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Town Hall: Route 5, Fairlee, Vt. 05045; 333-9468; fax: 333-9214
Hours: Monday and Tuesday 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m.- 6 p.m., or by appointment
Moderator: Bruce Taylor, 333-9619
Town Clerk: Georgette Wolf-Ludwig, CVC, 333-4363 or 333-9018
Town Treasurer: Lisa Hinsley, 333-4363
Assistant Town Clerks: Pamela Oppenheimer, 333-4708; Hester Gardner, 333-4363
Selectboard: Jay Barrett Jr., (chairman), 333-9819; Richard E. Hall, 333-9625; Win Ameden, 333-4761 (meets each Monday at 6 p.m. at the town offices). Members are also the town road commissioners and water commissioners.
Administrative Assistant: Martha Marteney, 333- 9653
First Constable and Chief of Police: Leon C. Marsh Jr., 333-9700
Listers: Noel Walker, Dan A. Ludwig, John Wetzel
Auditors: Peter G. Berger, Rick Walker, Anthony H. Gahagan
Planning Commission: Richard Hodge (chairman), 333-9829; William Dunnack; Jeff Soyer; Mel Pellerin; Philip Zalinger; Carolyn Nickerson, (clerk) (meets first Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the town offices)
Zoning Administrator: Richard Hodge, 333-9829, office hours Monday and Wednesday noon to 3 p.m.
Zoning Board of Adjustment: Ray E. Coffin Jr. (chairman), 333-9154; Helen Marsh, 333-9700; Kostas Amanatidis, 333-4821; David Colby, 333-4059; Keith Farnham, 333-9432; Sandra Stewart, (clerk) (meets the fourth Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the town offices)
Cemetery Commissioners: Lance Mills, Gerald Colby, James Harris, Eric Sleeper, Charles H. Hinsley
Fairlee Public Library: Debra Edmands, (librarian), 333-4716
Hours: Tuesday 9 a.m.- 5 p.m., Wednedsay 3:30- 7:30 p.m., Thursday 1-5 p.m., Friday 2-7 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Trustees of Public Library: Steve Brown, Jean Ward, Kathleen Monroe, Cynthia Piper, Nancy Chilelli
Budget Committee: Jay Clark, Cameron Buster, David Fracht
Rivendell School Board, Fairlee: Allen Avery, (chairman), 333-9156; Lillian Gahagan, 333-9660; Deb Johnson (meets second and fourth Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Rivendell Academy)
Rivendell Superintendent: Noelle Vitt, 353-2170
Samuel Morey Elementary School: Gail Keiling (principal), 333-9755
School District Moderator: David Hook
District Clerk: Georgette Wolf-Ludwig
Year incorporated or chartered: 1761
Land area: 20 square miles
Percent private and public conserved lands: 16.4
Population:
2000: 967
1990: 883
Number of families: 266
Average family size: 2.88
Income:
Per capita: $18,454
Median family income: $48,250
Median household income: $44,018
Employment:
Residents working in community: 32.1%
Unemployment rate: 1.8%
Top five industries in which residents work:
1. Construction
2. Retail trade
3. Educational services
4. Health services
5. Agriculture, forestry, fisheries
Housing Units:
Owner occupied: 275
Renter occupied: 120
Vacant: 180
2001 Equalized tax rate: $2.40*
Full-time police department: Yes
Full-time fire department: No
Public schools: Elementary (K-5): one; enrollment, 140;
Middle-junior high: none
High school: none
Fairlee's greatest asset is its lakes, Morey and Fairlee. Visitors usually stay at one of the inns or campgrounds surrounding the lakes. The biggest, the Lake Morey Inn, offers convention facilities, golf, swimming and tennis.
The town also hosts a concentration of antiques stores, including the Conval Antique Mall, Barry Lebarron Antiques and Vollbrecht Antiques, located along Route 5.
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