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Town Offices: 34 Dunbar Hill Road, Grantham, N.H. 03753; 863-6021
Hours: Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Town Clerk/Tax Collector: Rita Eigenbrode, 863-5608
Deputy Town Clerk/Tax Collector: Cynthia J. Towle
Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 7-9 p.m.
Town Moderator: Merle Schotanus
Town Administrator: Tina M. Stearns, 863-6021
Selectmen: Constance Jones (chairwoman), 863-3270; William Hutchins; Michael J. Hayward Sr., 863-6021; Connie Jones, 863-6021; (meets the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. and the fourth Wednesday of each month at 3:30 p.m. at the town office)
Bookkeeper/Secretary: Sarah Barton, 863-6021
Treasurer: Christopher E. Morris, 863-6021
Building Inspectors: Selectmen
Cemetery Trustees: Thomas E. Buckman (chairman), 863-7857; G. Warren Kimball, 863-3156; Dennis Howard, 863-2485
Conservation Commission: Richard Hocker (chairman), 863-9624; Jim Berg; Peter Forest; Mike Holdowsky; Jerry Ellsworth; Patricia Short, 863-5091; Andy Eastman, 863-2312; Adele Furdyna, 863-0630; Jessica Jansujwicz, 863-7425
Dunbar Library: Carla Boyington (librarian), 863-2172; B. Joey Homes, (assistant librarian)
Hours: Monday and Wednesday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Thursday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 9 a.m.-noon
Library Trustees: Catherine Seavey (co-chairwoman), 863-3927; Hope Hunter (co-chairwoman), 863-6940; Sheara Bailey, 863-1166; John Trethaway, 863-9392; Donna Stamper, 863-2621
Fire Chief: Robert Seavey, 863-4733
Fire Warden: Kenneth O. Barton
Health Officers: Kenneth Kerwin and the Selectmen
Planning Board: Robert Barnes (chairman), 863-9270; Carl Hanson, 863-2733; Allen Walker, 863-3184; William Hutchins, 863-6021; Michael Hayward (meets the first Thursday of each month at 7 p.m.)
Police: Russell E. Lary (chief), 863-6844; Jerry A. Whitney (sergeant); Glenville Jenkins (officer)
Recreation Department: Gary Groughall, (director), 863-4477
Road Agent: Joseph Newcomb, 863-7301
Supervisors of the Checklist: Deborah Cheever, Donna Stamper, JoAnn Pardy
Trustees of Trust Funds: Ted Short, Connie Howard, Conrad Frey
Zoning Board of Adjustment: Conrad Frey (chairman), 863-5206; Richard Mansfield; John Clayton; Peter Gardiner; Aldin Pillsbury (alternate); Myron Cummings (alternate) (meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.)
School board: Jeff Fisher (chairman), 863-4062; Don Gobin (vice chair); Howard Beardsley; Cynthia Bevin; Fred Vost (meets the second Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. at the SAU office)
Grantham Village School: Deborah Trottier (principal), 863-1681
School Superintendent: Gordan Schnare, 863-9689
School Treasurer: Dan McClory
School Moderator: Carl Hanson
Elevation: 955 feet above sea level
Distance to Boston: 123 miles
New York City: 221 miles
Montreal: 205 miles
Average annual precipitation: 35 inches
Population:
2000: 2,167
1990: 1,247
Number of families: 708
Average family size: 2.67
Income:
Per capita: $32,174
Median family income: $69,271
Median household income: $63,239
Employment:
Residents working in community: 19.3%
Mean travel time to work: 24 minutes
Unemployment rate: 2.7%
Housing Units:
Single-family: 1,156
Multi-family: 339
Manufactured homes: 41
2001 Equalized tax rate: $18.62*
Full-time police department: Yes
Full-time fire department: No
Public schools:
Elementary: 1; enrollment: 172
Middle school: none
High school: none
Private/parochial schools: none
Brookside Park is on Route 10 and offers picnic tables as well as swimming and wading in Sawyer Brook. The park is open to the public with no fee.
Sherwood Forest consists of 850 acres of forestland protected under the New Hampshire State Land Conservation Investment Program. There are numerous hiking trails, and trailheads are located on Miller Pond Road.
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