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Dramatis Personae: A Watertown Who's Who
This is a work in progress. Corrections, additions? Who else belongs on here? What does an informed resident need to know to "get" Watertown, peoplewise? Click through for the whole list. Clicking on the link between brackets at the end of each entry will give you a list of all mentions of that person on H2otown.
Beach, Chris (Kip) -- Member of the School Committee, elected in a special election in 2006 after member William Oates resigned after his appointment as the Chief Information Officer for the city of Boston.
Brothers, Daniel -- Director of the John A. Ryan skating arena. Has held the position since November of 2006. Brothers was once a shift manager at the rink before serving a stint at Facilities Management Corporation, a for-profit rink management company that manages many skating rinks in Massachusetts. [Daniel Brothers on H2otown]
Corbett, Steve -- Elected to Town Council in 2005. [Steve Corbett on H2otown]
Devaney, Marilyn Pettito -- Town Councillor in an At-Large seat. Longest serving Town Councillor with 22 years of experience. Also serves on the Governor's Council, which reviews candidates for appointed positions at the state level, including judges. [Marilyn Pettito Devaney on H2otown]
Deveau, Edward (Ed) -- Chief of the Watertown Police Department [Chief Deveau on H2otown].
DiMascio, John -- Spokesperson for Watertown Citizens for Common Sense, a Citizens for Limited Taxation -style citizens group and columnist for the Watertown TAB. [John DiMascio on H2otown]
Donohue, John (JD) Town Councillor in an At-Large position, elected in 2005. Owner of the popular Bigelow Street sports bar Donohue's. Now-and-again contributor to H2otown. [JD Donohue on H2otown]
Driscoll, Michael (Mike) Town Manager. The chief operations person of the town. Has held the position since 1993. [Mike Driscoll on H2otown]
Erickson, Robert (Bob) -- Town Veterans' Service Officer as well as the town's webmaster.
Ertischek, David -- Former Editor of the Watertown TAB. Left the position in November of 2006 for another position with Gatehouse Media, the TAB's parent company. Occasional commenter at H2otown. [David Ertischek on H2otown]
Falkoff, Susan -- Former Town Councillor in an At-Large seat and onetime head of Watertown Citizens for Environmental Safety (WCES). Falkoff was also a member of the Arsenal Reuse Committee, which ensured cleanup and redevelopment of the 33 acre Arsenal property after its abandonment by the military. [Susan Falkoff on H2otown]
Hecht, Jonathan -- Town Councillor for District B (Central Watertown including that part of the town which is south of the Charles River). [Jonathan Hecht on H2otown]
Helms, Chris -- Editor of the Watertown TAB. Former editor of the Cambridge Chronicle, both owned by Gatehouse Media. Occasional commenter on H2otown. [Chris Helms on H2otown]
Hoover, Richard (Dick) -- Civically engaged resident whose "Richard Hoover, Irving Park" is a familiar refrain at the Council Chamber's podium, where Mr. Hoover's faithful attendance at Town Council meetings is legendary. [Richard Hoover on H2otown]
Fennimore, Jillian -- Reporter for the Watertown TAB. [Jillian Fennimore on H2otown]
Hiersche, Stephen -- Superintendent of Schools. (Holds a Ph.D and is generally addressed as Dr. Hiersche when he appears at Town Council meetings). [Stephen Hiersche on H2otown]
Hsu-Balzer, Eileen -- Member of the School Committee.
Kaprielian, Rachel -- Represents Watertown in the State Legislature, where she has served as State Representative for the 29th Middlesex District since 1994. Once served on the Watertown Town Council. Daughter of Robert (Bob) Kaprielian. Has her own blog at H2otown Rachel Kaprielians H2otown blog. Rachel Kaprielian's website. [Rachel Kaprielian on H2otown]
Kounelis, Angeline "Angie" -- Elected to Town Council for District A (East Watertown) in 2005. Longtime president of the East Watertown Betterment Association, a residents' group that successfully opposed the construction of a Mass Pike connector through Watertown's East End into Cambridge. [Angie Kounelis on H2otown]
Lawn, John -- Town Councillor for District D elected in 2005. [John Lawn on H2otown]
Leon, David -- Member of the School Committee.
Loh, Chris -- Former reporter for the Watertown TAB. Still with Gatehouse Media, the TAB's corporate parent and occasionally writes for the TAB's weblog. [Chris Loh on H2otown]
Mastrangelo-McManus, Laurie -- Member of the School Committee.
Mee, Gerry -- Director of the Department of Public Works. [Gerry Mee on H2otown]
Mosesian, Charles -- Successful entrepreneur and investor whose charitable contributions to many organizations have put his name on the following: The Mosesian Theater at the Arsenal Center for the Arts; Charles Mosesian Family Foundation Fund for Armenian Studies at UConn; The Charles Mosesian Boston University Medical Center and Republic of Armenia Medical Partnership Program. Mosesian is also a major supporter of the Armenian Assembly of America. [Charles Mosesian on H2otown]
Orangio, Mario -- Chief of the Watertown Fire Department. [Mario Orangio on H2otown]
Paolillo, Tony -- Chairman of the School Committee.
Paradis, Elaine -- Athletic Director, Watertown High School. [Elaine Paradis on H2otown]
Pazzanese, Christina -- Covers Watertown for the Boston Globe. [Christina Pazzanese on H2otown]
Piantedosi, Pam -- Former Town Council President and frequent blogger here at H2otown. [Pam Piantedosi on H2otown]
Portz, John -- Member of the School Committee, elected in 2005. Town Councillor for District B 2003-2005.
Reibman, Greg -- Executive editor at the Community Newspaper Company, a division of GateHouse Media, which owns the Watertown Tab. [Greg Reibman on H2otown]
Romanelli, Steve -- Town Councillor for District C. [Steve Romanelli on H2otown]
Tolman, Steven -- Represents Watertown in the State Senate. Brother of Warren Tolman. [Steve Tolman on H2otown]
Tolman, Warren -- Former State Senator representing the 10th Middlesex District, including Watertown. Candidate for Governor in 2002. Brother of Steven Tolman. [Warren Tolman on H2otown]
Tracy, Tom -- Town Auditor. [Tom Tracy on H2otown]
Unregistered Pipsqueak -- this is the generic name added to any anonymous comment. We love our Youpers!
Watson, Greg -- Town Planning Director. [Greg Watson on H2otown]
Younger, Clyde -- Elected as Town Council President in 2005. Younger previously served as Council president in the 2001-2003 term. [Clyde Younger on H2otown]
Ah oh great and glorious Bloga-natrix, The editor of the Watertown TAB & Press is Chris Helms.
Chris Beach is the newly elected member of the School Committee who had the purple signs, leading some of us to believe Chris “Kip” Beach was running for tele-tubby ;>)
Steve Romanelli AKA "Sleepy" is the Councilor from District C while Mr. Lawn is the District D.
With regards to yours truly, I’m the Communications Director for the Watertown Citizens for Common Sense Government. The loose network is run by a secret junta of 3 members of the trilateral commission. It regularly meets with Carl Rove and James Carvel in an undisclosed location with Elvis and Jim Morrison
Seriously, I’m not the head so much, as the spokesperson. We’ve been operating ad-hoc as a lose network, but come January we will formalize membership etc, etc, etc.
We’ve grown so much in the past year that it only makes sense.
Great idea. Seems like a Wikipedia kind of list. I wonder how long before political staffs will be forbidden to post...
Oh, and as DiMascio pointed out, my last name is Helms. Yes, a Helms from North Carolina. Insert Jesse Helms joke here.
They're pretty much involved on regular basis politics-wise:
http://www.watertowncitizens.org/
Maybe I should make a separate list for civic groups....Watertown Community Foundation etc etc.
Hey no list of Watertown personalities would be complete without Mr. Hoover of Irving Pahhhk.
Dick has been going to every Council meeting for years.
Hey no list of Watertown personalities would be complete without Mr. Hoover of Irving Pahhhk.
Dick has been going to every Council meeting for years.
Just Mr. Hoover
Mr. Hoover's first name is Richard. He likes to bust chops by always saying Mr. Hoover. I think it's like the Bob Dole syndrome of refering to oneself in the third person. An afflication our own bloga-natrix often shows symptoms of ;>
Anyway's Dick's a great guy, got to be included. I need someone to make me look like a Liberal.
Following up on Peg Kelly's entry, my favorite rule for "lose" vs. "loose" is: "Lose weight and your pants will be loose!"
1) No one edits my blogs.
2) I think in Italian more often than English and it gets lost in the translation.
3) I was a Pentecostal Minister on staff at Baptist Church, so I type in Tongues.
How about including school committee members, the principals of the schools, library director, and the president of Watertown Savings Bank?
Tony Palomba is the current president of WCES
your name on the list either....
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