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James DeMarco grew up in Watertown and became a goaltender at age 5. It’s his life’s passion to stand between the pipes and keep the puck out of the net. Combining this with the love of cartooning Small Saves emerged in 1991 and took on a life of his own. “To play goal – then come home and draw Small Saves — is my ideal definition of a good day.”
UPDATE, June 7, 2025: Clyde Younger has started a resident’s petition to submit to the City Council. The petition is attached at the bottom of the letter. The letter was originally posted on May 29, 2025. Dear Editor,
Upon employment by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), my Supervisor in Los Angeles would quote, “an education can never be taken from you.” This occurred during a period when the U.S. Government did not undertake actions to prevent the general public from pursuing their educational interests.
The following information was provided by the City of Watertown:
The Watertown Swap Shop is a free resource for our residents to share household items. As a volunteer-run sustainability initiative, we hope to encourage sharing and reuse, reduce consumption and waste, and connect neighbors across our community. Hours and Location
The Watertown Swap Shop will be open 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. the First Saturday of every month unless otherwise noted (weather depending) from April through October. The hours of operation will be dependent upon the availability of volunteers to oversee the program. Closed during the winter months. The 2025 dates are:
June 7 (First day open, taking donations only!) (Note, if there is lightening while the Swap Shop is scheduled to be open, it will close early for everyone’s safety.)
July 12 (Second Saturday of July)
August 2
September 6
October 4
The Swap Shop is located at the Watertown Recycle Center, 76 Stanley Ave.
The 2025 Watertown Farmers Market season is almost here, and the market features several new vendors, including dumplings, jerky, tea, and the return of an ice cream vendor. Also, there will be a new layout for the market at Saltonstall Park. See details in the announcement from Live Well Watertown. Join Us Wednesday, June 11 for Opening Day! Just one week away!
Dear Editor,
The Watertown Community Foundation sends a big THANK YOU to the Watertown Community! You are amazing! Thank you to the more than 350 community and corporate volunteers who volunteered during the 11th annual Watertown Helps Out (WHO), a month of community service organized by the Watertown Community Foundation. We got a lot of stuff done this month! Together, we removed invasive plants on the Bike Greenway, picked up trash on the river and the Sculpture Walk, filled potholes and did outdoor spring clean-up at the Watertown Housing Authority.
The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) announced Stefano A. Barresi from Watertown, MA, has been selected to become a member of the esteemed organization. The Society recognizes top scholars who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, scholarship, and community commitment. The announcement was made by NSHSS Co-founder and President James W. Lewis. “On behalf of NSHSS and our co-founder Claes Nobel, a member of the family that established the Nobel Prizes, I am honored to recognize the hard work, passion, and commitment that Stefano has demonstrated to achieve this exceptional level of academic excellence,” said Lewis. “Stefano is now a member of a unique community of scholars – a community that represents our very best hope for the future.”
The next exhibit at Storefront Art Projects will be Ordinary Magic, featuring works by Audrey Goldstein and Danielle Krcmar. See more information provided by the gallery below. Time accrues, moment to moment, to become eons. The precision of every stitch accumulates in the work of these two artists to become magic most ordinary. Here thread is both delicate and airborne, soft and rock-like. Danielle Krcmar’s iterative process of using fiber to imitate boulders, stones and moss is like drawing, where lines of coarse yarn and little stitches grow into a playfully convincing landscape. Audrey Goldstein’s floating dimensional fiber, paper, fabric and wire drawings investigate form and emptiness, where hollows highlight the contrast to our common experience of being solid and fixed.
DATES: June 7 – July 12
RECEPTION: Saturday, June 7, 1-4 p.m.
HOURS: Thursdays and Saturdays, 1-4 p.m.
The following announcement was provided by the Watertown Arts Market:
The 2025 Watertown Arts Market will be held on August 9 from 12-5 p.m., and this year we’ll be back at the new and improved Arsenal Park!
We love Arsenal Park for all the greenery and shade, but it has a much bigger footprint than Filippello, so we’ll definitely need a full team of volunteers to help us keep things running. We hope that you’ll join us, and spread the word to other interested people.
In addition to donating your time to help create an awesome community event supporting the arts in Watertown, students can receive service hours toward the school requirements, and local businesses can qualify as event sponsors. Please feel free to reply to me with any questions about qualifying for either of these two options. We especially need assistance with setting up (9:30-11:30 a.m.) and breaking down (4:30-6:30 p.m.), so all willing hands are welcome during these time periods. Families who want to get involved can sign up for a 1 hour water wagon shift to help keep our artisans hydrated through the event.
If you’re available to volunteer again this year, you can sign up here:
2025 WAM VOLUNTEER SIGN-UP