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Drew Rollert, founder of Wada Hoppah, standing on the nearly completed Charles River ferry. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
CONCORD — Three years of dreams and a year-and-a-half of design and labor is coming together in the form of the first modern ferry built to navigate the Charles River.
Watertown City and State officials appeared before a joint committee at the State House on Jan. 27, 2026. Pictured, from left, Steve Owens, George Proakis, John Lawn, Earl Smith, and Mark Sideris.
The City Council approved the Fiscal Year 2027 budget, but the City’s financial future could be darkened if the State does not approve a tax relief legislation submitted by the City.
The Boston Gold Kings will host a pair of new additions to their league at John A. Ryan Arena in 2o26-27. (Courtesy of the Boston Gold Kings)
The Boston Gold Kings made it all the way to the finals for the second year in a row in 2025-26, this time falling in the last round. The Watertown-based hockey team will have more competition in 2026-27, as the league expands.
Members of Watertown Veterans organizations hold the flags during the 2026 Memorial Day Ceremony at Victory Field. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
For former Marine George McMasters Memorial Day gives him mixed feelings, and is a time when he can remember his compatriots who were lost in battle.
The Watertown Business Coalition will host a Member Appreciation Social at Donohue’s Bar & Grill on Wednesday, May, 13, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The event is open to members and non-members. See more details in the information from the WBC, below:
The following announcement was provided by Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice, and the Environment:
The Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice & the Environment will be showing the film PALESTINE 1920: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PALESTINIAN STORY produced by Al Jazeera Arabic in 1922. Please join us for a post film discussion led by Hani Murad, a Palestinian American.
The following information was provided by MassDOT:
The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) are announcing an updated schedule for ongoing overnight closures of Storrow Drive eastbound and Soldiers Field Road eastbound from North Harvard Street to Mugar Way in Boston. Closures will now be in place nightly, seven days a week, from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. the following morning, beginning Monday, May 11, and continuing through August. These closures are required to accommodate interim concrete ceiling repairs for the Storrow Drive tunnel maintenance project.
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.
A distraught mother duck was reunited with her ducklings with a helping hand from the Watertown Department of Public Works.
As part of the Memorial Day celebrations, the City of Watertown will hold a Poppy Social, with a wreath-laying ceremony and open house at the Commander’s Mansion. See more information from the City’s Events Team, below.
The 2026 additions to the Community Sculpture Walk, clockwise from top left: Bent by David Skora, Structural Misinformation by Jeremy Entwistle, Tangent II by Carlos Davila, and Respite (Out Straight) by Roe Osborn.
The following announcement was provided by the City of Watertown:
The City of Watertown is proud to announce the installation of four new contemporary sculptures as part of the ongoing Community Sculpture Walk. To celebrate these new additions to the city’s landscape, a public opening reception will be held on Saturday, May 16, 2026, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., hosted by the Public Arts & Culture Committee.
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.