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East Windsor

FAST FACTS
Incorporated: 1768.

Land area: 26.8 square miles.

Form of government: board of selectmen, town meeting.

Population: 10,297.

Elections: Municipal elections are held the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in odd-numbered years.

FACILITIES AND SERVICES
Ambulance: East Windsor Ambulance Association, 25 School St., 860-623-3133.

Animal control officer: James Hendsey, 860-292-1962.

Cemeteries: East Windsor Cemetery Association, 860-745-2464.

Emergency Management: Blaine Simpkins, 860-623-6292.

Emergency services: Call 911.

Fire:
Broad Brook Fire Department, Chief David Lockwood, 125 Main St., Broad Brook, 860-623-5940

Warehouse Point Fire Department, Chief James P. Barton; Station 1, 89 Bridge St., 860-623-7780; Station 2, 15 Stoughton Road, 860-627-7880.

Fire Marshal Blaine Simpkins, 860-623-6292; Warehouse Point District Fire Marshal Christy Delvey, 860-623-5596.

Libraries:
Warehouse Point Library, 107 Main St., East Windsor, 860-623-5482;
Broad Brook Library, 80 Main St., Broad Brook, 860-627-0493.

Museums: Connecticut Trolley Museum, 58 North Road, 860-627-6540. Open mid-June through Labor Day Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday noon to 5 p.m., after Labor Day, Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday noon to 5 p.m.

Connecticut Fire Museum, 58 North Road, 860-627-6540. Open same hours as Trolley Museum.

Parks, town:
East Windsor Park, 51 Reservoir Ave., Broad Brook, 860-623-8375; swimming, picnic areas, tennis, basketball, softball, baseball, snack bar, playground, pavillion.

Pierce Memorial Park, Windsorville Road; basketball, ballfield, grills, swings, slides.

Prospect Hill Park, Prospect Hill Road; basketball, ballfield, swings, slides.

Town Hall Annex Park, Main Street, East Windsor; swings.

Volunteer Park, South Water Street; gazebo, picnic tables, butterfly garden.

Osborne Park, South Water Street; basketball, ballfields, swings, slide, seasonal ice skating rink.

Police: Chief Edward J. DeMarco Jr., Deputy Chief Roger T. Hart, 25 School St., 860-292-8240.

Post office: 113 Main St., Broad Brook 06016, 860-623-0249, postmaster Jamie Giovanni; 78 Bridge St., East Windsor, 860-623-7374, Postmaster Kathleen Cormier.

Rubbish disposal, recycling: For information, call All Amercian Waste, 860-289-7850.

Senior citizens center: 125 Main St., Broad Brook, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, 860-292-8262. Senior citizens transportation, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, 860-292-8261.

Town Hall: 11 Rye St., Broad Brook, 860-623-8122. Open Monday through Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Town Hall Annex, 25 School St., Warehouse Point. Same hours as Town Hall.

Town meetings:
Board of Selectmen meets the first and third Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at Town Hall;

Board of Education meets the first and third Thursday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in room D4 of the high school;

Planning and Zoning Commission meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at Town Hall.

Voter registration: Marilyn S. Rajala (D), Linda C. Sinsigallo (R), 860-292-5915.

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: John B. Larson (D), 202-225-2265 (Washington, D.C.) or 860-278-8888.

State senator: Gary D. LeBeau (D), 860-528-5818 or 860-240-0551.

State representative: Theodore C. Graziani (D), 860-871-6323 or 860-240-8378.

TOWN OFFICIALS
First Selectwoman: Denise E. Menard (D), 860-623-8122.

Board of Selectmen:
Deputy First Selectman Mark Simmons (R), 860-623-5123; Richard P. Pippin Jr. (R), 860-623-2313;Selectman Gilbert R. Hayes (D), 860-623-3650; Richard P. Pippin Jr. (R), 860-623-2313; John Burnham (R), 860-623-9974.

Assessor: Caroline G. Madore, 860-623-8878.

Building Official: Rand Davis Stanley, 860-623-2439.

Town Clerk: Joanne M. Slater, 860-292-8255.

Health Director: William Blitz, North Central District Health Department, Enfield office, 860-745-0383.

Parks and Recreation Director: Melissa Maltese, 860-627-6662.

Town Planner: Laurie P. Whitten, 860-623-6030.

Public Works Director/Town Engineer: Leonard Norton, 860-292-7073.

Human Services: Elizabeth Burns, 860-623-2430.

Tax Collector: Samantha A. Lee, 860-623-8904.

Town Treasurer: Catherine Cabral, 860-292-5909.

SCHOOLS
Administrative offices: 70 S. Main St., 860-623-3346.

Superintendent: Timothy S. Howes, 860-623-3553.

Board of Education:
Chairman John V. Pica-Sneeden (R), 860-623-2422; Vice Chairwoman Judith Rajala (D), 860-254-5392; Catherine Simonelli (R) 860-623-0339; Kathleen Bilodeau (R) 860-627-5561; William G. Raber Jr. (D), 860-627-5561; Terri Willingham (D), 623-0382; Leslie J. Hunt (D), 623-6850; Lynn M. Stanley (D),.860-623-7077; William R. Schultz (D), 860-872-0618.

Elementary school: Broad Brook Elementary School, 14 Rye St., Broad Brook, 860-623-2433; Jeanne McCarroll, principal.

Middle school: East Windsor Middle School, 38 Main St., Broad Brook, 860-623-4488; James P. Slattery, principal.

High school: East Windsor High School, 76 S. Main St., 860-623-3361; Liam S. O’Reilly, principal.

CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS
Chamber of Commerce: James C. Richards, 860-292-6776.

Democratic Town Committee: Jason E. Bowsza, chairman, 860-558-1705.

Republican Town Committee: Christopher C. Davis, chairman, 860-798-3999.

Historical Society: Michael Hunt, president; 860-627-6087.

American Legion: Robert Petrelli, 860-817-9382.

Boy Scouts: Troop 89, Richard Webster, 860-627-0603.

Cub Scouts: Pack 89, James McCook, 720-299-2222 or 860-254-5321.

Girl Scouts: Agustin Lopez, 860-522-0163, ext. 3234.

Knights of Columbus: Robert Bartlett, 860-763-3387.

Lions Club: Barbara Sherman, president; 860-623-2081.

Rotary Club: Denise E. Menard, 860-623-8122.

Broad Brook Rotary Club: Michelle Schwarz, 860-305-0965.

RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
Bethany Baptist Church, 278 North Road, 860-627-7931.

Broad Brook Congregational Church, 122 Main St., Broad Brook, 860-623-4547.

Victory Outreach Ministries, 329 Scantic Road, 860-627-5907.

First Congregational Church of East Windsor, 124 Scantic Road, 860-654-0590.

Grace Episcopal Church, 44 Old Ellington Road, Broad Brook, 860-623-1574.

Jehovah’s Witness Warehouse Point Congregation, 202 North Road, 860-623-6022.

Mount Zion Pentecostal Church, 62 Abbe Road, 860-623-4654.

St. Catherine of Siena Roman Catholic Church, 6 Windsorville Road, Broad Brook, 860-623-4636.

St. John Episcopal Church, 92 Main St., 860-623-3273.

St. Philip Roman Catholic Church, Route 5, 860-623-0408.

Wesley United Methodist Church, 55 N. Main St., 860-623-0198.

Windsorville United Methodist Church, 171 Windsorville Road, 860-292-1250.