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Tow n of WATERTOWN 2008 Annual Report Town of Watertown 2008 Annual Report Story of the Watertown Seal On the Watertown seal is a picture of an English Colonist and an Indian exchanging, as peace tokens, bread for fish. Capt. Roger Clap, who landed at Nantusket Point in 1630, and rowed up Charles River to Gerry’s Landing with the first party of Watertown Colonists, records the following story of the trip: “We went up Charles River until the river grew narrow and shallow, and there we landed our goods with much labor and toil, the bank being steep and night coming on. “We were informed that there were hard by us three hundred Indians. One Englishman that could speak the Indian language (an old Planter) went to them and advised them not to come near us in the night; and they harkened to his counsels, and came not, I myself was one of the sentinels that first night. Our Captain was a Low Country soldier, one Mr. Southcot, a brave soldier. “In the morning some of the Indians came and stood at a distance off, looking at us, but came not near us; but when they had been a while in view, some of them came and held out a great Bass toward us; so we sent a man with a Bisket, and changed the Cake for a Bass. Afterwards they supplied us with Bass, exchanging a Bass for a Bisket Cake, and were very friendly to us. “O dear children! Forget not what care God had over his dear servants, to watch over and protect us in our weak beginnings. Capt. Squeb turned ashore us and our goods, like a mercyless man, but God, ever our mercyful God, took pity on us; so that we were supplied, first with a boat, and them caused may Indians (some hundreds) to be ruled by the advice of one man not to come near us. Alas, had they come, how soon might they have destroyed us! I think we were not above ten in number. But God caused the Indians to help us with fish at very cheap rates.” 1 Table of Contents Town Officials and Committees Elected Officials . .4 Boards and Commissions . .5 Department Heads . .7 Reports of the Town Manager and Town Council Town Council . .8 Town Manager . .10 Report of Town Finances Board of Assessors . .12 Treasurer/Collector/Parking Clerk . .13 Town Auditor . .14 Reports of the Offices of Town Administration Personnel Department . .76 Town Clerk and Election . .76 Information Technology Department . .78 Town Attorney . .79 Purchasing Department . .80 Health Department . .81 Council on Aging . .86 Recreation Department . .88 Watertown Free Public Library . .91 Veterans’ Services . .94 John A. Ryan Skating Arena . .96 Department of Public Works . .98 Reports of the Departments of Public Safety Police . .100 Fire . .107 Emergency Management . .110 Report of the Department of Community Development and Planning . .112 Report of the Department of Public Schools . .120 Voting Results . .136 3 Watertown Elected Officials Town Council President & Member of the School Committee School Committee Clyde L. Younger, 188 Acton Street ..............................617-923-0592 Eileen Hsu-Balzer, 897 Belmont Street ........................617-484-8077 Council at Large Christopher Beach, 172 Standish Road........................617-923-0755 Stephen Corbett, 14 Irving Park ..................................617-926-7872 Anthony P. Paolillo, 96 Robbins Road..........................617-924-2788 Marilyn M. Petitto Devaney, 98 Westminster Avenue ....617-923-0778 Laurie J. Mastrangelo McManus, 17 Channing Road....617-926-3187 Susan G. Falkoff, 19 Oliver Street ................................617-924-5723 David R. Leon, 31 Standish Road ................................617-923-4781 Mark Sideris, 30 Union Street......................................617-924-2699 John H. Portz, 24 Chapman Street ..............................617-924-1899 District A Councillor Library Trustee Angeline B. Kounelis, 55 Keenan Street #1 ..................617-926-2352 Katherine H. Button, 48 Edward Road ........................617-923-1840 Ann F. Bloom, 43A Parker Street ................................617-924-0360 District B Councillor Michael J. Hanlon, Jr., 231 Coolidge Avenue #408 ......617-924-7613 Jonathan Hecht, 159 Russell Avenue............................617-924-1490 Anna Kuwabara, 100 School Street #3 ........................617-972-6434 District C Councillor Gracemarie V. LeBlanc, 76 Emerson Road ..................617-924-9322 Vincent J. Piccirilli, 203 Orchard Street ......................617-924-0665 Raya Stern, 207 Lexington Street ................................617-926-3609 District D Councillor John J. Lawn, Jr., 20 Pilgrim Road ..............................617-923-2075 4 Boards and Commissions Board of Appeals Environment and Energy Efficiency Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee Deborah Elliott Committee Peter Brooks Stuart Bailey Liza Ketchum Janet Jameson Carlos Fernandez Kenneth Mirvis Maria Saiz Melissa Santucci Lauri Murphy Sheila Fay Harry J. Vlachos Lisa Alexander Jonathan Niehof Sue Tamber, Deputy Superintendent Fred Hewett Board of Appeals of Public Works Bradford Parsons Alternate Member Mari Ryan Richard M. Moynihan Licensing Board Steven Engler George Newman Rachel Gould Board of Assessors Donna B. Doucette Joseph B. Darby, III Robert J. Whitney Commission on Disability Richard V. Moynihan Councillor Marilyn Petitto Devaney Daniel A. Loughlin, Chairman, Licensing Board Bob Hall Town Assessor Alternate Member Kim Charlson Sandra Hoffman Andrea Greenwood Board of Health Alex Liazos Barbara D. Beck, Ph.D. Planning Board Anne Doughty Carl N. Brownsberger, MD Linda Tuttle George Donahue Dr. John H. Straus G. Jack Zollo Albert Gayzagian Peter J. Abair Carol Menton Cable Access Corporation Jeffrey W. Brown Steven L. Singer John B. Hawes Council on Aging Robert D. Bejoian Dorothy Fleming Robert Kaprielian Watertown Historic District Mary T. Keenan Paul Michael Noftsker, School Member Commission Will Twombly Allie Altman, School Member Victoria Carter Betty Finnell Steven W. Aylward Amleto “Mel” Martocchia Marie A. Morello Gerry Field Harvey Steiner Jane Stadolnik Linda Sternberg Patricia Gold Conservation Commission Christopher Hursh Maria Rose Watertown Housing Authority Barbara Zenn Rediker Leo G. Martin David Dalla Costa Nancy Hammett E. Joyce Munger, Chair Cultural Council Marylouise Pallotta McDermott Allen Gallagher Rena Baskin Louis Taverna Thomas Beggan (State Appointee) Shaunna Harrington Charles Bering John O’Leary (Labor Representative) Sandy Jaffe Patrick Fairbairn Rebecca Curtiss Watertown Traffic Commission Rick Mohr Election Commissioners John M. Airasian Sarah Newhouse Gertrude Broderick John Bartley, Sr., Secretary Frances Forman George Bogosian Chief Edward P. Deveau, Chair Janet Mendelsohn Demos Zevitas Sergeant Joseph Deignan Chris Viklund Curtis A. Whitney Gerald S. Mee, Jr., Superintendent David Sprogis David Downes Chief Mario A. Orangio Jennifer Downing B. Bonnie Baronowski George Pizzuto, Wire Inspector Laurie Coiley-Massing Louis L. Fabrizio Lisa Cohen Lisa Feltner Marcia Ciro Ryan McKittrick 5 Historical Commission Watertown Housing Partnership Roberta Lane James Barwell Marilynne K. Roach Victoria J. Carter Donald S. Berg Danielle Fillis, Senior Planner Mary O’Looney David Leon J.B. Jones Alex Liazos Henrietta P. Light Judge Paul C. Menton David J. Russo, Jr. Thomas Wade, Watertown Housing Susan Steele Authority Thomas Melone Steven Magoon, Director, Community Development and Planning Police Station Building Committee Councillor John J. Lawn, Jr. Watertown Recycling Advisory Group Councillor Stephen P. Corbett Carol Bates Councillor Mark Sideris Charles C. Bering Fergal Brennock Arturo DeLuca Mark Dawson Martin Lerman Kathleen M. McGill Sue Tamber, Deputy Superintendent Edward P. Deveau, Police Chief Alice Wadden Lieutenant Justin Hanrahan Phyllis L. Marshall, Town Treasurer/Collector 6 Department Heads Daniel Brothers, Manager Dr. Steven A. Hiersche, Ed.D., Mario A. Orangio, Fire Chief John A. Ryan Skating Arena Superintendent of Schools Fire Department 1 Paramount Place Watertown Public Schools 99 Main Street Watertown, Massachusetts 02472 30 Common Street Watertown, Massachusetts 02472 Work: (617) 972-6469 Office Watertown, Massachusetts 02472 Work: (617) 972-6511 (617) 972-6468 Arena Work: (617) 926-7700 Fax: (617) 972-6575 Fax: (617) 972-6498 Fax: (617) 926-9759 Daniel A. Loughlin, Town Assessor Raeleen Parsons, Purchasing Agent Leone E. Cole, Library Director Administration Building 149 Main Street Watertown Free Public Library 149 Main Street Watertown, Massachusetts 02472 123 Main Street Watertown, Massachusetts 02472 Work: (617) 972-6414 Watertown, Massachusetts 02472 Work: (617) 972-6410 Fax: (617) 972-6403 Work: (617) 972-6434 Fax: (617) 972-6404 Fax: (617) 926-4375 Gayle M. Shattuck, Personnel Director Joseph J. Mahoney, Data Processing Administration Building Edward P. Deveau, Police Chief Manager 149 Main Street Police Department Administration Building Watertown, Massachusetts 02472 34 Cross Street 149 Main Street Work: (617) 972-6443 Watertown, Massachusetts 02472 Watertown, Massachusetts 02472 Fax: (617) 972-6404 Work: (617) 972-6533 Work: (617) 972-6463 Fax: (617) 972-6409 Fax: (617) 972-6403 Thomas J. Sullivan, Recreation Department Director Robert Erickson, Veterans Agent Phyllis L. Marshall, Administration Building Administration Building Treasurer/Collector 149 Main Street 149 Main Street Administration Building Watertown, Massachusetts 02472 Watertown, Massachusetts 02472 149 Main Street Work: (617) 972-6494 Work: (617) 972-6416 Watertown, Massachusetts 02472 Fax: (617) 972-6403 Fax: (617) 972-6403 Work: (617)
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