Around Town
Learn How to Save Someone from an Overdose at Free Naloxone Training
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Wayside Youth & Family Network shared the announcement that free training on how to use the anti-overdose medication Nalaxone will be offered in August.
Watertown Playground Named for Soldier Killed in Vietnam Will be Upgraded
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Drawings of plans for renovating the Lt. Paul Sullivan Playground. (Source: City of Watertown)
A playground named in honor of a Watertown man who died in Vietnam will be getting an update, with new play structures and paving.
Noah Kahan References Watertown in a Song on His New Album
Noah Kahan, from his Facebook page.
Watertown got a shoutout in Noah Kahan’s latest album “The Great Divide.” The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter said he enjoyed the time he spent living in town.
City Hall Annex at Parker Building to Temporarily Close
The following announcement was provided by the City of Watertown:
The City’s Parker Building at 124 Watertown Street will be temporarily closed from May 2-12, 2026, to undergo electrical service upgrades in the building.
School Officials Outline Strategies to Improve Watertown’s Special Education Program
A study of the Watertown Public Schools’ special education found a number of areas of concerns, including a lack of uniformity, a need for better communication with families, and a distrust among parents of students in the program.
More Headlines
Restaurants Won’t be Allowed to Automatically Include Plastic Utensils Under New Ordinance
Council President Outlines City’s Protections for Undocumented Immigrants, Does Not Favor an Executive Order
Watertown Eco Fest will Feature Sustainable Vendors, Demonstrations & Activities for All Ages
Real Estate
A Variety of Properties Holding Open Houses This Week
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Check out this week’s Watertown open houses.
High School Project
Forum on Watertown High School Planned; Building Committee Doesn’t Like Renovation Option
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A mockup of what Watertown High School could look like if the current school was renovated and expanded. A new gym would be built on the Phillips School site, and a parking garage would go on the corner near Barnard Avenue (bottom right).
An option of renovating and expanding the existing Watertown High School got bad reactions from the School Building Committee Wednesday night. The committee also saw more details of building a new school on part of the Victory Field complex.
COVID-19
Parks, Playgrounds & More Closing at Certain Hours for Recreation Programs
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The tot lot installed at the 552 Main Street Park.
As Watertown Recreation Department programs reopen this summer, some of the town’s park and recreation facilities will be temporarily closed during the Recreation programs.
Government
OP-ED: Is It Time to Hit the Brakes on Reopening in Mass.?
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State Sen. Will Brownsberger
The following piece was written by State Sen. Will Brownsberger, who represents Watertown, Belmont and parts of Boston:
In order to safely reopen our schools, we may need to hit the brakes on our phased reopening of the economy in Massachusetts. The latest numbers are telling us that we may need to reclose some businesses or find other ways to reduce infection.
Letters
OP-ED: Call to Dismantle Nuclear Weapons 75 Years After Atom Bombs dropped on Hiroshima, Nagasaki
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Candleboats float on the Charles River in Watertown in memory of those who died in the nuclear bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The following piece was submitted by Jeanne Trubek, Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin, Pam Phillips and Sue LaDue of Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice and the Environment:
Seventy-five years ago, the United States opened a new era, the Age of Nuclear Weapons. In August, 1945, the US dropped one atomic bomb on Hiroshima and one atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Those two bombs killed 226,000 people — immediately. In the years that followed, the survivors — in Japanese as “Hibakusha” – suffered cancer and chronic disease as a result of the extreme radiation. Suddenly the world was faced with a weapon so incredibly destructive that the world could only hope it would never again be used.
Schools
Two Watertown High Students Receive Newspaper Awards
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Watertown’s Sarah Vail and Toni Carton received Headliners in Education Honors for their work on the Raider Times.
Headliners in Education honored two Watertown High School seniors for their work in high school journalism, and presented them with $500 awards.
Around Town
Sheriff’s Office Offering Virtual Youth Public Safety Academy
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The following information was provided by the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office:
Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian is inviting Middlesex County families to participate in a series of live, virtual Youth Public Safety Academy (YPSA) events beginning July 29 at 10 a.m.