Government · Select Board
Watertown council OKs $110 million middle school
Watertown's City Council voted 8-0 to authorize a $110 million middle school project to go to bid.
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Schools · School Committee
Watertown Schools Approve $75,000 Career Grant
Watertown's School Committee weighed a raise for its retiring superintendent after parents demanded faster fixes to special education failures. Dr.
Morning Brief
State declares emergency, opens oil rebate
Gov. Healey declares energy emergency, opens $680 heating oil rebate for Massachusetts households. From our own coverage: Watertown home sales ranged from $530,000 to $1.3 million. Also in today's brief (3 items): State heating oil rebate opens for income-eligible households; Watertown …
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of September 28 through October 4, 2026
This week's Watertown obituary roundup carries one notice: Mahoney, Marjorie Ann ("Margie"), 85, who was born and raised in Watertown before later living in West Newton and Waltham. She died October 3, 2026, under hospice care at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, with her son and daughter at h…
Real Estate
Watertown Home Prices Span $530,000 To $1.3 Million In September Sales
Watertown recorded 14 property transfers between Sept. 4 and Oct. 3. Seven carried a sale price so far, ranging from $530,000 to $1,319,000, with a median of $812,500; the other seven had not yet posted a price, a normal registry lag rather than a withheld figure. The period's top sale …
Government · Traffic Commission
Commission tables two MBTA Galen Street safety plans
The Watertown Traffic Commission tabled two MBTA bus safety proposals for Galen Street pending further study.
Schools · School Committee
School panel recommends room rental rates, FY28 calendar
Watertown's School Committee Budget and Finance Subcommittee recommended updated room rental terms and a fiscal 2028 budget calendar. Members Lisa Kaposha and Kendra Foley voted 2-0 on both items at the September 30 meeting.
Schools · School Committee
Watertown Panel Reviews Special Ed Strategy, No Votes
Watertown's Ad Hoc Student Services Subcommittee reviewed special education compliance data showing the district 1.25 points short of meeting state criteria.
Government · Public Arts and Culture Committee
Arts Panel Approves $14,000 Recipe Funding Plan
The Watertown Public Arts and Culture Committee voted unanimously to spend roughly $14,000 developing new recipes for its Edible Watertown program after the Massachusetts Cultural Council denied the committee's $5,000 grant request amid a record 1,700 statewide applications.
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of September 21, 2026 through September 27, 2026
Five Watertown obituaries were published this week: Ciolfi, Frederick Raymond, 91; Evans, Daniel; Farizan, Dr. Morteza "Morey"; Lyons, James J. "Jim", 89; and Springer, Dorothy, 98. All five died between September 22 and September 24, 2026. Notices were posted by Faggas Funeral Home, Na…
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