Real Estate
More Than a Dozen Open Houses Around Watertown
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Homebuyers have a baker’s dozen of properties to visit over the weekend.
Watertown Schools May Tap City’s Special Ed Fund, Add Athletics Fees to Make up Budget Deficit
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The Watertown Public Schools may ask the City to tap the Special Education Stabilization Fund created several years ago for a rainy day. The 2026-27 School Budget may be stormy, as the district faces a shortfall of $2.5 million as of Monday’s School Committee meeting. Other ways to make up shortfalls may include reinstating athletics and extracurricular fees.
Watertown Property Owners Were Not Overcharged on Property Taxes, Confusion Caused by Change in Software
Watertown City Hall
Watertown residents were not overcharged on the CPA surcharge on their tax bills, City officials said, but bills in fiscal year 2025 looked different from other years, leading to the appearance that they were calculated differently.
New Watertown High School Opening Pushed to September
A rendering of the new Watertown High School from Ai3 Architects.
After originally hoping to open Watertown’s state-of-the-art new high school after spring break, Watertown Superintendent Dede Galdston said that the school will not host classes until the fall of 2026.
Police Log: 2 Cart-Loads of Items Stolen from Home Depot, Man Inadvertently Turns Himself In
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Entertainment
Annual Holiday Concerts at Perkins School for the Blind Celebrate the Season
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Perkins School for the Blind’s Chorus Chamber Singers will perform in two Holiday Concerts. (Photo from Perkins School)
Perkins School for the Blind students will perform in the school’s annual Holiday Concerts on its campus in Watertown. The public is invited to attend the free event. See details provided by the school, below.
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Watertown Savings Employees Prepare Backpacks to Send to Troops Via Operation American Soldier
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Employees from Watertown Savings Bank put together more than 130 backpacks for troops at Operation American Soldier. (Contributed Photo)
Recently employees from Watertown Savings Bank helped out at Operation American Soldier, and filled backpacks to send to American servicemen and women.
Entertainment
WEEKEND FUN: South Asian Theater Festival, Llamas, High School Play, Poet Laureate, Singer at Pub
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This weekend is full of theater, with the Mosesian Center for the Arts hosting a three-day South Asian theater festival, and Watertown High School presenting Little Women. On Friday, Massachusetts’ inaugural Poet Laureate will be appearing at Atrium School. Kids can see a flock of llamas on Saturday, while Johnny Malone will be playing at Conley’s on Saturday.
Police/Fire
Police Log: Anti-Israel Flyers Found, Nonprofit Loses $30K in Wire Fraud Scam
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Entertainment
Mosesian Center for the Arts Welcomes Boston Dance Theater as Company-in-Residence
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Boston Dance Theater joins the Mosesian Center for the Arts as a company-in-residence. (Photo by Sean Pfeiffer)
Watertown’s Mosesian Center for the Arts will welcome a new company-in-residence, with the addition of Boston Dance Theater. See more information in the announcement from the MCA, below.
Entertainment
Theater Company Hosting February Break Youth Camp, Stage Combat Classes in Town
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Actors’ Shakespeare Project will offer a February Break theater program for youth, as well as stage combat classes for adults at the Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown. See details in the announcement from ASP, below.
Around Town
Wayside Multi’s PSA Debuts on Cable, Focuses on How the Program Meets Residents’ Needs
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A screenshot from the Wayside Youth and Family Network Multi Service Center’s PSA.
The Wayside Youth and Family Support Network Multi-Service Center recently debuted a public service announcement on Watertown Cable Access TV, featuring Program Director Sophia Suarez-Friedman.