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Town Office: 15 Sunapee St., Newport, N.H. 03773
Town Clerk: Karlene Stoddard, 863-2224
Deputy Town Clerk: Adelaide Kozlik
Hours: Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Web site: www.newportnh.net
Board of Selectmen: Gary Nichols (chairman), 863-4416; Elizabeth W. Maiola (vice chairwoman), 863-3307; Beverly T. Rodeschin, 863-1941; Ben Nelson, 542-4486; Virginia Irwin, 863-3582 (meets the first and third Mondays of each month at 7 p.m.)
Moderator: William Howard Dunn
Supervisors of Checklist: Heather Fraser, Martha E. Lovely, Ella M. Casey
Town Treasurer: Jonathan A. Howard
Trustees of Trust Fund: Peter Lovely, Louise Hasting, Chad Howe
Town Manager: Daniel P. O'Neill, 863-1877
Director of Public Works: Larry A. Wiggins, 863-1332
Ambulance Director/Health Office: Brian W. Tracey, 863-5577
Civil Defense Director: David A. Hoyt
Finance Director: Paul J. Brown, CPA, 863-1360
Fire Chief: Peter M. Lamb, 863-1416
Planning and Zoning: 863-6278
Police Chief: David A. Hoyt, 863-3232
Recreation and Parks Director: P.J. Lovely
Tax Collector: Daniel P. O'Neill
Zoning Board: Anthony DiPadova, (chairman), 863-2030; Ben Nelson; Virginia Irwin; David Lain; Patrice Brewer (meets every fourth Thursday at the municipal building, at 6:30 p.m. in the winter and at 7:30 p.m. in the summer, changing in May and October.)
Planning board: William Dunn (chairman), 543-0113; Pauline Andrews; Frederick Jones; Michael Clark; David Burnham; Erna McCormick; Gary Nichols (meets the first Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. in the municipal building.)
Richards Free Library: Andrea Thorpe (librarian), 863-3430
Hours: Monday 1-6 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Library Trustee: Nancy H. Black
School Board: Holly Harrison, 863-5020; Stephen Bohrer, 863-8810; Anthony MacConnell (chairman), 863-1712; Kathie Sarles, 863-4316; Lou Thompson, 863-1111 (meets on the second and fourth Thursdays at 7 p.m. at the tech center in the Lou Thompson room.)
Newport Middle High School: Larry Wight (principal), 863-2414
Richards Elementary School: Patti Warren (principal), 863-3710
Towle Elementary School: Margaret McKenney and Katheryn Niboli (co-principals), 863-2050
Interim Superintendent: Normand Tanguay, 863-3540
Elevation: 780 feet above sea level
Distance to Boston: 115 miles
New York City: 265 miles
Montreal: 205 miles
Average annual precipitation: 38.2 inches
Population:
2000: 6,269
1990: 6,110
Number of families: 1,656
Average family size: 2.95
Income:
Per capita: $16,964
Median family income: $45,508
Median household income: $37,442
Employment:
Residents working in community: 59.8%
Mean travel time to work: 16 minutes
Unemployment rate: 2.4%
Housing Units:
Single-family: 1,495
Multi-family: 935
Manufactured homes: 379
2001 Equalized tax rate: $28.44*
Full-time police department: Yes
Full-time fire department: Yes
Public schools:
Elementary: 2; enrollment: 581
Middle-junior high: 1; enrollment: 299
High school: 1; enrollment: 417
Private/parochial schools: none
Corbin Covered Bridge: Connects both banks of the Sugar River on Corbin Road in North Newport. Burned in an arson fire in May 1993, the bridge was reconstructed to its original specifications, with the exception of giving it a higher weight limit. Newport also has two railroad covered bridges, both located off Chandler's Mill Road. There are only eight railroad covered bridges remaining in the country.
Newport Opera House: In Newport Town Hall on Main Street. The oldest of New England's opera houses still standing, the Newport Opera House hosts local and visiting performers throughout the year.
The Common on Main Street hosts flea markets on Saturday mornings and free open air concerts on Sundays at 6 p.m. from June through August. There is also an Apple Pie Craft Fair in August, and a Farmer's Market from June to October.
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