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THE GOVERNMENT FORM: Mayor, 11-member City Council. ELECTED OFFICIALS: Mayor: Stanley Usovicz Jr., 978-745-9595 (office), 978-744-3182 (home). City Council: Regina Flynn, president, 978-745-2292; Ward 1: Claudia Chuber, 978-744-3623; Ward 2: Regina Flynn, 978-745-2292; Ward 3: Joan Lovely, 978-745-4796; Ward 4: Leonard F. O'Leary, 978-744-0799; Ward 5: Kimberly Driscoll, 978-740-3137; Ward 6: Michael Bencal, 978-744-5946; Ward 7: Joseph O'Keefe Sr., 978-744-1884; At-large: Arthur Sargent, 978-745-1055; Thomas Furey, 978-744-5963; Laura DeToma, 978-745-1915; Kevin Harvey, 978-745-9417. School Committee: Chairman Mayor Stanley Usovicz Jr.; Jeffery Avignan, 978-744-5829; Norene Gachignard, 978-744-7148; Richard McCarthy, 978-745-9145; Darleen Melis, 978-744-6471; Albert Robinson Jr., 978-744-1777; Margaret Voss, 978-745-3608. APPOINTED OFFICIALS: City Clerk: Deborah Burkinshaw, 978-745-9595; Building Inspector: Peter Strout, 978-745-9595; Health Agent: Joanne Scott, 978-741-1800. CITY HALL: 93 Washington St., 978-745-9595. WEB SITE: salemcouncil.com INCORPORATED: 1630 (town), 1836 (city) POPULATION: 40,407 AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME: $57,779 SIZE: 8.18 square miles TAX RATE PER $1,000: $13.53 residential; $28.62 commercial MEDIAN PRICE, SINGLE FAMILY HOME: $240,000
THE FACTS BUSINESS: Major industries: retail, education, health care, manufacturing, tourism. Business organizations: Salem Chamber of Commerce, Pickering Wharf, 978-744-0004; Salem Partnership, 6 Central St., 978-741-8100 CHURCHES and TEMPLES: Baptist: First Baptist Church in Salem, 978-744-3780; Congregational: Tabernacle Church in Salem, 978-744-3164; Episcopal: St. Peter's Church, 24 St. Peter's St., 978-745-2291; Grace Church in Salem, 385 Essex St., 978-744-2796; Interdenominational: Salem Christian Assembly, 978-744-5656; Jewish: Temple Shalom of Salem, 978-741-4880; Roman Catholic: St. Anne's, 978-744-1930, St. Mary's Italian, 978-744-0631; St. James, 978-745-9060; St. Joseph's, 978-744-0095; St. John the Baptist, 978-744-1278; Immaculate Conception, 978-745-6303; Unitarian: First Church in Salem-Unitarian, 978-744-1551; United Methodist: United Methodist Churches of Salem, 978-744-3113; Universalist: First Universalist Church, 978-744-3224. DAY CARE: Licensed family day care providers: 56. Licensed day care centers: 19. Licensed school-age child care: 14. ELDER SERVICES: Council on Aging, 5 Broad St., 978-744-0924; Meals on Wheels, social day care for elderly, referral service for health and housing issues, elderly outreach program; Elder Affairs, 978-744-0924; Housing Authority, 978-744-4431. HOSPITAL and HEALTH SERVICES: The North Shore Medical Center: Salem Hospital, 81 Highland Ave., 978-741-1200, Shaughnessy Kaplan Rehabilitation Hospital, Dove Avenue, 978-745-9000, North Shore Children's Hospital, 57 Highland Ave., 978-745-2100; Visiting Nurses of Greater Salem, 27 Congress St., 978-745-9050; All-Care Visiting Nurse Association, Lynn, 800-287-2454; ABL Visiting Nurses, 800-910-4225. LIBRARY: 370 Essex St., 978-744-0860 POST OFFICE: Riley Plaza, 978-744-8600 RECREATION: Park and Recreation Department Director E. Lawrence McIntire, 978-744-0733. Major recreational areas: Municipal golf course, Highland Avenue, 978-744-9747; Winter Island, 978-745-9430; Salem Maritime National Historic Site, 178 Derby St., 978-744-4323; Forest River Park, 978-744-1833; Salem Willows Park, amusements. SCHOOLS: Public schools: one high school, two middle schools, seven elementary schools. School Department: 978-745-9300. Superintendent Herbert Levine, 978-740-1212. Private schools: Phoenix School, grades K-8, 978-741-0870; Solarterre-E-Em (Greenhouse School), grades K-6, 978-745-4549; St. Joseph's School, grades K-8, 16 Harbor St., 978-744-4773. Higher learning: Salem State College, 352 Lafayette St., 978-542-6000. Adult education: North Shore Technical High School, Middleton, 762-0001; North Shore Community College, 762-4000. SOCIAL SERVICES: The Salem Mission, 9 Crombie St., 978-745-1121, shelter, noon and evening meals; Salvation Army, 93 North St., 978-744-5181, noon lunch, clothing, emergency food; The Pantry, First Universalist Church, 211 Bridge St., 978-744-3224, free groceries the last Saturday of every month; Catholic Charities, 978-740-6923. St. Joseph's Church food pantry and Little Lambs baby program, 978-744-2532.
TRASH COLLECTION: Weekly curbside pick-up by a contractor for the Department of Public Works, 978-745-9595. Landfill: none. Recycling: curbside collection every other week for newspapers and clear plastics. UTILITIES: Cable TV: AT&T Broadband 692-1906. Electric: Massachusetts Electric Co., 781-593-2600. Natural gas: Keyspan, 800-732-3400. Phone service: Verizon, 978-741-1030. Water and sewer: Water Department, City Hall Annex, 978-745-9595. YOUNG PEOPLE'S GROUPS: Little League, (Forest River Park) 978-744-2678; Tom McCabe (league president) 978-741-1856; Youth Soccer League, 978-744-5125; Pop Warner Football, Dave Bettinger, 978-745-5749; Youth Hockey, Emery Trahan, 781-595-4502; Boys and Girls Winter Basketball League, Doug Bollen, 978-741-4509; Seven Gables Settlement House (pre-school, after-school, junior high and teen programs), 114 Derby St., 978-745-5909; Salem YMCA, 288 Essex St., 978-744-0351; Boys and Girls Clubs of Salem, 13 Hawthorne Boulevard, 978-744-0915.please make sure contact names are correct, or replace them with organization phone number/web site, or just name of league/sport
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