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Watertown Firefighters put out a fire at a home on Kimball Road. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
Watertown Firefighters doused a house fire on Kimball Road Tuesday morning. Residents were not hurt thanks to alert employees of a Coolidge Square business.
Watertown had 39 participants in the 2026 Boston Marathon. The fastest male runner was Michael Creedon, and the top female was Courtney Hawkins.
Bob Hall won the Boston Marathon’s first wheelchair division race in 1975.
Bob Hall, a Watertown resident and trailblazing wheelchair athlete and advocate for access, died at the age of 74. A private funeral service will be held at a later date, and visiting hours were held at Nardone Funeral Home on April 16.
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School bus fees will rise $200 for students who don’t qualify for the mandated busing areas of town in the 2026-27 school year. School officials will also look at purchasing its own buses, which would be electric.
The Councilor At-Large candidates appeared at the forum Thursday co-hosted by Watertown Cable Access TV and Watertown News.
If you missed Thursday’s Councilor At-Large Candidate Forum, or want to see it again, you can watch it online.
Dear Councilor Feltner,
I am writing this letter to express my concern around the location of the campaign event being hosted this afternoon (Oct. 1) on my street: Riverside St.
Dear Watertown Voters,
I served for three consecutive four year terms on the Watertown School Committee beginning in the late nineties.
The Watertown Community Foundation will collect donations for the annual Town-Wide Food Drive on Oct. 16.
Check out all the open houses in town this weekend.
Flavor Boom!Some of the dishes served up at Flavor Boom!, a new restaurant on Arsenal Street.
The restaurant scene in Watertown is brimming with life, with the addition of three restaurants. Plus, an established eatery is changing hands.
Charlie BreitroseThe Watertown Dam near Watertown Square slows the flow of the Charles River. A group is advocating removing the dam.
A group that has been studying the removal the Watertown Dam to improve the environment for fish and to protect against a potential failure will give a public tour of the area on Saturday.
Church of the Good Shepherd.
The following announcement was provided by the Church of the Good Shepherd:
The Church of the Good Shepherd invites all animal lovers to join us for the 2021 Blessing of the Animals.