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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Photo by Nancy L. Bertrand STREET LISTING 2012 Treasure Room TOWN OF WAK Wakefield 4/13 $25 A List of Persons, Male and Female, Residing in Wakefield, Massachusetts, 17 years of age and over, as canvassed by the Board of Registrars as of January 2012 Also including Emergency and Town Government Telephone Listing and Fire Alarm Chart Any errors or omissions should be reported to the Registrars of Voters promptly, as the data herein produced are as recorded on their office records EUGENIA M. COFFIN KATHRYN D. MORGAN JANE GOOD, CHAIRPERSON MARY K. GALVIN, CLERK I 1 V'TU ■ . . : Civil War Memorial Tablets By Nancy L. Bertrand In the spring of 1867, the citizens of the Town of South Reading wanted to erect some sort of memorial to the brave men who had fought and died in the 'War of the Rebellion.' The town's finances were especially strained at that time because of debts incurred during the war years. At the same time, the rapidly growing town was finding it difficult to house the functions of government in the old "Town House" on the Common that had been erected in 1834. To meet both needs, the town's largest employer and land-owner, Cyrus Wakefield, came forward with a solution. He volunteered to donate a lot of land and a cash contribution of $30,000 to build a new "Town House," which would house a "Soldiers' Memorial Hall" in honor of the Civil War dead. Overwhelmed by the generosity of this offer, the town accepted, and, in addition, voted to change its name, in his honor, to Wakefield, Massachusetts. (Mr. Wakefield, it must be noted, was so pleased by the name change that he spent four times the amount of the promised money on the new Town Hall, which was turned over to the Town on February 221871.) Inside the building, the Civil War memorial tablets occupied an important place, and listed the names of the soldiers who had died in the war. The inscription reads, in part: The Citizens Of Wakefield Have Caused To be Inscribed Upon These Tablets The Names of Their Sons Who Fell Representing Them in Defence (sic) of the Union* In the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866 And in Whose Honor They Have Erected These Tablets Prior to the demolition of the old Town Hall on October 20,1958, the Memorial Tablets were moved to the Lafayette Building, which had been designated as the new Town Hall. *Note that "defense" is spelled "defence" on the tablets. # ' EMERGENCY NUMBERS POLICE or Ambulance.911 FIRE and Rescue.911 Your Town Government (All offices located in Town Hall 1 Lafayette Street unless otherwise noted.) Assessors.246-6380 Board of Health.246-6375 Board of Selectmen.246-6390 Building Inspector.246-6388 Civil Defense.246-6430 Collector of Taxes.246-6386 Dog Officer. 781-231-0474 Fire Department, 1 Union St. (Non-Emergency).246-6432 Lucius Beebe Memorial, 345 Main St.246-6334 McCarthy Senior Center, 30 Converse St.245-3312 Municipal Light Department, 9-11 Albion St.246-6363 Police Department, 1 Union St. (Non-Emergency).246-6321 Public Works Department.246-6301 Emergency Water & Sewer.246-6318 Retirement Board.246-6396 Superintendent of Schools, 60 Farm St.246-6400 Town Accountant. 246-6395 Town Clerk. 246-6383 Town Counsel, 545 Salem St.245-2284 Town Treasurer.246-6340 Veterans Services, 30 Converse St.246-6377 Wire, Plumbing, Gas Inspector.246-6388 ■ TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Population - 2012 Census - 24,006 2010 Federal Census- 24,932 Congressman, 6th District - John F. Tierney of Salem Councillor, 6lh District - Terrence W. Kennedy of Lynnfield Senator, Fifth Middlesex District - Katherine M. Clark TOWN OFFICERS ^Selectmen Tiziano Doto - 2013 John B. Encamacao -2013 James E. Good - 2013 Patrick S. Glynn - 2014 Betsy Sheeran, Chairman - 2014 Brian E. Falvey - 2015 Paul R. DiNocco - 2015 **Town Administrator Stephen P. Maio *Town Clerk Mary K. Galvin - 2014 *Tax Collector Kathleen M. Kelly-2015 *Moderator William Harbison Carroll - 2013 *Treasurer John J. McCarthy, Jr. - 2013 **Town Accountant Kevin M. Gill **Town Counsel Thomas A. Mullen **Director of Assessments Victor P. Santaniello Executive Secretary/Town Accountant John J. McCarthy - Emeritus January 26, 1991 **Advisory Board of Public Works James A. Lapery,- 2013 Robert P. Curran, Chairman - 2014 Christopher J. Fowlie, Secretary - 2015 *School Committee Lisa A. Butler - 2013 Thomas F. Markham, III, Chairman - 2013 Kevin S. Piskadlo - 2013 Christopher J. Callanan - 2014 Anne P. Danehy, Vice Chairman - 2014 Janine lengo-Cook - 2015 Kathryn Day Morgan - 2015 *Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School (4 years) Vincent J. Carisella - 2012 \ *Lucius Beebe Memorial Library Trustees Donna West Conlon - 2013 John Havelick, Jr. - 2013 Timothy F. Healy - 2013 Michael J. Bourque, Vice Chairman - 2014 Nancy C. Delaney - 2014 Harold D. Regan - 2014 Christopher N. Janicki - 2015 Kevin Patrick Scanlon, Chairman - 2015 Cindy A. Schatz - 2015 **Tovvn Planner Paul Reavis *Town Planning Board Frederick J. Emilianowicz, Jr. - 2013 James Terrence French - 2014 Matthew Lowry, Chairman - 2015 Paul J. Semenza, Vice Chairman -2016 William M. D’Amore - 2017 Catherine M. Johnston, Associate -2010 i *Board of Health Elaine M. Silva, Chairman -2013 Ann McGonigle Santos, Secretary - 2014 Laurel Skinder Gourville - 2015 i *Board of Assessors Jane A. D’Addario, Chairman - 2012 Christopher R. Wilcock-2013 Sebastian P. Tine, Vice Chairman - 2014 *Municipal Gas & Light Commissioners Michael Giannattasio, Secretary - 2013 Kevin T. Haggerty - 2013 John J. Warchol -2014 Kenneth J. Chase, Jr., Chairman - 2015 Michael P. McCarthy - 2015