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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department.
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.
Photo by Natalie Nigito PhotographyThe Papas Elite Summer Basketball League playoffs have started. The games take place at the court behind the Watertown Boys & Girls Club.
A pair of teams won their quarterfinal matchups in Watertown’s Papas Elite Summer Basketball League, and will play in the semifinals beginning Wednesday, Aug. 9.
LaFauci Tile and Marble will host a blood drive on Aug. 25 at its store on Main Street in Watertown.
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Watertown students earned academic honors at their college or university, and dozens earned a degree this spring.
Watertown City Hall
The following announcement was provided by the City of Watertown:
If you need assistance listening to any meeting in Council Chambers in City Hall, please ask the person running the meeting for a device when you enter the room. They will show you where you can borrow a device during the meeting.
Courtesy of Gore PlaceThe historic home at Gore Place will host an escape room on Aug. 24 and 25.
The following announcement came from Gore Place:
On Thursday evening, August 24, and Friday evening, August 25, you and a group of friends can test your knowledge and puzzle-solving skills at our brand-new Escape Room inside the historic house at Gore Place! You will have thirty minutes to crack the code and escape the Oval Room in the 1806 mansion of Christopher and Rebecca Gore.
At 51 Water St., just across the river from downtown Watertown, several local services have been available to the Watertown community, including a large adult day care service and, notably, the Community Rehab Care group. (For orientation, 51 Water St. is the area facing Nonantum Road, behind the bus turn-around and near the MBTA lots.)
A view of the plans for the Watertown Mall Transformation Project. (Illustration from Alexandria Real Estate)
Wednesday night, the Planning Board will hear plans for the redevelopment of the Watertown Mall and nearby properties planned by Alexandria Real Estate Equities.
Photo by Anaïs MarkwoodOne of the sculptures on the Community Sculpture Walk. The walk will be one of the stops of the Aug. 10 Walk N Talk. Here, artist James Payne speaks about his sculpture “Opposition.”
The public is invited to join the City of Watertown and the Watertown Business Coalition for a Walk ‘n’ Talk in Watertown Square. This month, the topic will be the planned cultural district in the center of town.