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After signs of progress toward a Post Office branch returning to Watertown Square, City of Watertown officials recently received some bad news.
A drone will likely be the latest high-tech addition to the Watertown Police Department, but the City Council had questions about where data collected will be stored and who will have access.
Porchfest returns to Watertown for the third year on May 16. (Photo from Watertown Porchfest)
The third year of Watertown Porchfest is the biggest yet, with in excess of 200 performances at more than 80 locations around the City on Saturday, May 16 from noon to 6 p.m.
A rendering of National Development’s plans to renovate part of the Watertown Mall. The green sign is where Joyful Garden will move, and the red sign is a new retailer.
The new owners of the Watertown Mall showed plans to revamp part of the mall, which include creating a new space for a popular restaurant and creating space for a new retailer.
Watertown’s Kendall Cote plays Pammy in the play “Gatsby”at the American Repertory Theater. (Contributed Photo)
A young Watertown actress made her stage debut in a play headed to Broadway and on one of the area’s most well known stages.
Students from Watertown earned academic honors at several colleges and universities in the spring of 2024.
By Linda ScottWatertown Resident
Part Four: “Great things are done by a series of small things done together.” – Vincent van Gogh
This week’s Watertown open houses includes a single family house for just under $3 million.
Longtime Watertown Police Detective David MacNeil is moving on to new challenges, including teaching crime scene investigation and working on cold cases. (Photo by Leah O’Brien Photography)
During his time at the Watertown Police Department, David MacNeil has trained at national crime investigation centers, taught trainings himself, he was the inspiration for a character in books and movies, and he got to visit Scotland Yard. Now, in his retirement, the Watertown native plans to share what he’s learned with others in law enforcement, and to help solve cold cases.
By Linda ScottWatertown Resident
Part Three: “If voting made any difference, they wouldn’t let us do it.” Mark Twain
This simultaneously cynical and humorous quote by Mark Twain would just about summarize the feelings of the many disaffected voters in Watertown at this time.
The play “Hush Hush” will be at the Mosesian Center for the Arts.
It’s the summer solstice this weekend, and the weather has turned into summer heat so fast! Enjoy Greek food, music, dance and more during the Grecian Festival. Mt. Auburn Cemetery has a full day of events to celebrate the solstice. Go sit in the shade of one of their majestic trees and contemplate what this summer will mean to you. There is an enticing backyard concert on Saturday, and a play based on a Bengali novel at the Mosesian Center. The Tipsy Tea party at the Commander’s Mansion must not be missed! Most important, perhaps, is that there is a holiday this weekend that you may not know about yet, National Onion Rings Day, celebrated at Donohue’s. It’s going on my calendar. (It’s also national kissing day. Not a bad one to celebrate either!)
The 215th Army Band will perform a free concert at the Mosesian Center for the Arts.
The following announcement was provided by the Mosesian Center for the Arts:
Mosesian Center for the Arts will welcome the 215th Army Band on June 26 as part of the band’s summer concert tour. Based in Fall River, the “Governor’s Own” 215th Army Band of the Massachusetts Army National Guard remains one of the nation’s finest military bands. For more than 60 years, the band has performed throughout New England and the world, bringing the Army’s musical traditions and goodwill to thousands of listeners.