AMESBURY

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THE GOVERNMENT

FORM: Mayor, nine-member municipal council.

ELECTED OFFICIALS: Mayor David Hildt 978-388-8845. Municipal Council: President William R. Brooks, 978-388-3846; At large: Joseph McMilleon, 978-388-6269; Christopher Lawrence, 978-834-9113; District 1: Leonard Johnson, 978-388-0501; District 2: Roger S. Benson, 978-388-0671; District 3: John Maynard, 978-388-2705; District 4: Robert Woodsom, 978-388-8249; District 5: Esther Headley, 978-388-2410; District 6: Anne Larnard, 978-834-0688. School Committee: Charles LaBella, 978-388-5659; Debra Bibeau, 978-388-1660; Stan Schwartz, 978-388-0906; Deborah Comick, 978-388-7201; Robert Gosselin, 978-388-9904; chairman, Mayor David Hildt, 978-388-8845; Mary Rogers, 978-388-6420.

APPOINTED OFFICIALS: Town Clerk Brenda Roy, 978-388-8100; Assessor Henry Fournier, 978-388-8102 Building Inspector Denis Nadeau, 978-388-8129; Administrative Assistant to Mayor's Office Donna Motsis, 978-388-8121; Mayoral aide Orlando Pacheco, 978-388-8123; Health Agent Susan Sawyer, 978-388-8133.

TOWN HALL: Friend Street, 978-388-8121

WEB SITE: www.ci.amesbury.ma.us

INCORPORATED: 1666

POPULATION: 16,450

AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME: $66,600

SIZE: 13.86 square miles

TAX RATE PER $1,000: $17.64

MEDIAN PRICE, SINGLE FAMILY HOME: $259,900

THE FACTS

BUSINESS: Major industries: Manufacturing, high technology, communications. Business organizations: The Alliance for Amesbury, Market Square, 978-388-3178; Amesbury Alliance for Economic Development Foundation 978-388-8029.

CHURCHES and TEMPLES: Baptist: Rocks Village/Market Street Baptist Church, 978-388-0930; Congregational: Main Street Congregational Church, 978-388-0982, Union Congregational Church, 978-388-0631; Episcopalian: St. James Episcopal Church, 978-388-0030; Methodist: First United Methodist Church, 978-388-1726; Roman Catholic: Holy Family Parish: Sacred Heart Church, 978-388-0330 and St. Joseph's Church, 978-388-9907; Seventh Day Adventist: Seventh Day Adventist Church, 978-388-3352. Non-denominational: Unity on the River, 834-7830.

DAY CARE: Licensed family day care providers: 36. Licensed day care centers: five. Licensed school-age child care: three.

ELDER SERVICES: Council on Aging/Amesbury Senior Center, 978-388-8138; Community Action Inc., 978-388-2570.

HOSPITAL and HEALTH SERVICES: Amesbury Health Center, Morrill Place, 978-388-5060; All-Care Visiting Nurse Association, 800-287-2454; Companion Care, 978-463-2121; Harborside Adult Day Care Health Center, 978-465-1980; Home Health Visiting Nurses Association, 978-462-6933; Visiting Nurse Association of the North Shore, 800-728-1862; Anna Jaques Hospital, Highland Avenue, Newburyport, 978-463-1000.

LIBRARY: Amesbury Public Library, Main Street, 978-388-8148, on-line catalog: www.mvlc.org.

POST OFFICE: 200 Main St., 978-388-0130.

RECREATION: Major recreation areas: Town Park, Friend Street; Collins Street playground; Lake Gardner town beach, High Street; Woodsom Farm, Lion's Mouth Road (hiking, cross-country skiing, sledding, birdwatching); Camp Kent, South Hampton Road (hiking, wildlife watching, cross-country skiing); Battis Farm, South Hampton Road (hiking, cross country skiing); Amesbury Middle School, Main Street (tennis courts); Amesbury High School, Highland Street (athletic fields, 400-meter track, tennis courts).

SCHOOLS: Public schools: one high school, one middle school, three elementary schools, one public charter school, one regional vocational high school. School department, 978-388-0507. Superintendent Stephen Gerber, 978-388-0507. Private Schools: Sparhawk School, 978-388-5354; River Valley Charter School (public) 978-465-0065. Higher Learning: Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, 978-556-3000. Adult Education: Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School, Haverhill, 978-373-4101; Coastal Common Ground adult basic education 978-499-8357.