Watertown School Committee Unanimously Approves Interim Student Services Director Amid Public Outcry

Watertown School Committee unanimously approves interim student services director and creates new oversight subcommittee.

Obituary notices, week of July 20 through July 26, 2026

Two Watertown obituaries were published this week: Ricci, Eugene "Gene," 93, who died July 24, with arrangements by MacDonald, Rockwell & MacDonald; and Carras, Hope, 87, who died July 25, with arrangements by Faggas Funeral Home. Full details for both are limited in the source listings…

Watertown Median Home Sale Price Reaches $899,000 Over One-Month Span

Watertown recorded 16 property transfers between June 26 and July 25, with 11 disclosing a sale price ranging from $413,000 to $1,712,500 and a median of $899,000. The month's top sale was 28 Oliver St, a single-family home that sold for $1,712,500 on June 30. Condominium units accounte…

Watertown Youth Soccer opens Fall 2026 in-town registration as travel signups close.

Watertown Youth Soccer has opened Fall 2026 in-town registration for its Little Kickers (Pre-K-1st grade) and Skills (grades 2-3) programs, while registration for the club's BAYS travel program, which begins in grade 3, is now closed for the season. The Travel Program runs 10 weeks of h…

Watertown home sale prices span $413,000 to $1.7 million this period

Watertown recorded 16 property transfers between June 19 and July 18, with 10 disclosing a sale price ranging from $413,000 to $1,712,500 and a median of $731,000. The month's top sale was 28 Oliver St at $1,712,500, followed by 63 Boyd St, Unit 63, at $1,152,000. Boyd Street saw two sa…

Town Schedules Public Hearing on Proposal to Remove Four Trees

WATERTOWN — Town officials have scheduled a public hearing on a proposal to remove four trees near Orchard Street, giving residents a formal chance to weigh in before any work proceeds. The town's Forestry Division, headquartered at 124 Orchard St. and reachable at 617-972-6420, is acce…

Watertown Conservation Commission Approves Self-Storage Project Near Salins Pond

Watertown Conservation Commission unanimously approved a self-storage development in the wetland buffer zone at 59 Clarence Street and elected a new chair at the July 15 meeting.

Watertown Council Adopts Noise Ordinance, Approves 4.5 Percent Water Rate Increase

Watertown City Council adopts noise ordinance and 4.5 percent water rate hike while flagging a looming rate crisis.

Watertown Marks CPA's 10th Year With Public Hearing

Watertown's Community Preservation Act is marking its tenth year with a public hearing for residents. The town-funded program, which supports open space, historic preservation, community housing and recreation projects through a dedicated tax surcharge, reaches the milestone as official…

Watertown Marks 10th Anniversary of Community Preservation Act

Watertown's Community Preservation Committee marks 10 years of the Community Preservation Act with a public hearing at the Watertown Free Public Library's Watertown Savings Bank Room. The 7 p.m. session invites residents to reflect on a decade of CPA-funded projects in town, with questi…

Watertown Youth Soccer opens fall in-town registration as travel signups close.

Watertown Youth Soccer has opened Fall 2026 in-town registration for players from Pre-K through grade 3 (Little Kickers and Skills programs), while registration for the fall BAYS travel program, open to players from grade 3 through high school, has now closed. The town's in-town program…

Watertown Schedules Hearing to Mark Decade of Preservation Act

Watertown marks 10 years of its Community Preservation Act with a public library hearing on the program's local impact. Town officials are inviting residents to the Watertown Free Public Library's Savings Bank Room for a 7 p.m. hearing reviewing a decade of CPA-funded affordable housing…

Watertown Condo Median Hits $770,000 as Six Sales Post Disclosed Prices in June

Fourteen deeds were recorded in Watertown between June 12 and July 11, 2026, but only six carried disclosed sale prices, ranging from $413,000 at 56 Ralph St., Unit 3, to $1,065,000 at 29 Laurel St., Unit 29 -- the period's top transaction, conveyed by Laurel LLC to Joshua and Berit Gol…

Watertown Planning Board Approves 66 Galen Street Life Science Building Sign Permit

Watertown Planning Board approves 66 Galen Street life science building sign master plan on a 4-1 vote.