Sports

JIM’S VIEW: Watertown Boys Regains First Place Division With Victory in Soccer Night Matchup

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Soccer nights have become a “thing” and Watertown’s was last night. The nightcap featured first place versus second place in the Freedom Division of the Middlesex League, specifically Melrose at 3-0-1 and 7 points, and the Raiders in second place at 2-0-2 and 6 points. Overall, Melrose was 4-2-2 and Watertown undefeated through eight games at 3-0-5. There you go — all you need to know before a 6:30 start on a beautiful fall night before a big soccer night crowd.

Sports

JIM’S VIEW: Watertown Football Dominates From Start to Finish In Final Non-League Tune-up

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Watertown Football opened the season at home on Sept. 5 and lost a hard-fought game 36-22 to Whittier. Twenty-one days later the Raiders finally got to play home game number two on the schedule, and it was everything they wished for, and then some. Watertown scored on the opening drive, and on this night it would have been enough, but Watertown scored four more times on the way to a 35-0 defeat of Brookline. Watertown’s reward for moving to 2-1 on the season? The start of league play, on the road, at 3-0 Stoneham, coming off a bye week. But that’s a story for another day.  

Government

City Manager’s Reflection One-Week After the End of the Trash Strike

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Full trash bins during the recently-ended trash strike. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)

Watertown City Manager George Proakis sent out the following piece on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025.

As we end the first week of fall and reflect upon the summer that saw our regular trash and recycling services disrupted by the labor strike between Republic Services and their unionized workforce, I want to extend my sincere appreciation to the community for their continued understanding and the members of City staff for their hard work.

Elections

LETTER from Candidate for Councilor At Large Tom Tracy

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Hello Watertown Residents,

My name is Tom Tracy and I am running for City Councilor at Large. I was born and raised in this wonderful community. For those of you who don’t know me, I proudly served Watertown as the Town/City Auditor for over 29 years. For the last seven years of my career, I was also the Assistant City Manager for Finance and then Acting City Manager following the retirement of Michael Driscoll until the hiring of George Proakis.