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Town of WAKEFIELD 20th Century Town Clerks Charles F. Hartshorne Frederic S. Hartshorne 1872-1911 1911-1939 Charles F. Young Georgette A. Clark 1939-1968 1968-1974 Thelma E. Rennard Virginia M. Zingarelli 1974-1988 1988-Present STREET LIST 1999 THE OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE OLDEST IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. IT APPEARS IN THE BIBLE IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, CHAPTER 19, VERSE 35 WRITTEN IN A.D. 58. A SEARCH OF OTHER EARLY WRITTEN RECORDS WOULD NO DOUBT REVEAL OTHER INSTANCES IN WHICH MENTION OF THIS OFFICE APPEARS. IN MASSACHUSETTS, TOWN CLERK WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST OFFICES ESTABLISHED IN COLONIAL TOWNS ALTHOUGH THE TITLE ITSELF MAY NOT APPEAR IN THE EARLIEST RECORDS. THE SETTLERS WERE WELL AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING ACCURATE WRITTEN RECORDS OF THEIR AGREEMENTS AND ACTIONS INCLUDING GRANTS OF LAND, REGULATIONS GOVERNING ANIMALS, THE COLLECTION OF TAXES AND THE EXPENDITURE OF TOWN FUNDS. IF YOUR TOWN RECORDS DATE BACK TO THE FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CNETURY, YOU WILL PROBABLY FIND THAT A PERSON WAS GIVEN THE SPECIFIC DUTY OF WRITING DOWN TOWN ORDERS AND WILL SEE MANY ENTRIES IN THE RECORD WHICH INCLUDE THE WORDS “IT IS ORDERED BY THE INHABITANTS,” OR SOME SIMILAR WORDS. THE PERSON GIVEN THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR RECORDING THESE ORDERS WAS ALSO OFTEN GIVEN OTHER DUTIES, SUCH AS SWEEPING THE MEETING HOUSE AND SELLING THE SEATS, WARNING TOWN MEETINGS, RINGING THE BELL, AND PAYING THE BOUNTY FOR JAYS AND BLACKBIRDS WHOSE HEADS WERE PRESENTED TO HIM BY THE CITIZENS. BY THE MIDDLE OF THE 17TH CENTURY, THE TITLE, TOWN CLERK, APPEARS IN THE TOWN RECORDS AND THAT TITLE HAS BEEN CONTINUED TO THE PRESENT TIME. ONE OF THE EARLIEST STATUTORY DUTIES IMPOSED BY THE GENERAL COURT ON TOWN CLERKS WAS THAT OF RECORDING BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES. SINCE THAT TIME, THE GENERAL COURT HAS FORMALIZED BY STATUTE MANY OF THE DUTIES FIRST DELEGATED BY VOTE OF THE TOWN AND HAS ADDED OTHERS. BY 1692, THE TOWN CLERK WAS REQUIRED TO ENTER AND RECORD DIVISIONS OF LAND AND ORDERS OF THE SELECTMEN AS WELL AS ALL TOWN VOTES, ORDERS AND GRANTS. WARRANTS DIRECTED TO THE CONSTABLE FOR THE COLLECTION OF TAXES WERE TO BE SIGNED BY THE ASSESSORS OR THE TOWN CLERK. BETWEEN 1742 AND 1756, THE GENERAL COURT MADE THE TOWN CLERK RESPONSIBLE FOR RECEIVING AND PRODUCING, IF NECESSARY TO SUBSTANTIATE A PERSON’S VOTING RIGHTS, THE LIST OF EACH INHABITANT’S PROPERTY VALUE, AND THE TOWN CLERK HAD TO ADMINISTER AND RECORD THE OATH OF OFFICE TAKEN BY TOWN OFFICIALS. BY 1776, THE TOWN CLERK WAS EMPOWERED TO CALL TOWN MEETINGS TO ELECT SELECTMEN IF A MAJORITY OF THE SELECTMEN HAD MOVED FROM THE TOWN OR WERE ABSENT IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. SINCE THE REVOLUTION, THE GENERAL COURT HAS CONTINUOUSLY ADDED NEW DUTIES AND AT THE PRESENT TIME, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF SECTIONS OF THE GENERAL LAWS RELATED TO TOWN CLERKS. IN ADDITION, IN MOST TOWNS, BYLAWS, ORDINANCES, CHARTER OR SPECIAL ACTS REQUIRE TOWN CLERKS TO FULFILL DUTIES IN ADDITION TO THOSE REQUIRED BY THE GENERAL LAWS, AND MANY TOWN CLERKS ARE PROVIDING NEEDED SERVICES BY TOWN CUSTOM AND TRADITION, OR BECAUSE OF THEIR FIRM DEDICATION TO SERVING THE PUBLIC. DURING THE COURSE OF THE REGULAR BUSINESS OF THE OFFICE, THE TOWN CLERK’S DUTIES BRING HIM/HER INTO CONTACT WITH EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT: STATE AGNECIES, COUNTY GOVERNMENT, AND ALMOST EVERY OFFICER, BOARD OR COMMITTEE OF HIS/HER TOWN. IN ADDITION, THE CLERK PROBABLY HAS MORE FREQUENT CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC THAN ANY OTHER TOWN OFFICER AND IS CONSTANTLY CALLED UPON TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, NOT ONLY ABOUT HIS/HER OWN OFFICE, BUT ABOUT THE REST OF GOVERNMENT AS WELL. “PERHAPS MORE THAN ANY OTHER PUBLIC OFFICIAL, HE OR SHE SYMBOLIZES THE STABILITY AND CONTINUITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.” Town of WAKEFIELD STREET LIST 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 1999 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. QUIRINO M. IANNAZZO, CHAIRMAN LOU ANN BUMSTEAD JEANNE MARIE DELORY VIRGINIA M. ZINGARELLI, CLERK V EMERGENCY NUMBERS POLICE or Ambulance 245-1212 FIRE Rescue or Inalator 245-1313 Your Town Government (All offices located in Town Hall 1 Lafayette St. 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 246-6345 Fire Department, Crescent St. (Non-Emergency) 246-6432 Lucius Beebe Memorial Libraiy, Main St. 246-6334 Municipal Light Dept., 9 Albion St. 246-6363 Police Department, 1 Union St. (Non-Emergency) 246-6321 Public Works Dept. 246-6300 Emergency Water & Sewer 246-6318 Retirement Board 246-6396 Superintendent of Schools, 60 Farm St. 246-6400 Town Accountant 246-6390 Town Clerk 246-6383 Town Counsel, 4 Avon St. 246-6343 Town Treasurer, 11 Albion St. 246-6340 Veterans Services 246-6377 Wire, Plumbing, Gas Inspectors 246-6388 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD POPULATION OF 1999 CENSUS FEMALES 12,713 MALES 11,318 24,031 PRECINCT NUMBERS AND POLLING PLACES PRECINCT 1 MASONIC BUILDING SALEM STREET PRECINCT 2 CRYSTAL COMMUNITY CLUB PRESTON STREET PRECINCT 3 FRANKLIN SCHOOL NAHANT STREET PRECINCT 4 GREENWOOD FIRE STATION OAK STREET PRECINCT 5 & 6 WEST SIDE SOCIAL CLUB HARRINGTON COURT PRECINCT 7 MASONIC BUILDING SALEM STREET TOWN OFFICERS BOARD OF SELECTMEN* JOHN M. GALLUCCI - 2000 KEVIN T. HAGGERTY - 2000 JOHN B. ENCARNACAO - 2001 PETER G. MELANSON - 2001 WAYNE M. TARR - 2001 STEPHEN P. MAIO - 2002 KEVIN P. SCOTT - 2002 TOWN CLERK* VIRGINIA M. ZINGARELLI - 2002 MODERATOR* MARIO L. SIMEOLA - 2000 TREASURER* PAUL LAZZARO - 2001 TAX COLLECTOR* KATHLEEN M. KELLY - 2000 TOWN ACCOUNTANT** RICHARD P. CONBOY, JR. - 2000 ACTING TOWN ADMINISTRATOR** THOMAS P. BUTLER - 1999 TOWN GOVERNMENT BOARD OF ASSESSORS* HOUSING AUTHORITY* EDWARD H. STONE, 2000 ARTHUR J. ROTONDI, JR., 2000 ALFRED R. RAZZABONI, 2001 EUGENE N. RUGGIERO, 2001 JOHN S. CONFALONE, 2002 ALFRED S. CONFALONE, 2002 BETSY SHEERAN, 2004 ADVISORY BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS MARK W. TARPEY, STATE APP., 2002 ROBERT P. CURRAN, 2000 MUNICIPAL GAS AND LIGHT COMMISSIONERS JAMES E. GOOD, 2000 DENNIS M. OATES, 2001 KENNETH J. CHASE, JR., 2000 MICHAEL P. MCCARTHY, 2000 BOARD OF HEALTH* GILBERT J. MCCARTHY, 2001 EUGENE J. SULLIVAN, JR., 2001 A. LOUIS GIAMARCO, 2000 JAMES H. MURPHY, 2002 CLARICE P. ANDREWS, 2001 SAM STELLA, 2002 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES* PLANNING BOARD* ARTHUR J. BEEBE, III, 2000 CINDY A. SCHATZ, 2000 NANCY H. CAHILL, 2000 PETER J. SCOTT, 2000 PAUL J. SEMENZA, ESQ., 2001 TIMOTHY F. HEALY, 2001 DONALD 0. DUSENBERRY, 2002 JAMES A. PAPPAS, 2001 MICHAEL E. MCLAUGHLIN, 2003 KEVIN F. PENDERS, 2001 ROBERT D. MCLAUGHLIN - 2004 KRISTINA A. CARRICK, 2002 NANCY C. DELANEY, 2002 HAROLD D. REGAN, 2002 *ELECTED **APPOINTED TOWN GOVERNMENT - CONTINUED SCHOOL COMMITTEE* CONSTABLES* ROBERT P. EDSON, 2000 RICHARD 0. BAYRD, 2001 CONCETTA R. TECCE, 2000 SEAN J. HURTON, 2001 JOHN BOGHOS, 2001 KEVIN J. LOPES, 2002 JEFFREY M. FOXON, 2001 MARY T. TECCE, 2001 COUNCIL ON AGING** WILLIAM E. CHETWYND, 2002 ELAINE M. MELANSON, 1999 JANET E. FILORAMO, 2002 JANET K. MIRANDA, 1999 HAROLD F. CROUSE, 2000 N.E. METROPOLITAN REGIONAL VOCATIONAL DELIA M. GIUFFRE, 2000 SCHOOL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE* JOAN M. MATHEWSON, 2000 VINCENT J. CARISELLA, 2000 ROBERT F. TIERNEY, 2000 GENEVIEVE T. HOWARD, 2001 BOARD OF APPEALS** FENCE VIEWERS** ROBERT W. CASALETTO, SR., 1999 RICHARD 0. BAYRD, 2000 RICHARD D. CARDILLO, 1999 MARK T. CONLON, ESQ., 2000 F. LEO DELORY, 1999 JOHN J. MCCARTHY, JR., ESQ., 2000 RICHARD S. TURNER, 1999 KENNETH J. STACHE, 2001 FINANCE COMMITTEE** BOARD OF APPEALS - ALTERNATES** QUIRINO M. IANNAZZO, 1999 ROBERT BISACRE, 1999 ROSCOE E. IRVING, 1999 RICHARD C. BOUTIETTE, 2000 WILLIAM KILMARTIN, 1999 MARC LUCA, 1999 BOARD OF REGISTRARS** ALFRED A. PALMERINO, 1999 KATHLEEN M. BEAULIEU, 2000 LOU ANN BUMSTEAD, 1999 JOHN CONNOLLY, JR., 2000 QUIRINO M. IANNAZZO, 1999 PHILIP F. MCCARTY, 2000 JEANNE MARIE DELORY, 2000 HARRY J. PETRUCCI, 2000 VIRGINIA M. ZINGARELLI, 2002 J. EDWARD SURETTE, III, 2000 JOSEPH B. BERTRAND, 2001 CATV ADVISORY COMMITTEE** KATHLEEN K. CRANLEY, 2001 ROBERT H. BEYER, 1999 WILLIAM F. CURRY, 2001 HARRY S. KASBARIAN, 1999 ROYAL H. EVANS, JR., 2001 JAMES H. MEUSE, 1999 MURIEL M. MCCONVILLE, 2001 ERIC REID, 1999 HISTORICAL COMMISSION** COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES** NANCY L. BERTRAND, 1999 HARRY S. KASBARIAN, 1999 JULIANE M. GERACE, 1999 WARREN W. MAGOON, 1999 HENRY B. MCCONVILLE, 1999 JAMES E. CAFFREY, ESQ., 2000 GENE A. MOULTON, 1999 LARRY A. HARDACKER, 2000 MARCIA J. PHINNEY, 1999 KRISTEN A. NOREN, 2000 LARRY BRENNAN, 2001 RECREATION COMMISSION** CONCETTO FERRARA, 2001 STEVEN CARR, 1999 DANIEL P. CROWLEY, 1999 CONSERVATION COMMISSION** CHRISTINE M. GARGANO, 1999 RICHARD L. LARAMIE, 1999 ROBERT BISACRE, 2000 CHRISTIAN M. RASCHER, 1999 THOMAS LUCEY, 2000 ROBERT J. ROMANO, 1999 ROBERT D. ROMANO, 2000 SEAN B. LEONARD, 2000 SUSAN HICKEY, 2001 FRANK J. LUCIANI, JR., 2000 MARK C. ROBERTO, 2001 PHILIP B. POSNER, ESQ., 2000 GARY L. ROMANCEWICZ, ASSOC. MEMBER, 1999 MARSHA F. HORNE, 2001 JAMES CRONIN, ASSOC. MEMBER, 2001 DAVID M. SULLIVAN, CHMM, ASSOC. MEMBER,2000 PAUL DICKEY, ASSOC. MEMBER, 2001 LYUDMILA LUNEVA-FAHY, ASSOC. MEMBER, 2001 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SENATORS EDWARD H. KENNEDY DISTRICT OFFICE ADDRESS: 2400 J.F.K. BUILDING, 24TH FLOOR BOSTON, MA 02203 TELEPHONE NO. 1-617-563-3170 WASHINGTON ADDRESS: 315 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510 TELEPHONE NO. 1-202-224-4543 JOHN F. KERRY DISTRICT OFFICE ADDRESS: ONE BOWDOIN SQUARE 10TH FLOOR BOSTON, MA 02114 TELEPHONE NO. 1-617-565-8519 WASHINGTON ADDRESS: 421 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510 TELEPHONE NO. 1-202-224-2742 REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS CONGRESSMAN - 7TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT EDWARD J. MARKEY DISTRICT OFFICE ADDRESS: 5 HIGH STREET SUITE 101 MEDFORD, MA 02155 TELEPHONE NO. 1-781-396-2900 WASHINGTON ADDRESS: 2133 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515 TELEPHONE NO. 1-202-225-2836 STATE GOVERNMENT SENATOR - 3RD MIDDLESEX DISTRICT RICHARD R. TISEI BOSTON ADDRESS: STATE HOUSE - ROOM 313 BOSTON, MA 02133 TELEPHONE NO. 1-617-722-1206 DISTRICT OFFICE: 979-983 MAIN STREET WAKEFIELD, MA 01880 TELEPHONE NO. 1-781-246-3660 REPRESENTATIVE - 22ND MIDDLESEX DISTRICT BRIAN M. CRESTA BOSTON ADDRESS: STATE HOUSE - ROOM 443 BOSTON, MA 02133 TELEPHONE NO. 1-617-722-2575 DISTRICT OFFICE 27 WATER STREET, SUITE 103 WAKEFIELD, MA 01880 TELEPHONE NO. 1-781-246-7767 . ■ -