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THE GOVERNMENT FORM: Three-member Board of Selectmen, Town Meeting. ELECTED OFFICIALS: Board of Selectmen: Chairman Stephen Clark, 978-887-5165; Joseph Iarocci, 978-887-5971; Boyd Jackson, 978-887-6314. School Committee: Chairman Mark Lyons, 978-887-9493; Heidi Bond, 978-887-5670, John Kinhan, 978-887-2185; Pamela Albright, 978-887-3827; Mary Beth Doherty, 978-887-0485. Masconomet Regional School Committee: Emilie Nechtem, 978-887-3988; Nancy Fenton, 978-887-3552; Pamela Hieber, 978-887-8653; Kathryn Hartman, 978-887-6822. Town Clerk: Beverly Ann Guarino, 978-887-1505. APPOINTED OFFICIALS: Building Inspector: Glenn Clohecy, 978-887-1522; Electrical Inspector: John Thompson, 978-887-1501; Housing Authority: Chairman I. Bruce Bears, 978-887-5746. Plumbing Inspector: Bill Crowell, 978-887-1501; Selectmen's Executive Secretary: Roberta Knight, 978-887-1500; Health Agent: Leo Cormier, 978-777-1869. TOWN HALL: 8 W. Common St., 978-887-1500. INCORPORATED: 1650 POPULATION: 6,376 AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME: $141,777 SIZE: 12.86 square miles TAX RATE PER $1,000: $13.70 AVERAGE HOUSE PRICE: $374,752 MEDIAN PRICE, SINGLE FAMILY HOME: $420,000
THE FACTS BUSINESS: Major industries: light industrial. CHURCHES and TEMPLES: Congregational: Congregational Church of Topsfield, 978-887-2101; Episcopalian: Trinity Episcopal Church of Topsfield and Boxford, 978-887-5570; Lutheran: Our Savior Lutheran Church, 978-887-5701; Roman Catholic: St. Rose of Lima Church, 978-887-5505. DAY CARE: Licensed family day care providers: six. Licensed day care centers: four. Licensed school-age child care: two. ELDER SERVICES: Council on Aging, 978-887-1523; Topsfield Housing Authority, 978-887-5746; Project Pleasure, 978-887-1523; Topsfield-Boxford Community Club sponsors BoxTop Consignment and Thrift Shop on School Avenue, sponsors for Visiting Nurse Association services and health clinics. HOSPITAL and HEALTH SERVICES: Beverly Hospital, Herrick Street, Beverly, 978-922-3000; North Shore Visiting Nurse Association, 800-728-1862; All-Care Visiting Nurse Association, 781-890-4440; ABL Visiting Nurses, 800-910-4225. LIBRARY: Topsfield Library, South Common Street, 978-887-1528. POST OFFICE: 4 Main St., 978-887-5453. RECREATION: Parks and Recreation Department Supervisor: Stephen Shepard, 978-887-1525. Major recreation areas: Emerson Field; Proctor School Fields; Klock Park; Landfill Park, tennis courts at Grove Street and Steward School; Massachusetts Audubon Society, Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary; canoeing on the Ipswich River; John Nutter Town Forest, Willowdale State Forest trails; Bradley Palmer State Park; Hood's Pond Membership required); Waldo Smith Town Beach; Topsfield Fairgrounds; Parson Capen House, owned by the Topsfield Historical Society; Topsfield Trails Association. SCHOOLS: Public Schools: Two elementary schools, older students attend Masconomet Regional Junior/Senior High School, Boxford. Masconomet Superintendent: Kathleen Lynch, 978-887-2323. Elementary Superintendent: Bernard Creeden, 978-750-1955. Elementary school department: 978-887-1503. Proctor Elementary: 978-887- 1530; Steward Elementary, 978-887-1538; Masconomet Regional Junior/Senior High, 978-887-2323. Higher learning: North Shore Community College, 978-762-4000. SERVICES: Tri-Town Council on Youth and Family Services, Executive Director Gary Sinclair, 5 Main St. P.O. Box 293 Topsfield, 978-887-6512. TRASH COLLECTION: Weekly home pickup contracted by town and picked up by Waste Management Co. of Gloucester, 978-283-0071. Recycling: papers, glass, cans at recycling center on Route 1 north of Route 97, open Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Some leaf composting at center. Landfill: none. UTILITIES: Cable TV: AT&T Broadband 888-633-4266. Electric: Mass. Electric Co., 978-725-1000. Natural gas: Keyspan, 978-374-6311. Phone service: Verizon, 800-870-9999. Water and sewer: no town sewer, water from town aquifer, some private wells. Water Department, 978-887-1517. YOUNG PEOPLE'S GROUPS: Topsfield Athletic Association, Chairman, Michael Rogers, 978-887-5105. Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H Club.
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