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THE GOVERNMENT FORM: Three-member Board of Selectmen, Town Meeting. ELECTED OFFICIALS: Board of Selectmen: Chairman Rolf Madsen, 978-768-7384; Joseph Davis, 978-768-7925; David Folsom, 978-768-6921. Regional School Committee: (Essex members) Manchester Essex Regional School Committee, Chairwoman Susan Gould-Coviello, 978-768-7619; Jodi Harris, 978-768-6580; Edward Neal, 978-768-6001. Town Clerk: Sally Soucy, 978-768-7111. APPOINTED OFFICIALS: Building Inspector: William Sanborn, 978-768-2514; Selectmen's Assistant: Patricia Laskowski, 978-768-6531; Town Administrator: Brendhan Zubricki, 978-768-6531. TOWN HALL: Martin Street, 978-768-6531 WEB SITE: www.galaxy.net/~essexbos/index.html INCORPORATED: 1819 POPULATION: 3,500 AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME: $80,910 SIZE: 14.39 square miles TAX RATE PER $1,000: $11.54 MEDIAN PRICE, SINGLE FAMILY HOME: $355,000
THE FACTS BUSINESS: Major industries: restaurants, antiques. Business organizations: Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, Essex division, 978-283-1601. CHURCHES: Roman Catholic: St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 978-768-6284. Congregational: First Congregational Church, 978-768-7855; Methodist: United Methodist Church, 978-768-0059; Universalist: First Universalist Church, 978-768-7056. Non-sectarian: Fairhaven Christian Church, 978-768-6180. DAY CARE: Licensed family day care providers: three Licensed day care centers: one Licensed school-age child care: none. ELDER SERVICES: Council on Aging, 978-768-7932; Housing Authority, 978-768-6821; Senior Center, Pickering Street. HOSPITAL and HEALTH SERVICES: Beverly Hospital, Herrick Street, Beverly, 922-3000; Cable Emergency Center, County Road, Ipswich, 356-4366; Addison Gilbert Hospital, 298 Washington St., Gloucester, 283-4000; Visiting Nurse Association of the North Shore Inc., 283-2020; All-Care Visiting Nurse Association, 800-287-2454; ABL Visiting Nurses, 800-910-4225. LIBRARY: TOHP Burnham Public Library, Martin Street, 978-768-7410 POST OFFICE: Martin Street, 978-768-7251. RECREATION: Major recreation areas: Centennial Grove, Chebacco Lake; Memorial Park baseball field and tennis courts, Martin Street; Eagles Nest Playground at Essex Elementary & Middle School. Shellfish Warden: Arnold Thistlewood, 978-768-6531. SCHOOLS: Public schools: Manchester Essex Regional School District; Essex students attend Essex Elementary & Middle School (kindergarten-grade 8), older students attend Manchester Essex Regional High School in Manchester. School Department: 978-768-7324. Superintendent: David Connolly, 526-4919. Private schools: none. Higher Learning: North Shore Community College, 1 Ferncroft Road, Danvers, 762-4000. Adult Education: Gloucester High School, 281-9873. Extension classes in Gloucester: North Shore Community College, 922-6722; Salem State College, 741-6000; Endicott College, 927-0585. SOCIAL SERVICES: Action Inc., 283-7874; SeniorCare, 281-1750. TRASH COLLECTION: None. Town transfer station, Landing Road, open Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Recycling: Essex Recycling Center accepts cans, bottles, newspapers at the transfer station, open Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. UTILITIES: Cable TV: Adelphia, 283-0811. Natural gas: Keyspan, 356-4384. Phone service: Verizon, 741-1030. Water: Water filtration plant, 978-768-6431 YOUNG PEOPLE'S GROUPS: Essex Youth Commission, 978-768-3414; Essex Shipbuilders Athletic Association.
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