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A jury has awarded more than $4 million to a former Massachusetts police detective who said in a lawsuit that she was subjected to demeaning and sexist comments at work and rebuked for speaking up about dangerous conduct by other officers during the search for a Boston Marathon bombing suspect. The Middlesex Superior Court jury on Thursday awarded former Watertown…

Catalytic converters are a top target for thieves, but the Watertown Police Department has come up with a creative idea to try to protect vehicle owners.

A Massachusetts city is taking new actions to crack down on stolen catalytic converters, a pricey car part containing expensive platinum that thieves can resell, according to the Watertown News Watertown police are using a pretty simple tool to try and combat the crime — spray paint. People in town will be able to have police tag their catalytic converter,…

The car part is expensive to replace because it contains platinum metal that thieves can resell.

Police said 44 kids were on board the bus. Five were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.

Six people were injured, including five children, when a car and a school bus collided in Watertown, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning. Watertown police said in a tweet shortly after 8 a.m. that motorists should avoid the area of Belmont and Lexington streets due to an accident. Aerial and ground footage from the scene showed what looked like a Mini Cooper…

Two homes were broken into in Watertown, Massachusetts on Friday, according to authorities.

Two homes in Watertown were broken into last night, with the residents of both homes present during the break-in. No one was injured, and nothing was stolen.

Two homes were broken into in Watertown, Massachusetts on Friday, according to authorities. Police say the break-ins happened on two different streets within hours of each other. The first break-in occurred on Garfield Street at around 10 p.m., and the second break-in happened on Barnard Avenue at around midnight. The residents of both houses were home at the time of…

Police in Watertown, Massachusetts announced that a missing boy with autism has been found safely and reunited with his family. Maxim, 10, had been missing from Westminster Road on the west side of town.

One man’s trash became another man’s treasure after hundreds of works of art said to be worth millions were tossed out in a local dumpster in Watertown. “The whole thing was a mystery, and it was like, why, what is this mystery,” George Martin said. That’s the big question George Martin and his friend Jarrod Whipple asked themselves after...

A 35-year-old woman is recovering after she was stabbed in Watertown, Mass. Monday night. Watertown police said it happened on Cuba Street around 8:30 p.m. The victim was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries and is now in stable condition, police said The suspect, a 24-year-old man, was later arrested in Fall River. He has not been publicly identified….

A man died after a fire at a multi-family home in Watertown late Saturday night. Emergency crews were called to a home on Main Street in the Oakville section of town shortly before midnight after getting a report of a structure fire. Police said the home was a multi-family home with three levels. When crews arrived, they said they found…

You may have heard about the rats in Boston and Cambridge. Now you can add Watertown to the list of Massachusetts communities dealing with this particular rodent problem. Watertown’s director of public health says food sources for rats evaporated when restaurants shut down during the coronavirus pandemic. Those rats didn’t magically disappear during that time, though, Larry Ramdin said,...

To try to keep the rat problem from getting worse, health officials in Watertown are asking people to not leave their pumpkins overnight, especially with Halloween right around the corner.

Two Massachusetts police departments are teaming up to catch a criminal. The Watertown Police Department is working with the Waltham Police Department to investigate two house break-ins that occurred early in the morning on Wednesday, officials say. Police believe that the incidents are related. One break-in occurred on Longfellow Road in Waltham. Another was on Partridge Street in Watertown. The…

Five people are displaced after a house caught fire overnight on Spruce Street in Watertown, Massachusetts. One firefighter suffered a minor injury. The Cambridge Fire Department was on scene to help put out the flames. No further information was immediately available.

Russo’s Market in Watertown announced that it’ll close its doors in fall, leaving customers who appreciate its family feel crestfallen.

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A beloved market whose roots date back more than 100 years is shutting down. According to a source, Russo’s in Watertown is closing, with a Facebook post from the Pleasant Street business confirming this, saying that “After more than 70 years working for the family business, Tony Russo is retiring. Our business…

Chef and restaurateur Jason Santos is excited to announce that his highly anticipated, second location of Buttermilk & Bourbon will be opening in Watertown’s Arsenal Yards this Monday. Derek Zagami has the details.