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Town Offices: P.O. Box 342, Lyme, N.H. 03768; 795-2535
Hours: Monday and Wednesday 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 4:30-6:30 p.m., Friday 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Town Clerk: Patricia G. Jenks, 795-2535
Treasurer: Luane Cole, 795-4639
Administrative Assistant to the Selectmen: Carole Bont, 795-4639
Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Selectmen: Alan Newton (chairman), 795-2486; Richard Jones, 795-2870; Michael Hinsley, 795-4403; (meets every Wednesday at 9 a.m. in Lyme Town Library)
Selectmen's Secretary: Dina Cutting, 795-4639
Health Officer: Michael Hinsley
Tax Collector: Joanne Coburn, 795-4416
Hours: Monday 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Moderator: William H. Waste
Road Agent: Fred Stearns III, 795-4042 (town garage)
Overseer of Public Welfare: Nancy Elizabeth Grandine, 795-4853
Chief of Police: Pauline Field, 643-2222
Fire Chief: Michel Whitcomb, 643-3610
Budget Committee: Stuart Smith Jr. (chairman), 795-2970; Earl Strout; Manton Copeland; Wayne Tullar Jr.; George Palmer; Gibbons G. Cornwell III; Jeff Lehmann; Richard Jones (selectman representative); Jeanne Prince (scribe)
Planning Board: Benjamin Kilham (chairman), 795-4112; John North, 795-2734; Freda Swan, 353-9834; Jeanie McIntyre, 795-4705; Stephen J. Maddock, 795-2456; Tony Pippin, 795-4295 (meets the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 7:30 p.m.)
Planning Board Executive Agent: Vicki Smith, 795-4639
Zoning Board of Adjustment: James Poage (chairman), 795-2106; William Malcolm, 795-2434; Walter Swift, 795-2908; O. Ross McIntyre, 795-2904; Tim Estes, 795-3127 (meets the third Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m.)
Conservation Commission: Lee Larson, 795-2014; Joan Goldburgh; Ben Hudson, 705-4535; Jean Smith, 795-2970; Adair Mulligan; Walter Wetherell; Douglas Vogt; Richard G. Jones; Alan Hewitt; Jeanie McIntyre
Lyme Town Library: Betsy Eaton (librarian), 795-4622
Hours: Monday 1-5 p.m.; Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wednesday 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Supervisors of the Checklist: Bernard Tullar Sr., 353-9027; Katherine Larson, 795-2014; John Franklin, 795-4532
Cemetery Commission: Michael C. Hinsley, Jean Smith, Jennifer Cooke
Sexton: William LaBombard, 795-4517
Recreation Committee: James Mayers, Donald W. Cutting, Tom Schlenker, Nancy Copeland, Heather Caldwell, Jim Nichols, Henry Flickenger, Doug Vogt, Tom Burton
School Board: Ruth Bleyler, Laszlo Bardos, Jesse Seaman, Tim Caldwell, Nancy Copeland, Margaret Rose Minnock, Tom Yorkosky; 795-2217 (meets the second Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m.)
School District Moderator: William Waste
School District Treasurer: Dina Cutting, 353-9892
Barnes-Plain Elementary School: Gerry Clancy (principal), 795-2125
Superintendent of Schools: Gordon Schnear, 795-4431
School Business Manager: Theresa Thurston, 795-4431
Elevation: 563 feet
Distance to Boston: 135 miles
New York City: 320 miles
Montreal: 280 miles
Average annual precipitation: 38 inches
Population:
2000: 1,679
1990: 1,496
Number of families: 475
Average family size: 2.96
Income:
Per capita: $35,887
Median family income: $64,531
Median household income: $57,250
Employment:
Residents working in community: 34.0%
Mean travel time to work: 18 minutes
Unemployment rate: 0.6%
Housing Units:
Single-family: 599
Multi-family: 111
Manufactured homes: 64
2001 Equalized tax rate: $22.50*
Full-time police department: Yes
Full-time fire department: No
Public schools: Elementary: 1; enrollment: 182
Middle-junior high: none
High school: none
Private/parochial schools: 1; enrollment: 126
Probably the most striking feature on Lyme's green is the long line of contiguous horse sheds behind the Congregational Church. The line of 27 barns is the longest in New England, and their red paint against the white of the church and the green grass in the cemetery across the street make them a favorite of photographers.
Other sights include a covered bridge on River Road. The bridge was built on the green between 1885 and 1887, and later carted to its final destination.
Residents of Lyme enjoy a variety of recreational options, including Post Pond, which offers fishing year round and swimming in the summer. Near the pond are a rink for skating in the winter, softball fields, tennis and basketball courts and the Robert Chaffee Wildlife Sanctuary.
Smarts Mountain has hiking trails, and the Dartmouth Skiway maintains two lifts and numerous trails for downhill skiing.
Lyme's green is used for community church suppers, concerts performed by the Lyme Town Band, craft fairs and flea markets.
The Converse Free Library is open six days a week and serves both the town and the school.
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