New London Almanac


Town Office: P.O. Box 240, New London, N.H. 03257

Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1:30-4 p.m.

Web Site: www.nl-nh.com

Town Clerk/Tax Collector: Suzy Holdsworth, 526-4046, ext. 12

Email: totosuzy@adelphia.net

Board of Selectmen: Douglas W. Lyon (chairman), 526-4821; Mark Kaplan; Ruth I. Clough (meets Mondays at 3 p.m. at the town offices)

Moderator: Cotton Cleveland

Finance Director: Carolyn E. Fraley

Supervisors of Checklist: Ann Jones, Arlene Marshall, Dana M. Stanley

Town Treasurer: Steve Theroux

Town Administrator: Jessie Levine, 526-4821

Email: townadministrator@adelphia.net

Health Officer: Donald F. Bent, 526-4761

Fire Chief: Peter S. Stanley, 526-6073

Planning Board: Karen E. Ebel (chairwoman), 526-4821; Laurie T. DiClerico; Thomas A. Cottrill; Sydney L. Crook; Sue Ellen Andrews; Mark Kaplan (selectmen's rep.); Robert Foote; Dale Conly

Conservation Commission: Sue Andrews (chairwoman); Christina M. McKee; Ruth A. White; Edward C. Parkhurst; Richard F. Cavallaro; Peter S. Stanley; Terence Dancy

Police Chief: David J. Seastrand, 526-2626

Road Agent: Richard Lee, 526-6337

Recreation Director: Robert Andrews, 526-6401

Email: nlrec@adelphia.net

Zoning Board: Larry Ballin (chairman), Elizabeth J. Herrick (alternate), Brian Prescott, Robert S. Foote, Ann L. Jones, William D. Green Jr., Joan S. Bucklin (alternate), Charles H. Marston (alternate), Robert A. Foose (alternate), Deirdre Sheer (alternate)

Sewer Department: Douglas Gay (superintendent), 526-6411

Tracy Memorial Library: Virginia C. Foose (director), 526-4656

Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Wednesday and Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Emergency Management: Robert M. Nelson (director)

Cemetery Trustees: Charles Hafner (chairman), 526-6442

School Board: Barbara C. Brown, Dan H. Allen

Elementary School: Kevin Johnson (principal), 526-4737

Middle School: Carl Fitzgerald (principal), 526-6415

Superintendent: Thomas Brennan, 526-2051

Elevation: 1,326 feet

Distance to Boston: 103 miles

New York City: 274 miles

Montreal: 210 miles

Average annual precipitation: 36.7 inches

Population:

2000: 4,116

1990: 3,180

Number of families: 1,052

Average family size: 2.63

Income:

Per capita: $37,556

Median family income: $82,201

Median household income: $61,520

Employment:

Residents working in community: 60.6%

Mean travel time to work: 15 minutes

Unemployment rate: 2.6%

Housing Units:

Single-family: 1,630

Multi-family: 360

Manufactured homes: 26

2001 Equalized tax rate: $19.33*

Full-time police department: Yes

Full-time fire department: Yes

Public schools:

Elementary: 1; enrollment: 339

Middle-junior high: 1; enrollment: 536

High school: none

Private/parochial schools: 1; enrollment: 30

New London Barn Playhouse, located on Main Street, is New Hampshire's oldest continuously operated theater. It offers musical comedies and drama all summer. For information, call (603) 526-4631.

The Marian Graves Mugar Art Gallery, Colby-Sawyer College's art gallery, features contemporary and traditional art. For information, call (603) 526-3662.

Cicenti's Bog is a wetland conservation area with nature trails and unusual plant life. For information, call (603) 526-4821.

The Mary D. Haddad Bandstand on the Village Green hosts weekly band concerts in July and August. For information, call (603) 526-4821.

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