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Town Hall: Main Street, P.O. Box 266, Chelsea, Vt. 05038
Town Clerk: Diane Mattoon, 685-4460; Carol Olsen (assistant)
Hours: Monday-Thursday 8 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m.
Moderators: Mark Richardson
Treasurer: Jane Cushman, Debra Upham (assistant); 685-7801
Road Foreman: Rick Ackerman, 685-4302
Selectboard: Jack Johnson (chairman), 685-4567; Douglas Lyford, 685-7758; Arthur Goodrich (meets first and third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the town clerk's office)
Listers: Ed Kuban, George D. Edwards, Richard Lyford
Auditors: David Rochat, Brian Sanborn, Elaine Braman
School Directors: Kate Willard (vice chairwoman); Nicholas DeFriez; David Mize; Stephen Gould (chairman), 685-4601; Thomas Vermette (clerk) (meets first and third Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Chelsea school library)
First Constable: Carol Olsen, 685-3258
Trustees of Public Library: Robin Amber, Lucy Button, Trish Rick, Jack Ducharme, Lynn Amber
Chelsea Public Library: Betsy Button, (librarian), 685-2188
Hours: Monday 10 a.m.-noon, 1-6 p.m.; Wednesday, Friday 1-6 p.m.; Saturday 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Trustees of Public Money: Charles Hayward, Ruth Button, David Bradshaw
Cemetery Commissioners: Frank Keene (chairman), Randy Tullar, Pat Ladd, Diane Mattoon
Water Commissioners: Jack Johnson, Arthur Goodrich, Douglas Lyford
Grand Juror: Ernest Kennedy
Town Agent: Charlene Bohl
Dog Catcher: Gordon Hayward
Surveyor of Wood and Lumber: Nicholas Gilman
Fence Viewers: Kevin Braman, Diane Mattoon, Merlin Doyle
Service Officer: Robert Button Sr.
Fire Warden: John Upham
Zoning Administrator: John Bellefeuille 685-3119
Planning Commission: Nyra Whipple; Jay Keller (chairman); Neil Kennedy; Mark Richardson; Jean Battey; Ed Kuban Jr., 685-4642
Development Review Board: Ed Kuban Jr., 685-4642; Jay Keller; Mark Richardson; Tracy Simon chairman); Deb Melvin
Parks Commission: Brewster Martin, Caleb Rick, Phillip Mulligan, Peter Amber, Lynn Amber, Tim Buess
Justices of the Peace: David Bradshaw, Merlin Doyle, Charlene Bohl, Jean Button, Richard Rogers, Alan Lyford, Diane Mattoon
Chelsea First Branch Ambulance Captains: Linda Kuban, Jim Tracy
Fire Chief: Esden Coburn
Chelsea High School: Patricia Davenport (principal), 685-4551
School Superintendent: Lanning Nicoloff
Year incorporated or chartered: 1781
Land area: 40 square miles
Percent private and public conserved lands: 2.3%
Population:
2000: 1,240
1990: 1,166
Number of families: 324
Average family size: 2.95
Income:
Per capita: $16,164
Median family income: $40,625
Median household income: $32,024
Employment:
Percent of residents working in community: 35.8%
Unemployment rate: 1.9%
Top five industries in which residents work:
1. Construction
2. Manufacturing, durable goods
3. Educational services
4. Agriculture, forestry, fisheries
5. Retail trade
Housing Units:
Owner occupied: 372
Renter occupied: 123
Vacant: 162
2001 Equalized tax rate: $1.89*
Full-time police department: No
Full-time fire department: No
Public schools:
Elementary and high school (K-12): 1; enrollment: 320
The focal point of the community is the center of the village at the junction of routes 113 and 110. The Congregational Church at the head of the North Common, and the Orange County Courthouse looking down on the South Common, are notable historic buildings.
Another historic building, the Chelsea Town Hall, is a red brick building, circa 1894. It currently serves as the Chelsea Public Library, the municipal offices and the town meeting hall. In 1990 the town Grange commissioned a granite veterans memorial at a cost of approximately $13,000. The memorial can be found on the lawn of the Chelsea Town Hall.
The Lewis House, a historical 1½-story cape, was purchased in 1965 by the Chelsea Historical Society. The home can be found on Main Street, near the fire station at the center of town.
The Main Street of Chelsea has many houses that date back to the early 1800s. One of these homes, The Shire Inn, now a bed and breakfast, has 11-foot ceilings.
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