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Once a month, the Watertown Police Department invites the public in to learn about how the department works and what officers are doing around town. On Aug. 19, the Tuesday Night Talk features the WPD’s School Resource Officers.
The sign for the temporary Watertown High School at PFC Richard Moxley Field. (Courtesy by City of Watertown)
When the 2025-26 School Year begins in September, Watertown High School students will have a new dress code, rules on using their cellphones, and fewer days to add or drop a class. The School Committee also discussed the sex-based harassment reporting policy, and heard about individualized instruction for math and literacy, and district policy changes.
Watertown City Councilor Emily Izzo has been appointed as an attorney with the City of Waltham. (Courtesy of Emily Izzo)
A Watertown City Councilor will get a look from the other side of municipal government when she takes a position as an attorney for the City of Waltham.
The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department.
The old Watertown High School has been demolished. A crane that will erect the steel frame of the new high school has arrived. (Courtesy of Vertex)
The old Watertown High School is officially history. The project management firm, Vertex, provided the following update on the progress of the new high school project.
The Watertown Public Schools budget forecast for Fiscal Year 2025 would provide the district with a small surplus.
The following announcement was provided by the Helen Robinson Wright Fund:
A concert featuring Guy Urban will benefit the The Helen Robinson Wright Fund at First Parish of Watertown.
The following announcement is provided by the Watertown Veterans’ Services Department and the Commander’s Mansion:
Watertown Veterans’ Services and the Commander’s Mansion are excited to announce the details for this year’s Poppy Social! This event is open to the public and features an Open House at the Commander’s Mansion on Friday, May 24 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served and a guided tour of the mansion will take place at 11:00 a.m.
The City of Watertown sent out the following announcement:
The City of Watertown has declared a snow emergency that will take effect starting at 1:00 AM on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. Up to 12 inches of snow is currently forecast to fall throughout the day Tuesday.
The City Council will meet Tuesday night in a remote-only session. See more details below.
Lauren Jones, State Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, spoke at the Charles River Regional Chamber event at the Hampton Inn & Suites in Watertown on Feb. 6. (Courtesy of Charles River Chamber)
Massachusetts finds itself in an unusual job market in the post-Pandemic period. The state added more than 50,000 jobs from 2019 to 2023, but at during the same period the workforce declined by 113,000 people, creating a tight job market.
Nelson, a 17-year-old from Armenia, was injured in an explosion and has received medical care in Boston. (Photo by David Ghahramanyan)
An Armenian teen, Nelson, who was injured during recent attacks in Artsakh received care in a Boston hospital with the help of Watertown’s Stepan Chiloyan and the Armenian American Medical Association. Chiloyan has started a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to help Nelson.