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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.
Watertown hired a new Veterans Services Officer, who is a Navy and Army National Guard veteran with experience in frontline medical care, and most recently worked in the Massachusetts Executive Office of Veterans Services. See the announcement from the City of Watertown, below.
Several polling places in Watertown will be moving to a new location for the 2025 Watertown Election. City Councilors had concerns about how voters will know where to go to vote.
Leah, from Watertown, attended a recent Boston College football game with Team IMPACT. (Courtesy Photo)
The following information was provided by Team IMPACT:
On Saturday, Oct. 28, members of the Team IMPACT family came together in collaboration with Empower at Boston College’s Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill for a fun, heart-warming tailgate and pre-game for the kids and their families.
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Watertown senior Molly Driscoll and the Raiders will play in the State Semifinal on Wednesday. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
The Watertown High School football team has rediscovered its winning ways, defeating Arlington Catholic this week 33-7.
A single family and a townhouse were purchased this week.
Watertown High School
Say good bye to the old, and welcome the new …. Watertown High School.
This week the demolition of the old school at 50 Columbia St. will really get rolling, and on Thursday there will be a groundbreaking ceremony with local and state officials taking part.
Lisa Feltner seeks re-election as District B Town Councilor.
Thank you, District B!
Thank you for your continued support this election in several ways, whether by hosting a yard sign, helping spread the good word or making a donation, which also helps continue my web presence for you.
A Golden Cookie Factory tin container, made to look like a picnic basket (Photo courtesy of
Joyce Kelly)
The following story is part of a series on local history provided by the Historical Society of Watertown. It was written by Sigrid Reddy Watson Terman for the July 2005 Historical Society of Watertown newsletter, “The Town Crier.” Sigrid is a former Board member and former President of the Historical Society, as well at a former Director of the Watertown Free Public Library.
For several years starting in 1997, she wrote a Watertown history column for the Watertown TAB/Press called “Echoes.” Sigrid published her columns in a book called “Watertown Echoes: A Look Back at Life in a Massachusetts Town”. The book is available for purchase through the Historical Society of Watertown for $10. To purchase it, please contact Joyce at joycekel@aol.com.
The building now occupied by Boston Biomedical Research Institute, at 64 Grove Street in East Watertown (Editor’s 2023 note – this building is no longer occupied by BBRI), typifies the transition from a 20th-century building’s original use to a new and apparently unrelated one. People with long memories have told me how they used to buy bags of broken cookies at the Golden Cookie Company for a few cents during the Depression of the 1920s and 30s, and even into the 50s. Their memories, however, may not be long enough to remember the actual purposefor which the building was originally intended.
James DeMarco grew up in Watertown and became a goaltender at age 5. It’s his life’s passion to stand between the pipes and keep the puck out of the net.