BEVERLY

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Schools

Volunteer Opportunites

THE GOVERNMENT

FORM: Mayor, nine-member city council

ELECTED OFFICIALS: Mayor Thomas Crean, 978-921-6000 (office), 978-922-9699 (home). City Council: President Paul Guanci, 978-927-8940; At-large: Tim Flaherty, 978-927-1638; and Bill Coughlin, 978-927-2079; Ward 1: Maureen Troubetaris, 978-927-5681; Ward 2: Ronald Costa, 978-927-1982; Ward 3: Roger Morency, 978-922-4351; Ward 4: Virginia McGlynn, 978-922-4978; Ward 5: Donald Martin, 978-927-8888; Ward 6: John Murray, 978-927-6621. School Committee: President Ward 5 Virginia Coburn, 978-922-0336; Ward 1: Janet Norris, 978-927-2630; Ward 2: Laura Bell, 978-927-1651; Ward 3: Michael Tallo, 978-927-4562; Ward 4: Nancy Brusil, 978-927-6490; Ward 6: Judith Cronin, 978-921-5893.

APPOINTED OFFICIALS: City Clerk Frances Macdonald, 978-921-6000; Building Inspector Timothy Brennan, 978-921-6025; Health Agent William Burke, 978-921-8591; City Planner Debra Hurlburt, 978-921-6000; Finance Director/Treasurer Tom Durkin, 978-921-6000.

CITY HALL: 191 Cabot St., 978-921-6000

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

INCORPORATED: 1626

POPULATION: 39,862

AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME: $72,330

SIZE: 15.14 square miles

TAX RATE PER $1,000: $12.51 residential, $20.40 commercial/industrial

MEDIAN PRICE, SINGLE FAMILY HOME: $295,000

THE FACTS

BUSINESS: Major industries: technology, manufacturing, health care. Business organizations: Beverly Chamber of Commerce, 28 Cabot St., 232-9559; North Shore Chamber of Commerce, Cherry Hill Park, Danvers, 774-8565; Cummings Center, Beverly, 978-922-9000.

CHURCHES and TEMPLES: Assembly of God: First Assembly of God, 978-927-1862; Baptist: First Baptist Church in Beverly, 978-922-3295; North Shore Community Baptist, 978-927-2014; Christian Science: First Church of Christ, Scientist, 978-922-0262; Congregational: Dane Street Congregational Church, 978-922-4325; Second Congregational Church, 978-922-5722, 978-922-2410; Immanuel Congregational, 978-922-3174; Episcopal: St. John's Episcopal, 978-927-0229; St. Peter's Episcopal, 978-922-3438; Interdenominational: Centerville Church, 978-922-8793; First Federated Church-in-the-Cove, 978-922-5135; Pilgrim Church, 978-922-5526; Jewish: Temple B'Nai Abraham (Conservative), 978-927-3211; Methodist: Memorial United Methodist, 978-927-1066; Nazarene: Church of the Nazarene, 978-927-2314, 978-927-5156; Roman Catholic: St. Alphonsus Rectory, 978-922-1222; St. John the Evangelist Rectory, 978-922-5542; St. Mary's Star of the Sea, 978-922-0113; St. Margaret's Rectory, 978-927-0069; Seventh Day Adventist: Seventh Day Adventist, 978-927-4066; Society of Friends: Religious Society of Friends (Quaker), 978-922-2513; Unitarian: First Parish, 978-922-3968.

DAY CARE: Licensed family day care providers: 36. Licensed day care centers: 19 Licensed school-age child care: 9

ELDER SERVICES: Council on Aging, Senior Community Center, 978-921-6017; Housing Authority, 978-922-3100.

HOSPITAL and HEALTH SERVICES: Beverly Hospital, 91 Herrick St., 978-922-3000; Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Salem, 236-1300 or 800-823-4862; Visiting Nurse Association Care Network, 777-6100 or 800-457-8999; All-Care Visiting Nurse Association, 800-287-2454.

LIBRARIES: Main library, 32 Essex St., 978-921-6062. Beverly Farms branch, 24 Vine St., 978-921-6066.

POST OFFICES: Main Post Office, 151 Rantoul St., 978-922-1045; Beverly Farms Post Office, 36 West St., 978-927-1739; Prides Crossing Post Office, 64 Thissell St., 978-922-0146.

RECREATION: Recreation Department Director Joan Fairbank, 978-921-6067. Major recreation areas: Herlihy Park, Livingstone Avenue; Femino Park, Lindsay Avenue; Hellard/Hubis Park, McKay Street; Obear Park, Upland Road off Kernwood Avenue; Bartlett Gardens, Stone Street; Gillis Park, Stone Street; Ahearn Park, Rantoul Street; Lyons Park, Lothrop Street; Independence Park, Lothrop Street; Balch Park, Cabot/Balch streets; Sam Carratu Park, Park Roundy street; Holcroft Park, Gage Street; Innocenti Park, McPherson Drive; Bessie Baker Park, Cabot Street; Lynch Park, Ober Street; Sally Milligan Park, Cross Street; Kimball/Haskell Park, Cross/East Lothrop streets; North Beverly Playground, Oakmont Road; Vittori Park, Cabot/Conant streets; Hannah School Playground, Brimbal Avenue; Raymond Farm Playground, Colgate Road; Dix Park, Haskell Street; William Cahill Park, Hull Street; Harry Ball Park, Essex Street; Beverly Golf and Tennis Club, McKay Street; Brackenberry Beach, Brackenberry Lane; Dane Street Beach, Lothrop Street;

SCHOOLS: Public schools: One high school, two middle schools, seven elementary schools. School department, 921-6100. Superintendent William Lupini, 978-921-6100. Private schools: Beverly School for the Deaf, age 3 to 22, 978-927-7070; Cape Ann Waldorf School, pre-school-grade eight, 978-927-8811; Glen Urquhart School, kindergarten-grade eight, 978-927-1064; Harborlight Montessori School, 978-922-1008; Landmark School, age 8 through high school, 978-236-3010; Shore Country Day School, pre-kindergarten-grade nine, 978-927-1700; St. John the Evangelist School, pre-kindergarten-grade eight, 978-922-0048; St. Mary Star of the Sea School, kindergarten-grade eight, 978-927-3259; Waring School, grades six-12, 978-927-8793. Higher learning: Endicott College, 376 Hale St., 978-927-0585; Montserrat College of Art, main campus at 23 Essex St., 978-922-8222; North Shore Community College, 1 Ferncroft Road, Danvers, 762-4000, Beverly campus at 112 Sohier Road. Adult Education: North Shore Technical High School, 30 Log Bridge Road, Middleton, 762-0001.

SOCIAL SERVICES: North Shore Community Action Programs (Peabody), 531-0767; Project RAP, 978-922-0000; Red Cross, 978-922-2224. YMCA, Sterling Center, 978-927-6855, Cabot Street, 978-922-0990.

TRASH COLLECTION: Weekly curbside pick-up by JRM Hauling & Recycling, 781-593-5570. Landfill: none. Recycling: Bi-weekly curbside pick-up of newspaper, mail (no cellophane envelope windows), glass, tin and plastics no. 1 and 2, call 978-921-6000.

UTILITIES: Cable TV: AT&T Broadband, 888-633-4266; Electric: Massachusetts Electric Co., 800-322-3223; Natural gas: Keyspan, 800-732-3400; Phone service: Verizon, 741-1030; Water and Sewer: 921-6000.

YOUNG PEOPLE'S GROUPS: Teen program director Ryan Allen, Myles McPherson Youth Center, McPherson Drive, 978-921-6061; Boy Scouts, 777-4333; Girl Scouts, 781-592-5182; Little League baseball, Tom Bussone 978-927-5162; Campfire Girls & Boys, 745-7200; YMCA Balch Street Youth Center, 978-921-1845.