The Watertown Raiders boys’ soccer beat host Wakefield, 5-1, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, for the Raiders’ fourth win of the season.  The Raiders had a fiery start once again. Ruben Sara had put the ball past the keeper, who took out Sara completely. As many of the Watertown players complained...

In July, my family and I went on a 10-day trip to Ireland. We flew into Dublin and, using a rental car, we drove southwest until we reached the Beara Peninsula, went north to an area near Galway, and finally made our way back east to Dublin. Along the way we encountered many beautiful sights and terrains,...

The Watertown Raiders boys’ soccer team got its third victory of the season Saturday morning. The Raiders beat Stoneham, 4-1, on their home turf, Victory Field, to improve their record to 3-2 for the season.  Watertown instantly pressured Stoneham at the start of the game. The Raiders went in kno...

The Watertown Raiders boys’ soccer team suffered another defeat, this time in a cracking game at Arlington, 3-2, on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. The loss dropped the Raiders to 2-2 on the season. The game started out very even as neither team could break the deadlock. That was until Rodrigo Freitas ...

Despite a furious comeback in the final minutes, the Watertown Raiders football team fell to the Cambridge Rindge & Latin Falcons, 21-19, on Friday night at Victory Field. Senior captain and quarterback Nick McDermott ran for two touchdowns and threw for another, but his effort was not enough fo...

If you were to search the internet for “The Black Clown” a couple years ago, you would have found pages analyzing and discussing the monologue from 1931, written by Langston Hughes. “The Black Clown” highlights the life of an African-American in the United States. This impassioned piece to...

“You laugh because I'm poor and black and funny.” This is the powerful opening line of the Langston Hughes poem entitled “The Black Clown,” and also the first line the audience hears in the new American Repertory Theater production of the same name. "The Black Clown" at A.R.T. consists of a di...

To many, Langston Hughes was the epitome of the Civil Rights fight for freedom. Through his pen, Hughes communicated the struggle of being an African-American, constantly weighed down by stereotypes and unwarranted hatred. "The Black Clown," one of his poems, embodies his legacy: his steadfast be...

The Watertown High football team won its season opener, beating host Arlington Catholic, 27-18, on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, at Hormel Stadium in Medford. Watertown, the reigning Division 5 North champs, return to action Friday, Sept. 14, with the first of two straight home games at Victory Field....

“Searching” is a thriller following single parent, David Kim, in his journey to find his missing daughter. Margot Kim is 16 when she goes missing. She leaves very little trace as to where she may have went or been taken. Looking for answers and possible clues, David searches Margot’s laptop for h...