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THE GOVERNMENT THE GOVERNMENT FORM: Mayor, nine-member City Council ELECTED OFFICIALS: Mayor John J. Guerin Jr., 978-373-9740 (home) or 978-374-2300 (office). City Council: office, 978-374-2328. President Michael J. Bresnaham, 978-374-5399; Vice President James J. Fiorentini, 978-373-4077 or 978-374-0596; John J. Curtin Jr., 978-374-1609; Mary Ellen Daly O'Brien, 978-374-7496; William H. Ryan, 978-521-1130; Robert E. DesMarais 978-372-3985; William C. Pike, 978-372-6924; John A. Michitson, 978-373-2231; Louis T. Fossarelli, 978-697-1264. School Committee: Thomas F. Behan, 978-372-9734; Michael J. Migliori, 978-373-3294; Joseph J. Bevilacqua, 978-373-4807; Shaw Rosen, 978-374-0078; Glen Lewandowski, 978-374-9447; Dorothy A. Flaherty, 521-9714; Mayor John J. Guerin Jr., 978-373-9740 (home) or 978-374-2300 (office). APPOINTED OFFICIALS: City Clerk Barbara MacKinnon, 978-374-2312; Building Inspector Robert Dill, 978-374-2338; Secretary to City Council Pamela Cooper, 978-374-2328; Director of Inspectional Services Donna Leone, 978-374-2325. CITY HALL: 4 Summer St., 978-374-2300 INCORPORATED: 1640 POPULATION: 56,500 AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME: $64,500 SIZE: 35.83 square miles TAX RATE PER $1,000: $13.58 residential, $22.46 commercial/industrial MEDIAN PRICE, SINGLE FAMILY HOME: $231,900 THE FACTS
BUSINESS: Major industries: Computer technology, research industries, electronics, plastics, shoes, leather. Business organizations: Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce, 87 Winter St., 978-373-5663; Greater Haverhill Foundation, 145 Ward Hill Ave., 521-5108. CHURCHES and TEMPLES: Armenian Apostolic: St. Gregory the Illuminator, Main Street, 978-372-9227; Assembly of God, New Life Christian Assembly, 980 Main St., 978-373-1379; Baptist: First Baptist Church, 217 Main St., 978-374-7491; Lifeline Baptist Church, 590 Primrose Ave., 978-372-8046; Calvary Baptist, 13 Ashland St., 978-373-6466; Portland Street Baptist Church, 29 Portland St., 978-372-0920; Rocks Village Baptist Church, Amesbury Line Road, 978-372-9756; Roman Catholic: Sacred Hearts Parish, 48 South Chestnut St., 978-373-1281; St. James Parish, 161 Winter St., 978-372-8537; All Saints Catholic, 120 Bellevue Ave., 978-372-7721; St. John the Baptist, 114 Lincoln Ave., 978-372-2780; Christian & Missionary Alliance: Alliance Church, 284 Kenoza Ave., 978-374-0646; Congregational: First Congregational Church, 232 Main St., 978-373-3031; West Congregational Church, 767 Broadway, 978-373-3034; Ward Hill Congregational, 34 Main St., 978-374-8026; Eastern Orthodox: Holy Apostle Peter & Paul, 154 Winter St., 978-373-3311; St. Xenia Russian Orthodox Church, 55 Wingate St., 521-0253; Episcopal: Trinity Episcopal Church, 26 White St., 978-372-4244; Pentecostal: Church of Jesus Christ United Ministries Shalom, 200 Main St., 978-372-2300; United Pentecostal Church of Haverhill, 1445 Broadway, 521-4554; Presbyterian: First Presbyterian Church, 346 Broadway, 978-374-8029; Seventh Day Adventist: Seventh Day Adventist Church, 33 South Central, Bradford, 978-373-3737; Unitarian Universalist: Universalist Unitarian Church, 15 Kenoza Ave., 978-372-5173; United Church of Christ: First Church of Christ, 10 Church St., Bradford, 978-374-1114; United Church of Christ of NE area office, 12 Phoenix Row, 978-373-6748; Methodist: Grace United Methodist Church, 471 Main St., 978-372-2843; People's United Methodist Church, Chadwick St., 978-372-6118; Nondenominational: Corner Stone Christian Church, 14 Brandy Brow Road, 978-372-3334; Jewish: Temple Emanu-El, 514 Main St., 978-373-3861; Community: Haverhill Community Church, 19 Newcomb St., 686-0801. DAY CARE: Licensed family day care providers: 139. Licensed day care centers: 12. Licensed school-age child care: five. ELDER SERVICES: Council on Aging, 978-374-2390; Council on Aging/Paralegal, 978-373-6397; Citizen's Center-Human Services, 10 Welcome Ave., 978-374-4500; Merrimack Valley Elder Services, 800-892-0890. HOSPITAL and HEALTH SERVICES: Merrimack Valley Hospital, 140 Lincoln Ave., 978-374-2000; Abbey Home Health Care Inc., 800 Broadway, 521-4200; D's Nursing Agencies, 191 Merrimack, 978-521-3472; Home Health VNA, 360 Merrimac St., Lawrence, 800-933-5593 or 552-4000; VNA North Shore, 13-23 Railroad Square, 978-372-1285; Summer Street House Adult Day Care, 71 Summer St., 978-469-0169; All-Care Visiting Nurse Association, 800-287-2454; Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital, 978-372-8000. LIBRARY: Public Library, 99 Main St., 978-373-1586; POST OFFICES: Washington Square, 978-373-5643; Bradford, 135 South Main St., 978-372-2031; Ward Hill, 19 Cross Road, 978-372-4091 RECREATION: Recreation Department, 978-374-2389. Major recreation areas: Winnekenni Park, Riverside Park (Lincoln Avenue) Swasey and Cashman fields, Citizens Center, Plug Pond, Round Pond; Meadowbrook Conservation Area. SCHOOLS: Public schools: Haverhill High School, 978-374-5700; Whittier Regional Vocation Technical High School, 978-373-4101; four middle schools, 16 elementary schools. School Department, 978-374-3400; Superintendent, 978-374-3400. Private schools: Solomon Schechter Day School, 978-372-4140; Sacred Hearts School, 978-372-5451; St. Joseph School, 978-521-4256. Higher Learning: Northern Essex Community College, 978-556-3000 SOCIAL SERVICES: Haverhill-Newburyport Human Services, 978-469-8800; Community Action Inc. 978-373-1971; Emmaus Inc. Homeless Shelters 978-373-7290. TRASH COLLECTION: Weekly pickup, handled by city Health Department, 4 Summer St., 978-374-2325. Recycling: public recycling shed, 500 Primrose St., 978-521-8117. UTILITIES: Cable TV: Cablevision of Haverhill, 66-68 Emerson St., 978-373-5629; Electric: Mass. Electric Co., 978-725-1000; Natural gas: Keyspan, 978-374-6311; Phone service: Verizon, 800-870-9999. Water and sewer: plant, 978-374-2382; billing and offices, 978-374-2370. YOUNG PEOPLE'S GROUPS: Youth Director, 978-374-2389. Boy Scouts, Yankee Clipper Council, 978-372-0591; Girl Scouts, Spar and Spindle Council, 978-689-8015; Haverhill Boys Club, Emerson St., 978-374-6171; Girls Inc., 978-372-0771; YMCA, 107 Winter St. 978-374-0507; Youth Center at YMCA, 978-374-2412; YWCA, 107 Winter St. 978-374-6121.
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