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311 Service Center staff — Constituant Service Director Laura Murray (right) and Constituent Services Representative Stephanie Owens — outside their office City Hall. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
Inside a small office in the back corner of City Hall sits the heart of Watertown’s 311 Service Center. The two-woman operation fields calls, texts, emails, and other messages about potholes, people trying to reach a City employee, and occasionally to report something strange they have just witnessed.
Caution tape blocks off an area of sidewalk under construction in Coolidge Square in early June 2026. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
Last week, looking out the window of her business, Artemis Yoga owner Liz Padula saw orange cones, yellow caution tape, gravel, and signs saying “no parking” and “sidewalk closed.”
A vision of what a new Watertown Middle School could look like created by Ai3 Architects and presented to the School Committee in October 2025.
The possibility of building a new Middle School in Watertown moved a step closer to becoming a reality at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. The Council also approved funding for projects at City parks, the library, Police Station, and for Watertown’s Treaty Day celebration.
Watertown’s City Hall.
Proposed changes to Watertown’s Noise Ordinance will soon be discussed by the City Council, including changes of hours for lawn and garden maintenance.
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.
Courtesy of Friends of Bees
The following information was provided by the Watertown Friends of Bees:
Mark your calendar! The 25th annual Life-Friendly Garden Tour is a few weeks away on Sunday Sept. 10 from 1 until 5 p.m.
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 final touches are being made on the temporary campus in preparation for Watertown High School students to return to class on Sept. 5, and the students and staff alike will have to adapt to their new digs, which include sites outside the modular campus at Moxley Field.
MassBay Community College Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) students practice skills in the nursing labs on the MassBay Framingham campus, Framingham, May 2019 (Courtesy of MassBay Community College)
The following information was provided by MassBay Community College:
This fall, MassBay Community College is offering free workforce training courses for eligible Massachusetts residents in Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Behavioral Health Technician, Microsoft Training, Medical Interpreting, and ASE Diesel Test Preparation. These courses are one-semester and paid for through the Massachusetts Education & Training Fund (ETF) initiative and provide students with in-demand skills that will strengthen gaps in workforce needs.
The following information was provided by Gore Place:
On Wednesday, September 6th, from 10 am to 11 am, join our Family Educator at Gore Place, the historic estate in Waltham and Watertown, for story time in the new threshing barn.
MassDCR announced that a stretch of the Charles River in Watertown will be treated for invasive aquatic plant species this week. See the announcement below.