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THE GOVERNMENT FORM: Three-member Board of Selectmen, Town Meeting. ELECTED OFFICIALS: Board of Selectmen: Jeffrey Hoyt, chairman, 978-346-9071; Janet Bruno, 978-346-8487; Alan Dunn, 978-346-4303. Pentucket Regional School Committee representatives: Todd Treado, 978-346-8307; Anthony Castiglione, 978-346-8160; Nan Hocking-McDonough, 978-346-4528; Les Murray, 978-346-9555. Town Clerk: Patricia True, 978-346-8013. APPOINTED OFFICIALS: Building Inspector: Phillip Hagopian, 345-0525; Secretary to Selectmen: Barbara Arbour, 978-346-8862; Health Agent: Ed Gallagher, 978-346-4066. TOWN HALL: 4 School St., 978-346-8862 INCORPORATED: 1876 POPULATION: 6,138 AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME: $71,580 SIZE: 8.86 square miles TAX RATE PER $1,000: $14.20 MEDIAN PRICE, SINGLE FAMILY HOME: $235,000 THE FACTS
BUSINESS: Major industries: metals, sign-making, vending machines. Business organizations: Pentucket Business Association, Box 128, Groveland, Mass., 01834 CHURCHES: Congregational: Pilgrim Congregational, Church Street, Merrimacport, 978-346-8400; Methodist: Merrimacport United Methodist Church, High Street, 978-346-8818. Roman Catholic: Church of the Nativity, Green Street, 978-346-8604. DAY CARE: Licensed family day care providers: 15. Licensed day care centers: one. Licensed school-age child care: none. ELDER SERVICES: Senior Center, 978-346-9549, Director Laura Mailman; Council on Aging, 978-346-9549 HOSPITAL and HEALTH SERVICES: Amesbury Health Center, 24 Morrill Place, Amesbury, 978-388-5060; Anna Jaques Hospital, 25 Highland Ave., Newburyport, 978-463-1000; Merrimack Valley Hospital, Lincoln Avenue, Haverhill, 978-374-2000; Home Health Care of Greater Newburyport, 978-465-3441; All-Care Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Lynn, 800-287-2454. LIBRARY: Merrimac Public Library, 34 West Main St., 978-346-9441 POST OFFICE: 79 East Main St., 978-346-8342. RECREATION: Playground commission chairman Jim Hume. Major recreation areas: Indian Head Park, Stevens Ballfield on Locust Street, soccer field, Town Forest Road. SCHOOLS: Public schools: Two elementary schools, Donaghue, 978-343-8921, and Sweetsir, 978-346-8319; Pentucket Regional Middle School, 978-363-2957; Pentucket Regional High School, 978-363-5507; Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School, Haverhill, 978-373-4101. School Department: 978-363-2280. Superintendent: Michael McLaughlin, 978-363-2280. Higher learning: Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, 978-556-3000. Adult education: Northern Essex Community College, 978-556-3800, Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School. SOCIAL SERVICES: Community Action, Amesbury, 978-374-2197. TRASH COLLECTION: J. Mellow Inc., 978-352-8581, $1 stickers. Recycling: Newburyport Recycling, 978-463-9434, daily. Aluminum, bottles and cans, newspaper, magazines, brown paper, clear, brown and green glass, plastic bottle necks. UTILITIES: Cable TV: Adelphia, 978-388-3335. Light and water: town department, 978-346-8311. Natural gas: Keyspan, 978-388-4000. Phone service: Verizon, 800-870-9999. Sewer Commission: town department, 978-346-9988. YOUNG PEOPLE'S GROUPS: Boy Scouts, Lone Tree Council, 372-0591; Girl Scouts, Spar and Spindle Council, 978-689-8015; Babe Ruth Baseball (a regional program including Groveland and West Newbury children); Pop Warner Football.
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