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The sign welcoming people to Arsenal Park.(Photo by Charlie Breitrose)
Watertown’s newest park renovation received a statewide award at the Massachusetts Recreation and Park Association Conference in Springfield this week.
The Mt. Auburn Street Project will impact traffic patterns temporarily beginning this week. See more information in the announcement from the City of Watertown, below.
Watertown School officials, with the guidance of the School Committee, have reduced a shortfall of $2.5 million and came up with a budget that would have a $700,000 surplus, according to the presentation made Monday by Superintendent Dede Galdston.
Cunniff Elementary School is one of three elementary schools in Watertown to be rebuilt or renovated. The projects closed out with a combined surplus of $4 million. The new school opened in 2021. (Photo by Watertown Public Schools)
Watertown’s elementary school building projects finished with a surplus of more than $4 million, which will allow the high school construction project to stay on budget, and fund designs for a potential new middle school.
Wonder will celebrate the grand opening of its Watertown location on March 19. (Courtesy of Wonder)
Wonder, which has been called a virtual food hall, will mark the opening of its new Watertown location with a grand opening celebration on March 19 with samples, giveaways, and activities. See the announcement from Wonder, below.
Friday evening there is a drop-in for LGBTQ+ folks at the Hatch Maker Space. Hatch is open to all in their regular hours, too, but this particular gathering features an optional maker activity designed by their facilitator. All weekend there is a child-focused theater event at the Mosesian: the Watertown Children’s Theater presents Alice in Wonderland Jr. Take your youngsters for lots of fun and maybe they will want to join in the next show. A blood drive isn’t exactly deep in the fun category of things to do, but it feels like an important thing to do if you can. There is one on Saturday at Hibernian Hall along with a food drive. It always feels good to give to others. Springtime weather typically draws me to Mount Auburn Cemetery to watch nature waking up. On Sunday afternoon there is an opportunity for you to draw there, a one-day workshop on drawing animals with illustrator Clare Walker Leslie. All levels of ability are welcome. Sunday evening, when you really don’t feel like cooking, check out the lasagna dinner at Bar ‘Cino. It’s a fixed menu at a fixed price, and it looks delicious.
The Boston Gold Kings(BGK) entered their final game of the season feeling pretty good about themselves, entering the contest with second place locked up and having beaten first-place Hudson 6-3 just days earlier.
The City Council approved 36 items from the Capital Improvement Program for the Fiscal Year 2027 budget, including road repairs, some money for the Middle School project, park projects, and requests from the Fire and Police departments.
The City of Watertown announced that the overnight ban for on-street parking has ended.
Nicole Zuraitis
The following announcement was provided by the Mosesian Center for the Arts:
The Mosesian Center for the Arts continues its acclaimed Chords and Cocktails jazz series with a powerhouse performer whose voice and songwriting have captivated audiences worldwide. On Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 7:30 p.m., Grammy Award-winning vocalist, pianist, and composer Nicole Zuraitis takes the stage in the Charles Mosesian Theater for an unforgettable evening of bold, contemporary jazz.
Will Brownsberger
State Sen. Will Brownsberger will host a virtual town hall meeting on March 15. See information below.
Dr. Bernard Lafayette and Watertown Kingian Nonviolence Trainer Holly Cachimuel, who is a former Watertown teacher.(Photo by Chuck Dickinson)
The death of legendary civil rights icon Dr. Bernard Lafayette on March 5 resonates deeply throughout the city of Watertown. “Doc” first came here for several days in 2016, at the behest of former Watertown Middle School teacher Ruth Henry. Henry had trained in Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Resolution under Dr. Lafayette. Lafayette had promised Martin Luther King, Jr. before his 1968 assassination that he would spread King’s nonviolence teaching and practice around the world.