring more than 100 artists, music, performances, kids’ activities and food for sale. Afterward, catch a Latin dance performance and lessons nearby, hosted by the Mosesian Center for the Arts. See details provided by the Watertown Arts Market, below.
Matt D’Amico (right) who grew up in Watertown, with American Ninja Warrior Coach and business partner Lucas Reale during the recent Eastern Regional Finals. (Photo by Scott Everett White/NBC)
Remember when you were 6 years old and got your first baseball mitt or hockey stick, in anticipation of playing games that would become the passion of a lifetime? Well, there’s a whole new generation of young athletes passing on team sports for the opportunity to attend Obstacle Training Facilities that offer Ninja Warrior classes. Matt D’amico represents one such example, a local boy turned young man, and his story of independence, effort, determination and maturity – ultimately leading to success in more ways than one.
The home that fetched a record-breaking figure in Watertown. (Courtesy of Compass)
A four-bedroom Colonial near Oakley Country Club sold for the highest price on record for a single-family home in Watertown.
In the first of two debates for races in the Sept. 1, 2026 State Primary, the candidates for 10th Middlesex State Representative will appear in a live televised debate on Watertown Cable Access Television. The debate is co-sponsored by Watertown News.
The organizers of the Faire on the Square provided the following announcement:
On Saturday, September 28, the 21st Annual Faire on the Square will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Saltonstall Park, in Watertown.
The following piece was provided by the Watertown Mall:
Every first Friday of the month, the Watertown Mall hosts a free blood pressure screening from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. For this upcoming month, this will happen on September 6, 2019.
See this week’s Watertown open houses.
Asbestos was found deep in the walls of Hosmer Elementary School, which will result in higher costs of demolition when the new school is built.
Architects gave the School Building Committee some good news and some bad news with the costs related to hazardous material removal and the grounds where foundations will be built for the upcoming construction projects.
The Express Buses going to and from Watertown Yard will be impacted by changes made by the MBTA beginning in September.
Planned changes to improve some of the MBTA’s bus routes will take effect on Sept. 1, 2019, including some that go to Watertown.
Teams in the O’Brien-Jeharian Legends League battled for a spot in the finals Tuesday night.
The matchup for the finals of the O’Brien-Jerahian Legends will pit the top two teams in the Watertown Summer Basketball League’s legends league.
National Grid will be replacing natural gas lines to service a new development just over the town line in Belmont, but the project will impact users of two main roads in Watertown.
Watertown’s boys and girls soccer teams will soon be taking the field for the 2019 season. Here Rodrigo Freitas dribbles the ball against Gloucester at Victory Field. Pictured, Watertown’s Justin Viasus passes during the State Tourney against Pentucket at Victory Field last season.
The Watertown High School soccer teams will soon kick off their season, and both the boys and girls teams will look to do even better that last year.