WEST HARTFORD INFO

Date Settled: 1679 Date Incorporated: May 3, 1854

First Early Name: West Division. The town was part of the City of Hartford until its incorporation.

Population: 2000 Census -61,046     2004 – 64,225

Area: 22.2 square miles; 14,080 acres. There are 205 miles of accepted streets and 245 miles of sidewalks in town.

Highest Point: 778 feet above sea level on Talcott (Avon) Mountain. 

Town Hall Address: 50 South Main Street, West Hartford, 06107. For general information call 523-3100.

Post Offices: West Hartford Center, 102 LaSalle Road; Elmwood, 121 Shield Street; and Bishop's Corner, 12 Crossroads Plaza.

Zip Codes: 06105,06107, 06110, 06117 and 06119

Schools: Public - 11 elementary, 3 middle, 2 high schools. Private and parochial - 10, including elementary through high schools. Colleges and Universities University of Hartford, Bloomfield Avenue; St. Joseph College, Asylum Avenue; University of Connecticut Greater Hartford Campus and School of Social Work, Asylum Avenue.

Places of Worship: 7 Catholic, 9 Jewish, 16 Protestant

Libraries: Noah Webster Library (Main Library), 20 South Main Street; Julia Faxon Branch, 1073 New Britain Avenue; Bishop's Corner Branch, 15 Starkel Road.

Public Recreation Areas: Two municipal golf courses - Rockledge, 18 holes and Buena Vista, nine holes; Veterans Memorial Skating Rink; indoor pools at Cornerstone Aquatics Center, and four outdoor pools at Fernridge, Beachland, Eisenhower and Kennedy parks; six public parks, the four mentioned and Wolcott Park and Westmoor Park. Two senior centers, Elmwood Senior Center located at Elmwood Community Center, 1106 New Britain Avenue;

West Hartford Senior Center located on the second floor of Town Hall.

Emergency Services:

The Police Department is located in the Police-Court facility at 103 Raymond Road. The Fire Department has eight firefighting apparatus located at five fire stations throughout the town on Brace Road in the Center; on Prospect Avenue; on Berkshire Road; on Albany Avenue; and on New Britain Avenue. Ambulance and paramedic services are provided on a contract basis between the town and a private ambulance service.


West Hartford's Elected and Appointed Officials

The Town's STATE REPRESENTATIVES:

STATE HOUSE

District 18: Andrew M. Fleischmann, (D), 25 Sherwood Road, West Hartford, 06117 Tel. 523-7424 - website

District 19: Beth Bye, (D), 99 Outlook Avenue, West Hartford, 06119 Tel. 231-9836 - website

District 20: David McCluskey, (D), 43 Elmhurst Circle, West Hartford, 06110 Tel. 521-3554 - website

STATE SENATE

 

District 5, West Hartford, Jonathan Harris, (D), 101A Shadow Lane, West Hartford, CT 06110 Tel. 561-1198 - website

CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE for West Hartford: John Larson, (D), Town of East Hartford, 221 Main Street 2nd Floor, Hartford, 06106 Tel. 860-278-8888 - website


TOWN COUNCIL

(Click on their name to send an email)

Scott Slifka (D), Mayor, 94 Grennan Road, West Hartford,06107, Tel. 561-4351

 

Charles T. Coursey, (D),Deputy Mayor,21 Walbridge Road, West Hartford, 06119, Tel. 232-8500

 

Tim Brennan (D), 111 Garfield Road, West Hartford, 06107, Tel: 521-7279

 

Joseph Verrengia (D),143 Elmfield Street, West Hartford, 06107, Tel. 982-5282

 

Shari Cantor, (D), 39 Colony Rd., West Hartford, CT  06117, Tel. 233-8351

 

Carolyn Thornberry (D), 70 Timberwood Road, West Hartford, 06117, Tel. 232-4994

 

Leon Davidoff (R), Minority Leader,3 Stoneham Drive, West Hartford, 06117, Tel: 233-0407

 

Steven Adler (R), 24 Edmund Place, West Hartford, 06117, Tel: 232-8537

 

Joseph Visconti (R), 1 Clifton Avenue, West Hartford, 06107, Tel: 521-6939

 

Town Council Webpage – click here

Town Council Meetings and Agendas – click here


TOWN CLERK

Essie S. Labrot, (D), 50 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT 06107, Tel: 561-7447


BOARD OF EDUCATION

Terry Schmitt, (D), Chairperson, 65 Walbridge Road, West Hartford, 06119 Tel. 231-7216

John M. Darcey, (D), Vice Chairperson, 100 Bentwood Road, West Hartford, 06107 Tel. 521-0141

Bruce Putterman, (D), 57 Pioneer Drive, West Hartford, 06117 Tel. 523-1192

Harry J. Captain, (D), 10 Wampanoag Drive, West Hartford, 06117 Tel. 570-0063

Clare Kindall, (D), 46 Bishop Road, West Hartford, 06119, Tel: 231-1323

Lib Brassil Spinella, (R), 43 Castlewood Road15, West Hartford 06107 Tel. 521-7202

Diane Mudge, (R), 40 Van Buren Avenue, West Hartford, 06117, Tel: 528-2853

To email all members of the board click here

Board of Education Webpage – click here


Town Manager (interim) – Ron Van Winkle 

Corporation Counsel- Joseph O'Brien

 


REGISTRARS OF VOTERS

West Hartford Town Hall, 50 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT 06107
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM, Monday-Friday
(860) 561-7451, Fax: (860) 561-7457

Marcia L. Woolsey (D)

Eleanor M. Brazell (R)


APPOINTED BY BOARDS

Superintendent of Schools -  David P. Sklarz, Ph.D. 

50 South Main Street
W. Hartford, CT  06107

Phone: (860) 561 – 6651

 

Director of Library Services - Pat Holloway

Phone: 860-561-6972

 

Town Assessor -  Joanne F. Ferraresso

Assessment Office (Click here for their web page)
West Hartford Town Hall, Room 142
50 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT 06107
(860) 561-7414, Fax: 561-7590

                                                                                                                    

2007 Town Profile CERC

2008 Town Profile CERC

Median Household Income 2007 - $70,770  State Average - $61,879

Median Sales Price of House    

$145,000 – 1998      $255,990 – 2005   $300,000 – 2007     

9,940 Students K-12 total in 2007

$103,502,000 - Education Budget

Cost Per Pupil (2007 Ed. Budget divided by # of students) - $10,412

CMT-CT Mastery Test Reading Grade 4 -  % At or Above State Goal 2005 - 74%    2007 – 68%

CMT-CT Mastery Test Math Grade 4 -  % At or Above State Goal 2005 - 81%   2007 -  75%

CMT-CT Mastery Test Writing Grade 4 -  % At or Above State Goal 2005 - 75%   2007 -  77%

 

CMT-CT Mastery Test Reading Grade 6 -  % At or Above State Goal 2005 - 75%  2007 – 73%

CMT-CT Mastery Test Math Grade 6 -  % At or Above State Goal 2005 - 68%   2007 – 75%

CMT-CT Mastery Test Writing Grade 6 -  % At or Above State Goal 2005 - 72%  2007 – 75%

 

CMT-CT Mastery Test Reading Grade 8 -  % At or Above State Goal 2005 - 75%   2007 – 78%

CMT-CT Mastery Test Math Grade 8 -  % At or Above State Goal 2005 - 68%    2007 – 69%

CMT-CT Mastery Test Writing Grade 8 -  % At or Above State Goal 2005 - 72%   2007 – 75%

 

Combined Math And Verbal Average SAT Scores

2005 – 1099 (Verbal – 544  Math – 555)

2007 – 1081 (Verbal – 539  Math – 542)

Current No Child Left behind School Report – click here.

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