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Municipal Building: Church Street, Canaan, N.H. 03741; 523-4501
Town Clerk/Tax Collector: Edward Morse, 523-7106
Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m.; Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 9 a.m.-noon
Board of Selectmen: Jeffrey Majewski (chairman), 523-4501; Timothy Lewis; Arnold Georke (meets Tuesdays at 7 p.m.)
Selectmen's Office: Municipal Building, 523-4501
Hours: Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Assistant to selectmen: Steve Iacuzzi 523-9881
Road Agent: Earl Charbono
Town Garage: 532-4344
State Garage: 523-4541
Town Transfer Station/Recycling Center Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 5-8 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
Police Department: Tim Cohen (police chief), 523-7784
F.A.S.T. Squad: 523-8808 (business), 911 (emergency)
Fire Department: 448-1212 (emergency), 523-4850 (other purposes); William Bellion (chief), 523-7184
Fire Permits: Dale Barney, 523-7548; William Bellion, 523-7184; Brent Stevens, 523-7028; George Lazarus; Doug Belloir
Forest Fire Wardens and Deputies: William Bellion, John Hennessey, Larry Belloir, Brent Stevens, Scott Johnston, Rick Evans, Matthew Bunten
Cemetery Agent: David Heath, 523-8320
Public Library: Municipal Building, 523-9650
Hours: Monday 6 a.m.-9 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday 1-5 p.m., Wednesday 1-9 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Town Treasurer: Brenda Souza, 523-4501
Moderator: Dale Barney
General Assistance Officer: Nelson Therriault, 523-9901
Trustees of the Trust Funds/Cemetery Trustees: Maxine Therriault (treasurer), 523-7420; Cynthia Neily; Jacqueline Lary
Library Trustees: Cynthia Neily, Beth Wolf, Patricia Carter, Joanna Carr, L. Sue Marcoulier
Supervisors of the Checklist: Benjamin Yamashita, Carole Cushman, Martha Pusey
Planning Board: Andrew Musz (chairman), 523-4589; Edward Lary; Daniel Ware; Robert Easton (selectmen representative); Daniel Stafford; Giovanna Lepore (meets second and fourth Thursdays of every month at 7:30 p.m.)
Budget Committee: Wayne Chapman, Reginald Barney, Philip Carter, Verne Hines, Charles Barney, David McAlister, Peter Solomon, Patricia Iacuzzi, Russell Lester
Building Commitee: Board of Selectmen, Brenda Souza, Joe Butterfield, Terri Purcell, Andrew Musz, Cindy Neily
Old Meeting House Restoration Committee: James R. Miller II (chairman), 523-4809; Thomas Geoghan; Nan Munsey; Mark Larsen; Ben Yamashita; Fred Majewski
Historic District Commission: Nancy Loomis (alternate), James Crowell (alternate), Philip Cobbin, Gary Wood, Jeff Majewski, Alania Vanzandt, Sue McGee, Candice Carter (alternate), Mark Simon, Earl Hardy
Historic Museum Committee: Daniel Fleetham (chairman), 523-7364; John Ricard; Sonya Carter; Donna Zani Dunkerton; Reginald Barney
Conservation Commission: Kate Brooks, 523-4305; Len Reitsma (chairman); John Allen; Bill Roebuck; Donald Blunt; Judith Kushner; David Scanlan
Old Home Day Committee: Georgia Tilton (co-chairwoman), 523-4361; John Ricard (co-chairman), 523-4866; Connie Marrion; Harry Armstrong; Betty Fleetham; Nelson Therriault; Marvin Rocke; Alan Ricard; Kerry Lazarus; Doug Belloir; Mike Earl; Ellen Rocke; Bill Bellion; Stella Butterfield; Audie Armstrong; Donna Alan; Maxine Therriault; Helen Rocke; Jean Ricard; George Lazarus; Nancy Snyder
Parks and Recreation Committee: Marvin Rocke (chairman), 523-7712; Wayne Chapman; Beverly Chapman; Gary Wood; John Moore; Ted Armstrong; Pat Armstrong; Mary Noordsy; Debra Houston; Bonnie Rogers; Ken Lary; Irene Lary; Tim Brown; Wally Madeiron
Town Historian: Donna Zani Dunkerton, 523-7960
Building Inspector: Joseph Butterfield
Upper Valley Solid Waste District: Board of Selectmen
Health Officers: Selectmen
Mascoma Valley Regional School Board: Cynthia Williamson (chairwoman), 632-5302; Charles Sova, 523-4578; Nancy Perron, 632-5016; Scott Slogic, 632-5378; Ingrid Curtis, 523-9065; Phil Weber, 523-7759; Cathy Cote, 786-9037 (meets Tuesdays at 7 p.m.)
Indian River School: Dorothy Campbell (principal), 632-4357
Mascoma Valley Regional High School: John Moses (principal), 632-4308
Elevation: 275 feet
Distance to Boston: 123 miles
Average annual precipitation: 35 inches
Population:
2000: 3,319
1990: 3,045
Number of families: 930
Average family size: 3.00
Income:
Per capita: $20,515
Median family income: $46,339
Median household income: $43,220
Employment:
Residents working in community: 27.6%
Mean travel time to work: 26 minutes
Unemployment rate: 1.7%
Housing Units:
Single-family: 1,129
Multi-family: 153
Manufactured homes: 352
2001 Equalized tax rate: $21.84*
Full-time police department: Yes
Full-time fire department: No
Public schools:
Elementary: 1; enrollment: 341
Middle-junior high: 1; enrollment: 470
High school: 1; enrollment: 484
Private/parochial schools: 2; enrollment: 217
Canaan Historical Museum: Located on Canaan Street next to the public beach; regular hours are Saturdays 1-4 p.m. from the last weekend in May to the first weekend in October. For visits by appointment, contact Daniel Fleetham at (603) 523-7364.
Canaan Old Home Days: The annual celebration, held the first weekend in August, features a soapbox derby on a closed-off section of Route 118.
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