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Watertown’s Graham Phillips and his father Jonathan in the stands for the June 13 World Cup game after Graham was a flag bearer in the pre-game ceremony. (Contributed Photo)
The eyes of soccer fans around the globe caught a glimpse of a 13-year-old boy from Watertown as he took part in the pre-game ceremony on June 13 before the Scotland-Haiti game in Foxborough.
311 Service Center staff — Constituant Service Director Laura Murray (left) and Constituent Services Representative Stephanie Owens — outside their office City Hall. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
Inside a small office in the back corner of City Hall sits the heart of Watertown’s 311 Service Center. The two-woman operation fields calls, texts, emails, and other messages about potholes, people trying to reach a City employee, and occasionally to report something strange they have just witnessed.
Caution tape blocks off an area of sidewalk under construction in Coolidge Square in early June 2026. (Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
Last week, looking out the window of her business, Artemis Yoga owner Liz Padula saw orange cones, yellow caution tape, gravel, and signs saying “no parking” and “sidewalk closed.”
A vision of what a new Watertown Middle School could look like created by Ai3 Architects and presented to the School Committee in October 2025.
The possibility of building a new Middle School in Watertown moved a step closer to becoming a reality at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. The Council also approved funding for projects at City parks, the library, Police Station, and for Watertown’s Treaty Day celebration.
Watertown Firefighter Matthew Callahan.
The following information came from the Watertown Firefighters Relief Association:
The Matthew Callahan Memorial Fundraiser features a Watertown Fire vs. Watertown Police hockey game on Sunday, April 12, 2026 at Warrior Ice Arena, 90 Guest St. in Brighton.
A view of the area proposed to be redeveloped in Watertown Square, including the parking lot behind CVS, Baptist Walk, and some privately owned parcels. (City of Watertown)
Detailed plans for redeveloping Watertown’s Municipal Parking Lot in Watertown Square, behind CVS, are included in the City’s draft plan for the Demonstration Project. The 163-page document outlines two options, both of which include a multi-story parking garage, a multi-story residential building (both with retail on the ground floor), and a public green space.
National Grid will host an informational meeting about how customers can get help managing their energy bills on April 14 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. at McDevitt Middle School, 75 Church St. in Waltham. The meeting is one of dozens around Greater Boston. See details in the announcement from National Grid, below.
The Watertown Business Coalition and the City of Watertown’s Events Team will co-host a Quarterly Coffee Connect at the Commander’s Mansion on April 15. See details in the announcement from the WBC, below.
Let’s all start this weekend by going to the MusicFest on Friday evening. It’s the 13th annual gathering of Watertown musicians, both professional, adult and child performances. If you are not in a musical frame of mind, check out “The Mushroom Cure” at the Mosesian Center for the Arts. On Friday and Saturday evenings, this one-man show performed by Adam Strauss is about Michael Pollen’s exploration of psychedelics. It is going to be filmed live to be part of a future feature film. On Saturday morning, the Majestic 7 is holding a sensory friendly showing of the “Super Mario Bros” with lower volume and lights for children with sensory sensitivities. That afternoon, the library is holding a two-hour screen-free creativity workshop in both Spanish and English. It sounds like a very mellow, meditative art session. Saturday there are open hours at the Storefront Art Projects gallery, where they are exhibiting their own 2026 Yard Art show. There is plenty of music, film, theater, art to see as well as art-making to feed your souls this weekend.
April 9 is the inaugural Local Media Day, and the Charles River Regional Chamber reminded members of the role that news sites covering community news provide. Charles River Chamber President and CEO summed it up well in his message in the Chamber’s newsletter on Thursday morning.
Following Monday’s public roll out of the Demonstration Project, on Wednesday the City of Watertown released the detailed, 163-page draft of the redevelopment project proposed to go on the parking lot behind CVS in Watertown Square. See the announcement from the City, below.
The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department.