Progressive Watertown

02/06/2024

Care about housing then run don't walk!
The City of Watertown sent out the following announcement:
The Joint Hearing of the City Council and Planning Board to be held on June 13, 2024 at 6:00 PM at Watertown Middle School Auditorium, 68 Waverley Avenue.
The Watertown Square Area Plan Document has been posted and you can access the document here (PDF). You can also access an appendix document of the updated MBTA Communities Zoning Summary (PDF).

The City of Watertown sent out the following announcement: The Joint Hearing of the City Council and Planning Board to be held on June 13, 2024 at 6:00 PM at Watertown Middle School Auditorium, 68 Waverley Avenue. The Watertown Square Area Plan Document has been posted and you can access the documen...

02/06/2024

Care about housing then run don't walk!

The City of Watertown sent out the following announcement:

The Joint Hearing of the City Council and Planning Board to be held on June 13, 2024 at 6:00 PM at Watertown Middle School Auditorium, 68 Waverley Avenue.

The Watertown Square Area Plan Document has been posted and you can access the document here (PDF). You can also access an appendix document of the updated MBTA Communities Zoning Summary (PDF).

The City of Watertown sent out the following announcement: The Joint Hearing of the City Council and Planning Board to be held on June 13, 2024 at 6:00 PM at Watertown Middle School Auditorium, 68 Waverley Avenue. The Watertown Square Area Plan Document has been posted and you can access the documen...

22/04/2024

In Person Event on Sunday the 28th from 4-6pm at 319 Arlington St in Watertown: Progressive Watertown Annual Meeting! Meet our Reps Lawn and Owens!!! All are Welcome!

22/04/2024

Online Progressive Mass Annual Gala this Sunday the 28th!
Get your ticket ($35) here:

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23/12/2023

Each year, the residents of Watertown come together to celebrate civil rights and to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders by recommitting to foundational principles of racial, social and economic justice. This year's Unity Breakfast will take place on Monday, January 15, 2024 at 10am. The event will be broadcasted live from www.unitybreakfast.org. It will feature a keynote address from Dr. Charmain Jackson, a psychologist working to disrupt racial disparities in mental health along with remarks from Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell. The honorary host is Dr. Ceronne Daly, Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Watertown Public Schools.

09/11/2023

Interested in being on the Human Rights Commission? Go to a session on it! First Parish Church,.November 21 @6:30.

World in Watertown's mission: Create initiatives to honor our city’s diversity Celebrate cultural differences Advocate for fair and equal treatment for all Build bridges of cooperation Sponsor the annual MLK Day breakfast Strengthen Watertown as a welcoming place for all

16/10/2023

Join us this Sunday at the Library at 2pm at the MAKE POLLUTERS PAY FORUM!

13/10/2023

https://www.watertownmanews.com/2023/10/12/letter-watertown-election-coming-up-what-you-need-to-know/

Election Day is Tuesday, November 7th. Watertown will have a municipal election with two contested races: City Council President (2 candidates for 1 slot) and School Committee (5 candidates for 3 slots). The other races are uncontested. Per a Massachusetts statute, residents who do not complete a ci...

11/10/2023

Richard Marcus was a founding member of Progressive Watertown

Please join us as the Democratic Town Committee honors his legacy of progressive activism, at the 2nd Annual Fundraiser for the Richard Marcus Scholarship on October 15th from 3 to 5 at Branch Line in Watertown.

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07/10/2023

Make Polluters Pay Forum.
Join Rep. Steve Owens, Laurel Schwab, Senior Environmental Planner, and Dan Zackin, 350 MASS, to learn how this important bill will help Watertown and other MA communities adapt to climate change. Refreshments.
Sunday, October 22, 2-4pm Library

03/10/2023

Progressive Watertown - Make Polluters Pay
WFPL - Watertown Savings Bank Meeting Room
Program Description:
Progressive Watertown will sponsor a forum on the Massachusetts Make Polluters Pay Act: What it means and how to achieve it.
Public Contact Information:
[email protected]
Sunday, October 22, 2023 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Watertown Savings Bank Meeting Room

03/10/2023

LGBT History Walk at Mount Auburn Cemetery
Sat. 10/21 & Sun. 10/22 | 1 PM | Registration Required for 10/21 or 10/22 🔗| Celebrated, scandalous, and unknown: walk and meet some fascinating figures of Boston’s LGBT past, led by Mount Auburn Cemetery docent and historian Robin Hazard Ray! We'll visit the resting places of Watertown native Harriet Hosmer and art collector William Sturgis Bigelow, among others.