Town Hall Address:
1145 Putnam Pike - PO Box B
Chepachet, RI 02814
Phone: 401-568-6206
Fax: 401-568-5850
Established: 1639
Incorporated in: 1731
Website: http://www.glocesterri.org/

Census info:
Area: 56.8 square miles
Population: 9,948 (2000 U.S. Census)
Density: 181.5 people per mile
Housing units: 3,786
Median Age: 38
Median income per household: $57,537
Percent of population under 18 years old: 26.8%
Residential real estate tax rate: $15.66 per $1000

City Council:

Town council typically meets on the first and third Thursday of each month

Police Department:
162 Chopmist Hill Rd.
Chepachet, RI 02814
Phone: 401-568-2533
Fax: 401-568-3280

Fire:
Chepachet Station One
Putnam Pike - Route 44
Chepachet, RI 02814
Fire & Rescue: 401-568-5200

Harmony Station One
Putnam Pike - Route 44
Harmony, RI 02829
Phone: 401-949-1188

West Glocester Station One
George Allen Road
Glocester, RI 02814
Phone: 401-568-2422

West Glocester Station Two
Putnam Pike - Route 44
Glocester, RI 02814
Phone: 401-568-2422

Phone: 401-568-4160
Website: http://www.glocesterri.org/school.htm

Ponaganset High School
137 Anan Wade Road
North Scituate, RI 02857
Phone: 401-647-3377

Ponaganset Middle School (regional)
7 Rustic Hill Road
Glocester, RI 02857
Mary Ann Carroll, Interim Principal
Phone: 401-647-3361
Fax: 401-647-9080
Guidance/Vice-Principal: 401-647-9111

Fogarty Memorial School
736 Snake Hill Road
North Scituate, RI 02857
Phone: 401-568-6211
Fax: 401-568-3776

West Glocester Elementary
111 Reynolds Road
Chepachet, RI 02814
Phone: 401-567-0350
Fax: 401-568-4104

Parks / Recreation:

Phone: 401-568-6206, ext. 224

BEACHES:
Town Beaches
Our two public swimming areas open in early June. Lifeguards are on duty at both the DiFonzo Recreation Area on Spring Grove Road and the Marion Irons Beach on Snake Hill Road. These facilities are open to all Town Residents from 9:00
am to 6:00 pm daily (weather permitting) through the latter part of August. All town residents should display a Glocester sticker on their windshield for entry to beach areas. Stickers are available at the Town Transfer Station at no charge.

SKATING:
Outdoor Recreational Skating Glocester is dotted with ponds and lakes that are perfect for recreational skating when the weather's right. Please contact this department for info on ice safety or call the Ice Safety Hotline at 222-2632. If
the weather does not cooperate for safe skating, the town will arrange for free skating for Glocester residents at the Smithfield Ice Rink. Dates and times will be posted as determined.

SKATING/SKATEBOARDING
An in-line skating area is available at Winsor Park for Roller Hockey and a Skateboard Park is available at Glocester Memorial Park.

SKIING:
Cross Country
Heritage Park on Chestnut Oak Road is open during winter months, with trails of up to one and a half miles in length circling the park.

SLEDDING:
Glocester offers a great spot for snow sledding: Pulaski Memorial State Park off Route 44 in West Glocester. Due to erosion and safety concerns, sledding will no longer be allowed at Acotes Hill Cemetery in Chepachet.

TENNIS:
Tennis courts are available for public use at Glocester Memorial Park in Chepachet and Winsor Park in Harmony. Weather permitting, the nets will be put back up and the courts spruced up by April 1st. The Glocester Memorial Park courts are usually lighted until 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, only from mid-April through Labor Day.

Library:

410 Newman Ave.
Chepachet, RI 02814
Phone: 401-568-6077

Hours:
Monday-Wednesday & Friday: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Website: http://web.provlib.org/GloLib/

Senior Centers:
Glocester Senior Center
1210 Putnam Pike
Chepachet, RI
Phone: 401-710-9860

Department of Public Works:
Phone: 401-568-5540

Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corp:
Phone: 401-942-1430 x 24
Call to dispose of household hazardous waste

Maximum recycling program:
Website: http://www.glocesterri.org/maxprogram.htm

121 Chestnut Hill Rd.
Chepachet, RI 02814M
Phone: 401-568-3885

Website: http://www.glocesterri.org/animalcontrol.htm