The Watertown girls lacrosse team ended their season on a positive note May 21 when they back from Melrose 15-8 winners.

On a recent Friday afternoon, 19-year-old Patrick Vershbow dipped his fingers into a small hot tub, the water cool from days left unheated, and traced small circles on the surface, watching as floating toys swirled in its wake. He hums to himself a song of his own creation, one he learned from a video game or television, caught in a world only he knows.

Officials introduced Watertown's newest city manager, Sharon Addison, during a special meeting Saturday morning. Lawmakers also passed the city's 2012-2013 budget.

The Watertown Fire Department won a $93,000 FEMA grant in February to replace their entire hand-held radio equipment stock and a new law passed the same month would make them do it all over again.

The Watertown Farmer's Market officially opened for the season last Friday afternoon for its fifth year. The Market, which is held at Rick Johnson Park, will remain open on Fridays from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. through Sept. 28.

  Sally Rial Phelps and Carol Kurson Goldman, longtime Watertown residents, will host their Wellesley class of 1962 Reunion.  The reunion will be held at the Wellesley College Campus on June 1-3.

There are numerous events scheduled for the Watertown Library in June. Here's a look at what is going on at the library over the first month of summer vacation as well as some July activities.

Ahmad Yasim knows good food starts with fresh ingredients. The Syrian restaurateur is brining his unique vision back to Watertown to reopen Kareem’s, 12 years after he first shuttered its doors.

Watertown police are searching for a man who allegedly attacked a woman in a city parking lot. The incident happened early Friday afternoon on Stone Street.

Springtime is in full swing and that means it's time to break out the lawnmower. In the city of Watertown, not everyone is doing it fast enough and the city is handling tall grass complaints at a rapid pace.