Table Of ContentTown 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
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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
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