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NICOLE GARDNER
District A City Councilor


Meet Josh Rosmarin
Q: Josh, how did you first get involved in local politics? My very first involvement with local politics was in grade school, when my mom...
Sep 12, 2023


Meet Janet Buck
Q. Janet, how did you first get involved with the Watertown Boys & Girls Club? When my older daughter was a 4th or 5th grader at the...
Aug 22, 2023


Meet Amir Tabatabaei and Niloufar Keyhani
Q. Tell us a little bit about yourselves. Amir: I am an Iranian-American multidisciplinary artist. My works are mainly around social...
Aug 8, 2023


Meet Rachel Kay
Q: What are your experiences with disabilities? I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression twenty years ago. I realized that the stigma...
Jul 10, 2023


Meet Rose Mary Su
Q: What brought you to Watertown We came back from vacation in 2015 to find the landlord sold our building and our rent was going up...
Jun 28, 2023


Meet Wendy Rocca
Q: Wendy, when we first met, you told me about Operation American Soldier. What is it and what are its goals? Operation American Soldier...
Jun 14, 2023


Meet Archy LaSalle
Q: Can you tell us a little about WHERE ARE ALL THE BLACK PEOPLE AT? What are its goals, and how are you pursuing them? Our mission at...
May 23, 2023


Meet Barbara Epstein
Q: How did you get involved with the arts community in Watertown? When I moved to Watertown in the 1980s, I got involved with activities...
May 10, 2023


Nicole's 2022 Councilor Community Meeting
For those who couldn't come, here are the slides I used at first annual Councilor Community Meeting. Please reach out with questions or...
Jan 19, 2023


Tales of a Toxic Avenger
By Susan Falkoff 2004 Watertown Citizens for Environmental Safety (WCES) is one of many groups that sprang up across the country in...
Nov 1, 2022


Watertown's Environmental History
by Jolly Tager Updated April, 2025 Hello gentle readers, Watertown is a proud leader in sustainability and environmental stewardship, documented in the timeline below. Thanks to Jolly Tager for creating and maintaining it! If you are aware of anything missing .... please contact me. Nicole 1978: Watertown Citizens for Environmental Safety is formed. (Renamed sometime later asWatertown Citizens for Peace, Justice, and the Environment.) 1980: September 14th , Watertown dedicat
Oct 31, 2022


How to join City government meetings
City Council. Library Trustees. School Committee. Not to mention the City's roughly 30 Boards, Committees, and Commissions. Here's how...
Sep 28, 2022


Leveraging biotech to serve our youth
Watertown continues to attract developers serving life sciences companies. In addition to the many companies already here, 15 life...
Sep 28, 2022


What next for the Watertown Mall?
Alexandria Real Estate (ARE) is about to start the redevelopment of the Watertown Mall, now home to Target, Best Buy, the RMV and smaller...
Feb 3, 2022
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