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THE GOVERNMENT FORM: Mayor, 11-member City Council. ELECTED OFFICIALS: Mayor: Michael Bonfanti, 978-535-2314 (home), 978-538-5700 (office); City Council: Ward 1 Barry Osborne, 978-532-4587 Ward 2 Judith Buckley, 978-532-2928; Ward 3 Joseph Silva, 978-531-0333; Ward 4 Robert Driscoll, 978-531-6779; Ward 5 David Gamache, 978-535-8139; Ward 6 Gerald Rizzo, 978-535-6565; At Large: James Liacos, 978-532-2885; Michael Garabedian, 978-535-3323; Frederick Murtagh, 978-532-0448; Judith Selesnick, 978-532-0431; Joyce Spiliotis, 978-531-3269; School Committee: Mayor Michael Bonfanti, chairman, 978-535-2314; Suzanne Borin, 978-535-3192; David Gravel, 978-531-6636; Anne Manning, 978-531-7539; David McGeney, 978-535-6961; Louis Perullo, 978-536-5041; Maggy McBreen, 978-532-0142. APPOINTED OFFICIALS: City Clerk: Natalie Maga, 978-538-5750; Building Inspector: Ralph Gandolfo, 978-538-5785; Secretary to City Council: Tim Spanos, 978-538-5754; Health Agent: Bernard Horowitz, 978-538-5920. CITY HALL: 24 Lowell St., 978-532-3000 INCORPORATED: 1868 (town), 1916 (city) WEB SITE: www.ci.peabody.ma.us (city site); www.peabody.k12.ma.us (school site) POPULATION: 48,129 AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME: $69,708 SIZE: 17 square miles TAX RATE PER $1,000: $8.94 residential; $17.65 commercial MEDIAN PRICE, SINGLE FAMILY HOME: $272,000 THE FACTS BUSINESS: Major industries: high-tech and scientific instruments; manufacture of photographic gelatin; retail. Business organizations: Peabody Chamber of Commerce, 24 Main St., 978-531-0384. CHURCHES and TEMPLES: Baptist: Calvary Baptist Church, 978-531-0914; North Shore Baptist Church, 978-535-6186; Tabernacle Baptist Church, 978-531-5578; Congregational: Second Congregational Church, 978-531-0477; South Congregational Church, 978-531-1964; West Congregational Church, 978-535-4112; Episcopal: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 978-531-2732; Evangelical Covenant: Community Covenant Church, 978-535-5321; Greek Orthodox: St. Vasilios Greek Orthodox Church, 978-531-0777; Jehovah's Witnesses: Peabody Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, 978-532-2474; Jewish: Congregation Sons of Israel, 978-532-1624, Orthodox; Congregation Tifereth Israel, 978-531-8135, Sephardic; Temple Beth Shalom, 978-535-2100, Reform; Temple Ner Tamid, 978-532-1293, Conservative; Lutheran: St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, 978-531-1731; Methodist: Lake Shore Park United Methodist Church, First United Methodist Church, 978-532-0095; Roman Catholic: St. Therese Carmelite Chapel, 978-531-6145; Our Lady of Fatima Church, 978-532-0272; St. Ann's Church, 978-531-1480; St. Adelaide's Church, 978-535-1985; St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 978-531-0224; St. John the Baptist, 978-531-0002. DAY CARE: Licensed family day care providers: 53. Licensed day care centers: 18. Licensed school-age child care: three. ELDER SERVICES: North Shore Elder Services, 978-750-4540; Peabody Council on Aging, located in Community Life Center at 79 Central St., Director Denis Coleman, 978-531-2254. HOSPITAL and HEALTH SERVICES: Lahey Clinic North, Essex Center Drive, 978-538-4000; Kindred Hospital Boston North Shore, 15 King St., 978-531-2900; Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Salem, 27 Congress St., 978-745-9050; All-Care Visiting Nurse Association, 800-287-2454; ABL Visiting Nurses, 800-910-4225. LIBRARIES: Main Library, 82 Main St., 978-531-0100; South Branch, 78 Lynn St., 978-531-3380; West Branch, 603 Lowell St., 978-535-3354. POST OFFICES: 4 Essex Center Drive, 978-531-5400; 13 Wallis St., 978-532-4880; West Peabody, Shop 'N Save Plaza, 978-535-3161. RECREATION: Recreation Director: Richard Walker, 978-536-0600. Major recreation areas: YMCA, 259 Lynnfield St., 978-531-5650; Brown's Pond, Lynn Street; Ross Park (Cy Tenney), Johnson Street; Brooksby Farm, Felton Street, 978-531-1613. SCHOOLS: Public schools: one high school, one vocational high school, one alternative high school, one middle school, eight elementary schools. School Department: 978-531-1600 Superintendent: James Gaylord, 978-531-1600 ext. 400. Private schools: Bishop Fenwick High School, grades 9-12, 978-531-8200; Lakeside School, ages 8-18, 978-535-0250; North Shore Special Education Consortium, ages 3-22, 978-535-6197; St. John the Baptist School, 978-531-0444. Adult education: Prep Center for Adults, 485 Lowell St., 978-531-1600, Ext. 570. SOCIAL SERVICES: North Shore Community Action Programs, 978-531-0767; North Shore Community Action Fuel, 978-531-8810; North Suburban Jewish Community Center, 978-535-2968; North Shore Transit Inc., 978-535-6994; United Cerebral Palsy Association, 978-532-0890; United Cerebral Palsy of North Shore, 978-532-2727; WIC, 978-532-1343. TRASH COLLECTION: Weekly pick-up, JRM Hauling, 800-323-4285. Landfill: corner of Newbury and Forest streets, resident dumping most third Saturdays of the month, 7 to 11:30 a.m. Recycling: Curbside collection for residential property. Drop-off center at 50 Farm Ave., public services garage open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 978-536-0600. UTILITIES: Cable TV: AT&T Broadband, 978-258-5132. Electric: Electric Light Department, Warren Street Ext., 978-531-5975. Natural gas: Keyspan, 800-732-3400. Phone service: Verizon, 978-555-1611. Water and Sewer: Peabody Department of Public Services, 978-536-0600. YOUNG PEOPLE'S GROUPS: Girl Scouts, Spar and Spindle Council, 978-745-1404; Boy Scouts, North Bay Council, Danvers, 978-777-4333; Peabody Youth Soccer, Peabody Little League, Peabody West Little League, Babe Ruth League, Peabody Pop Warner football, Peabody Youth Hockey, Junior Softball League, Pop Warner Cheerleaders.
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