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Municipal Building: 171 Bridge St., White River Junction, Vt. 05001; 295-9353
Web Site: www.hartford-vt.org
Clerks: Mary E. Hill, 295-2785; Sandra Gendron (assistant)
Manager: Hunter Rieseberg, 295-9353
Moderator: Susan Buckholz
Selectmen: Todd Steadman (chairman), 295-5631; Richard H. Ballou, 457-1722; Leonard Berliner, 295-5237; Gayle Ottmann, 295-9566; Raymond Cerasoli, 295-1793; (meets every other Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Municipal Building)
Treasurer: Derry Goodwin, 295-9353; Linda Gallo (assistant)
Police Chief: Joseph Estey, 295-9425
Fire Chief: John G. Wood Jr., 295-3232
Planning & Development Director: Lori Hirshfield, 295-3075
Zoning Administrative Officer: Jo-Ann Ells, 295-3075
Public Works Director: Rich Menge, 295-3622
Utilities Superintendent: Thomas Coutermarsh, 295-3622
Recreation Director: John “Tad” Nunez, 295-5036
Listers: Carl Johnson (chairman), 295-3077; Jim VonGal; Dorothy Jones
Zoning Board of Adjustment: Dennis Brown (chairman), Constance Heiland, G. Blake Keller, Clarence "Rick" Adams, Paul Sunde (meets every third Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Municipal Building)
Planning Commission: Bruce Riddle, Margy Becker, John Jalowiec (chairman), Patricia Stetson, Rachel Keyser, Robert Kiely, Frank Klymn (meets every third Monday at 7 p.m. at Municipal Building)
Housing Authority: Avard Benton, Joe Jewell, Kathy Avery, Michael Kainen (meets first Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m.)
Section 8 Administrator, Hartford Housing Authority: Terry Chesbro, 295-5047
Hartford Library: Sjaane Gordon (librarian), 296-2568
Quechee Library: Kate Schaal (librarian), 295-1232
Hartford Town Library: Shelley Best (librarian), 295-7992
Wilder Library: Kate Schaal (librarian), 295-6341
Town Library Trustees: John Hazen Jr. (chairman), John Bristol, Lester Gibbs, Dorothy Mock Jones, Carl Johnson (meets first Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the West Hartford Library)
Conservation Commission: Karen Douville (chairman), Patrick Doran, Chuck Wooster, James Peters, Celia Chen, Skip Spaulding (meets first Wednesday of month at 7 p.m.)
Parks & Recreation Commission: Gary Gervais (chairman), Scott Johnson, Scott Hausler, Molly St. Saveur, Amalia Franceschi (meets 2nd Wednesday of month at 7 p.m.
Historic Preservation Commission: Jonathan Schechtman (chairman), Patricia Stark, Andersen Thorpe, Charles Egbert
Business Revolving Loan Fund Committee: Allen Malcolm (chairman), Kevin Raleigh, Greg Kennedy, William Pippin, Frank Klymn
Town Grand Jurors: David Rich, Thomas Coutermarsh, John J. Clerkin
First Constable: Charles Newton
Second Constable: Roy Black
Agent to Prosecute and Defend Suits: John Clerkin
Trustees of Public Funds: Melvin Simon, Joe Alvin, David Munro
Health Officer: Jo-Ann Ells, 295-3075
Fire Warden: John G. Wood Jr., 295-3232
Superintendent of Schools: Carl Mock, 295-8600
School Directors: Bob Durkee, 296-2625; Charles Bohi, 295-5596; Tricia Kent, 295-5538; David Twitchell, 295-5916; Carol Bartlett, 295-6008
Year incorporated or chartered: 1761
Land area: 45 square miles
Percent private and public conserved lands: 6.1
Population:
2000: 10,385
1990: 9,404
Number of families: 2,798
Average family size: 2.86
Income:
Per capita: $22,792
Median family income: $51,286
Median household income: $42,990
Employment:
Residents working in community: 35.8%
Unemployment rate: 1.4%
Top five industries in which residents work:
1. Retail trade
2. Health services
3. Educational services
4. Construction
5. Other professional services
Housing Units:
Owner occupied: 3,002
Renter occupied: 1,507
Vacant: 984
2001 Equalized tax rate: $2.22*
Full-time police department: Yes
Full-time fire department: Yes
Public schools:
Elementary: three; enrollment: 830
Middle: one; enrollment: 457
High school: one; enrollment: 771
Vocational School: one; enrollment: 221 (including students from sending districts)
Quechee Gorge offers a series of breathtaking panoramas, and many hiking, camping, dining and shopping opportunities.
In the village of Quechee, visitors cross the Ottauquechee River on a covered bridge just downstream from the working glassblowers in the Simon Pearce glass and pottery factory, and not far from the green that hosts an annual balloon festival.
Downtown White River Junction, still served by an Amtrak passenger train, offers an opportunity to reflect on that village's glory days as a railroad center and inspect a vintage steam locomotive, Old 494, and several historic buildings.
The Wilder Dam has a salmon ladder.
The Appalachian Trail passes through West Hartford.
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