Lebanon Almanac


City Hall: 51 North Park St., 03766; 448-4220; fax 448-4891

Hours: Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

City Clerk: Dorothy Doyle, 448-3054

Web Site: www.lebcity.org

City Council: Ralph Akins (mayor), 448-2513; William Solari (assistant mayor), 448-6666; Dominic J. Balestra, 448-6140; David J. Jescavage, 448-3461; Albert Leonard, 298-5044; John Lavigne, 298-8488; Patrick T. Hayes, 448-5434; Stephen M. Wood, 448-1511; Terry Grigsby, 448-3171 (meetings first and third Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at City Hall)

City Manager: James McSweeney, 448-4220

Assessor: Normand Bernaiche, 448-1499

Board of Assessors: Lawrence A. MacLeod (chairman), 448-3199; Reuben D. Cole, 448-4132; Linwood H. Bean, 448-2147; John Jay Hutchins, 448-243; Frank Mastro, 448-9978

Health Officer: Calvin Hunnewell, 448-1524

Tax Collector: Susan Davis, 448-1720

Moderator: Ward I: Gary Mayo, 448-3489; Ward II: Jean Cole, 448-4711; Ward III: Pamela Bean, 448-2147

Public Works Director: Michael Lavalla, 448-1457

City Engineer: Bob Kline, 448-0674

Utility Operation Group Leader for Water and Sewer: Kevin Kingston, 448-2514

Police Chief: Randall Chapman, 448-1212

Fire Chief: Stephen Allen, 448-8810

Recreation Director: Cindy Heath, 448-5121

Recreation Commission: Franklin Gould (chairman), 448-1660; Cynthia Driscoll; John Bryar; Pat Faulkner; Jean Picconi; John Lavigne (city council rep.); Mary Jane Thibodeau (school board rep.); Marie Yeager

Airport Manager: Tim Edwards, 298-8878

Welfare Director: Donna Hutchins, 448-2944

Landfill Superintendent: Al Besaw, 298-7872

Dog Officer: call police, 448-1212

City Finance Director/ City Treasurer: Len Jarvi, 448-0682

Planning Board: Dean Sorenson (chairman), 448-5393; Ralph Akins (council rep.), 448-2513; Phillip Myers, 643-3871; David Jorgensen, 448-1283; Kenneth Morley, 298-6822; Matt Brown, 448-2634; Kathleen Corrigan, 298-6851; Kevin Purcell, 298-2958; John Lavigne (alternate council rep.) 298-8488; Tom Jasinski (alternate), 448-4405; Nicole Cormen (vice-chairwoman), 448-2442

City Planner: Ken Niemczyk, 448-1457

Codes Administrator: Carmela Hennessy, 448-1524

Zoning Board: Richard Berger (chairman), 643-6060; James Perry, 448-1077; Daniel A. Nash, 448-6023; Amelia Sereen, 448-1941; Richard Berger, 448-4346; Robert Isaacs, 298-9958

Conservation Commission: Suellen T. Balestra, 448-6140; Daniel Smith, 448-2884; Billie Jo Johnstone, 448-6440; Judy Macnab, 298-5675; Susan Almy, 448-4769; Ronald Bailey (alternate), 298-5190; Brian Goodwin, 448-6766; Clarke Dustin (vice chair), 448-4038;

Housing Authority: Gordon Place (chairman), 448-3786; Robert Guernsey, 298-8231; Pamela Bean, 448-2147; Richard Mansell, 298-2397; Judith Wilson, 448-3693; Jon Chaffee (executive director), 298-5753, Richard Ryerson Jr.

Building Inspector: Calvin Hunnewell, 448-1524

Historian: Robert Leavitt, 448-3118

Grafton County Senior Citizens Council: Bob Crowley (chairman), 536-1363

Lebanon Public Library: On the green in Lebanon, 448-2459; Hours: Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.- 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

West Lebanon Public Library: Main Street, West Lebanon, 298-8544; Hours: Monday and Wednesday 1-8 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday 1-5 p.m.

Library Director: Susanne Robb

School Board: Nancy Daniels (chairwoman), 298-5479; David F. Ashey, 442-9313; Mary Jane Thibodeau, 448-2109; Pamela Callioras-Hutt, 448-4055; Louisa D. Spencer, 448-5644; Deborah Saine, 448-4551; Robert Moses, 448-6886; Hank Tenney, 448-4014; Barry Schuster, 448-4780; Dan LeClair, 863-8730; James Wechsler, 448-4384; Linda Couture, 448-2173 (meets the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month at 7 p.m.)

School Superintendent: Michael Harris, 448-1634

Elevation: 562 feet

Distance to Boston: 125 miles

New York City: 302 miles

Montreal: 205 miles

Average annual precipitation: 35.6 inches

Population:

2000: 12,568

1990: 12,183

Number of families: 3,178

Average family size: 2.87

Income:

Per capita: $25,133

Median family income: $52,133

Median household income: $42,185

Employment:

Residents working in community: 53.3%

Mean travel time to work: 13 minutes

Unemployment rate: 1.1%

Housing Units:

Single-family units: 2,636

Multi-family units: 3,019

Manufactured homes: 305

2001 Equalized tax rate: $30.02*

Full-time police dept.: Yes

Full-time fire department: Yes

Public schools:

Elementary: 5; enrollment: 1,035

Junior high: 1; enrollment: 329

High school: 1; enrollment: 791

Private/parochial schools: 3; enrollment: 150

Storrs Hill recreational ski area, just south of downtown, is a small hill that's especially popular with young people and beginners.

The Lebanon Opera House faces Colburn Park downtown. It hosts performances of many kinds throughout the year.

Mascoma Lake, a focal point of boating, fishing and swimming, is partly in Lebanon and partly in Enfield.

The Boston Lot, opposite Wilder Dam on Route 10, includes hiking trails to a pond.

Carter Community Building and the related Witherell annex have athletic and recreational facilities, mostly indoors, some outdoors.

Soldiers Memorial Building in downtown Lebanon houses military artifacts.

Dana House on Seminary Hill is the oldest house in Lebanon.

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