FAST FACTS
Incorporated: 1712
Land area: 37.7 sq. miles.
Form of government: Town council, manager.
Population: 12,108 (2003 estimate).
Elections: Municipal elections are held the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in odd-numbered years.
FACILITIES AND SERVICES
Ambulance: Coventry Volunteer Fire Association, 1265 Main St., 860-742-3510
Animal control officer: John Chipman 860-742-4074.
Cemeteries:
Center Cemetery, Boston Turnpike.
Grant Hill Road Cemetery, Grant Hill Road.
Nathan Hale Cemetery (South Coventry Burial Grounds), Lake Street.
New Cemetery, Main Street.
St. Mary Cemetery, Main Street.
Silver Street Cemetery, Silver Street.
South Street Cemetery, South Street.
Emergency services: Call 911.
Fire: Fire Marshal Noel Waite, 860-742-4064.
Coventry Volunteer Fire Association, Station 8, 1755 Main St., 860-742-3510, Chief Joe Carilli, Station 208: 1645 South St.
North Coventry Volunteer Fire Department, 3427 Main St., 860-742-1606, Chief Scott Morris.
Station 2, 999 Merrow Road.
Library: Booth & Dimock Memorial Library, 1134 Main St., 860-742-7606; Tuesday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday 1 to 8 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday 1 to 6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Museums:
Strong-Porter House, South St., 860-742-9041; first and third weekends only, May to October, 1 to 4 p.m.
Brick School House, Merrow Road, Sundays, May to October, 1 to 4 p.m.
Nathan Hale Homestead, 2299 South St., 860-742-6917; Wednesday to Sunday, May to October, 1 to 4 p.m., or by appointment
Caprilands Herb Farm, 534 Silver St., 860-742-7244, daily, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., year-round.
Parks, state: Nathan Hale State Forest, off South Street; Nathan Hale Monument, Lake Street.
Parks, town:
Patriot’s Park, Lake Street: beach, lodge, playground, pavilion, bandshell, boat launch, community center.
Lisicke Beach, Main Street: beach basketball court, pavilion.
Miller Richardson Field, Main Street: athletic fields, snack bar.
Laidlaw Park, Merrow Road: athletic fields.
Creaser Park, Case Road: walking paths, may walk dogs with permit
Police: Chief, Mark Palmer, 860-742-7331.
Post office: 1376 Main St., 860-742-7272.
Public golf courses:
Skungamaug River Golf Club, Folly Lane, 860-742-9348.
Twin Hills Country Club, Route 31, 860-742-9705.
Rubbish disposal, recycling: Waste Management Inc., 600 Nutmeg Road N., South Windsor, 860-282-8282
Town Hall: 1712 Main St., 860-742-6324. Monday-Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Town meetings:
Town Council: first and third Monday, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Annex
Board of Education: second and last Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Administration building adjacent to Town Hall.
Planning and Zoning Commission: second and fourth Monday, 7 p.m., Town Hall Annex
Voter registration: Marjorie L. Roach (D), 860-742-7966; Inge Pope (R), 860-742-7966
STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATORS
U.S. senators: Richard Blumenthal (D), (202) 224-2823 (Washington, D.C.) or (800) 334-5341; Joseph I. Lieberman (I), (202) 224-4041 or (800) 225-5605.
U.S. representative: Joseph Courtney (D) (202) 225-2076 (D.C.), or 741-6011 (Enfield), or 686-0139 (Norwich.)
State senator: Anthony Guglielmo (R), 684-4164 or 240-0545
State representative: Joan Lewis (D), 742-3231.
TOWN OFFICIALS
Town Council Chairman: Elizabeth A. Woolf (D), 860-742-2256.
Town Manager: John Elsesser, 860-742-6324.
Town Council:
Julie A. Blanchard (R), 860-742-2277; Christopher Merisotis (D), 860-742-4461; Jennifer Scanlon, (D), 860-742-6033; Patrick M. Sullivan (R), 860-742-6227; Lisa Thomas, (D), 860-742-9908; Elizabeth A. Woolf (D), chairwoman, 860-742-2256; William J. Zenko (D), 860-742-9754;
Assessor: Michael D’Amicol, 860-742-4067.
Building Official: Joseph Callahan, 86042-4064.
Town Clerk: Susan Cyr, 860742-7966.
Director of Planning and Development: Eric Trott, 860-742-4062.
Parks and Recreation Director: Wendy Rubin, 860-742-4068.
Planning and Zoning Commission:
George W. Dolleris, 860-742-8748; Raymond P. Giglio, chairman, 860-742-9310; William Jobbagy, Jonathan Kreisberg, Brenda Pinette, 860-742-6701.
Public Works Director: Timothy Webb, 860-742-6588.
Sanitarian: Janet McAllister, 860-742-4064.
Human Services: Courtney Chan, 860-742-5324.
Tax Collector: Linda Greenbacker, 860-742-4066.
SCHOOLS
Administrative offices: 1700 Main St., 860-742-7317.
Superintendent: Donna Bernard, 860-742-7317.
Board of Education:
John Barrett, (R), 860-742-0372; Mary Kortmann, (D), 860-742-0272; Larry A. Pientrantonio, (D), chairman, 860-742-0063; Kathleen M. Ryan, (D), vice chairwoman, 860-742-9754; Cheryl Trudon, (D), 860-742-0024; Michael Whitman, (R); 860-742-1463; Richard Williams, (R), 860-742-1739.
Elementary schools:
Coventry Grammar School, 3453 Main St., 860-742-7313; Mary E. Moyer, principal.
George Hersey Robertson Intermediate School, 227 Cross St., 860-742-7341; David Petrone, principal.
Middle schools: Capt. Nathan Hale School, 1776 Main St., 860-742-7334; Michele Mullaly, principal.
High schools: Coventry High School, 78 Ripley Hill Road, 860-742-7346; Troy Hopkins, principal.
CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS
Democratic Town Committee: Dorothy Grady, chairwoman, 860-742-0449.
Republican Town Committee: Tom Pope, chairman, 860-742-3193.
Historical Society: Melody Oldham, 860-742-9041.
American Legion: Manuel Rodrigues, 860-742-7197.
Boy Scouts: Contact Connecticut Council, 60 Darlin St., East Hartford, 860-289-6669.
Girl Scouts: Contact Connecticut Valley Council, 340 Washington St., Hartford, 860-522-0163.
Knights of Columbus: Al Landry, 860-377-7754.
Lions Club: Thomas Kolodziej, 860-742-8513.
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
First Congregational Church of Coventry, 1171 Main St., 860-742-8487.
Presbyterian Church of Coventry, 55 Trowbridge Road, 860-742-7222.
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 10 N. River Road, 860-742-7548.
St. Mary Roman Catholic Church, 1600 Main St., 860-742-0681.
Second Congregational Church of Coventry, 1746 Boston Turnpike, 860-742-1616.