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The cover of the Watertown Visitors Guide, produced by the City of Watertown.
Watertown’s history, activities, dining and more have been highlighted in the new Watertown Visitors Guide. The City of Watertown produced the four-page booklet in anticipation of a busy summer in Greater Boston.
The City Council approved 36 items from the Capital Improvement Program for the Fiscal Year 2027 budget, including road repairs, some money for the Middle School project, park projects, and requests from the Fire and Police departments.
Dr. Bernard Lafayette and Watertown Kingian Nonviolence Trainer Holly Cachimuel, who is a former Watertown teacher.(Photo by Chuck Dickinson)
The death of legendary civil rights icon Dr. Bernard Lafayette on March 5 resonates deeply throughout the city of Watertown. “Doc” first came here for several days in 2016, at the behest of former Watertown Middle School teacher Ruth Henry. Henry had trained in Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Resolution under Dr. Lafayette. Lafayette had promised Martin Luther King, Jr. before his 1968 assassination that he would spread King’s nonviolence teaching and practice around the world.
A vision of what a new Watertown Middle School could look like created by Ai3 Architects and presented to the School Committee in June 2025.
Architects have started creating detailed designs for a new Watertown Middle School to determine how much a new school would cost, and that information will be used by the City to see whether Watertown’s budget can handle a project expected to cost significantly more than $100 million.
A view of the temporary Watertown High School at Moxley Field from a presentation to the School Building Committee. (Courtesy of the Watertown Schools)
The public can get an inside look at the place where Watertown High School students will call home for the next three years.
Several condos and a single family are having open houses this week.
The City Council approved some property takings on Tuesday to make way for a $30 million federally-funded reconstruction of one of Watertown’s biggest streets.
The Miyawaki Forest in Danehy Park in Cambridge. (Courtesy of Watertown Miyawaki Team)
This spring, a group of Watertown residents — known as the Watertown Miyawaki Team — met to develop a Miyawaki Forest. These forests are named for Akira Miyawaki (1928-2021), a Japanese botanist with a passion for trees.
Charlie BreitroseThe Donohue’s Turkey Trot will be held on Thanksgiving for the 18th time in 2023.
The following announcement was provided by Donohue’s Bar & Grill:
As in past years, we’ll have a team competition with prizes for the largest team and the fastest team. We’ve also got an amazing prize for the person who refers the most runners into the race: FREE Donohue’s chicken wings for a year! All runners are entered into our post-race raffle, which includes over 50 six-packs of beer and bottles of wine!
The following announcement was provided by the City of Watertown:
The City is looking for your input on an overall vision plan for How Park and a focused Phase 1 renovation of the playground.
Donohue’s Kaos Club and New Day faced on in Game 3 of the Watertown Summer Basketball League Finals Tuesday at Saltonstall Park. (Photo by Natalie Nigito Photography)
Members of the Donohue’s Kaos Club posed triumphantly with the championship trophy Tuesday night after capturing the Watertown Summer Basketball League championship, defeating the squad that won the title last year.
Alexandra Mansfield of Watertown made the 2024 edition of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. She is an associate in Mirick O’Connell’s Litigation Group
The following information was provided by Mirick O’Connell Attorneys at Law:
Alexandra N. Mansfield, of Watertown, was included in the 2024 edition of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™ for her work in Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction, and Litigation – Intellectual Property.