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Weathersfield Town Hall: Martin Memorial Hall, P.O. Box 550, Ascutney, Vt. 05030; 674-2626; fax 674-2114
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Thursday 9a.m.-5p.m.
Town Clerk/Town Agent: Flo-Ann Dango, 674-2626
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Thursday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Web Site: www.weathersfield.org
Email: wthrsfld@weathersfield.org
Town Manager: Laurence J. Melen, 674-2626
Tax Collector/Treasurer: Steven A. Hier, 674-2626
Town Moderator: Graham C. Hunter II, 263-5220
Service Officer: Aina G. Oddermatt, 674-2626
Tree Warden: Westley W. Hazeltine, 263-5387
Trustees of Public Funds: Ruth E. Adams, Donna B. Cross, Roald Cann
Planning Commission: Peter M. Daniels, 674-6323; Steven Melanson, 263-5591; Stephen A. Walasewicz, 263-9309; Julie Ann Levy, 263-5217; Kathryn King, 263-9453 (meets second Monday of each month at 7 p.m.)
Zoning Administrator: Lynn M. Skalaban, 674-2626
Zoning Board: Graham Hunter, 263-5220; Elizabeth Deliso, 263-9213; Westley W. Hazeltine, 263-5387; Daniel E. Boyer, 263-9398
Listers: Patrice A. Dodge, Carolyn A. Hier, Philip L. Golding
Conservation Commission: Nathan G. McKeen (chairman), Ellen R. Clattenburg, Bradley Lockwood, Patti Houghton, Marianne E. Walsh, Diana L. Day, Henry C. Cobb Jr., Anna B. Sykas
Constable: Mark Knight, 263-5384
Police Chief/Emergency Management Coordinator: Richard R. Brown, 674-2626
Road Commissioner: Westley W. Hazeltine, 263-5387
Fence Viewers: Frank W. Brown, Clarence N. Grover Jr., Robert G. Holtorf
Fire Chiefs and Wardens: Clarence N. Grover Jr. (chief of West Weathersfield Volunteer Fire Department), 263-5531; Darrin R. Spaulding (chief of Ascutney Volunteer Fire Department), 263-5377
Fire Commission: Daniel E. Boyer, Clarence N. Grover Jr., Darrin R. Spaulding, Henry C. Cobb Jr.
Grand Juror: Carolyn A. Hier
Health Officer: Laurence J. Melen
Justices of the Peace: Nicholas F. Boke, Patricia W. Daniels, Steven A. Hier, Edith F. Hunter, Janice C. Phelan, Dorothy L. Stankevich, Carl E. Wyman, Rebecca B. Austin, Lynn M. Skalaban, Michael J. Stankevich
Library Trustees: Maureen M. Bogosian, C. Peter Cole, Susan W. Hunter, Ernest W. Shand Jr., Laurie F. Cobb
Martin Memorial Hall Trustees: Jean L. Sulham, Edith L. Stillson, Beverly A. Howe
Selectboard: C. Peter Cole (chairman), 674-6061; Daniel E. Boyer, 263-9398; Norman J. Arrison, 674-5561; Peter J. Skalaban Sr., 263-5734; Henry C. Cobb Jr., 674-5457
Budget Committee: Roald Cann, Ruth E. Adams, Darlene E. Johnson, Laurie J. Brown
Solid Waste Management District Representatives: Laurence J. Melen, 674-2626; Michael Lane, 674-6482
School Superintendent: Mario Bevacqua, 674-5400
Year incorporated or chartered: 1761
Land area: 44 square miles
Percent private and public conserved lands: 13.9
Population:
2000: 2,788
1990: 2,674
Number of families: 831
Average family size: 2.77
Income:
Per capita: $21,647
Median family income: $46,282
Median household income: $42,057
Employment:
Percent of residents working in community: 18.0%
Unemployment rate: 3.2%
Top five industries in which residents work:
1. Manufacturing, durable goods
2. Retail trade
3. Construction
4. Health services
5. Educational services
Housing Units:
Owner occupied: 1,000
Renter occupied: 167
Vacant: 148
2001 Equalized tax rate: $2.36
Full-time police department: Yes
Full-time fire department: No
Public schools:
Elementary (K-3): 1; enrollment: 145
Middle school (4-8): 1; enrollment: 170
High school: None
Mount Ascutney State Park: Located on Route 44A, off Route 5 in Ascutney. Telephone: (802) 674-2060. The park includes a 3.8-mile toll road to the top of the mountain and a 3.8-mile hiking trail. In addition to picnic areas, the park includes a campground, which has a bathhouse and showers, but no electric hookups. The rate is $10 for campsites, and $14 for a lean-to.
Wilgus State Park: Located on the Connecticut River on Route 5 in Ascutney. Offers picnic areas, camping and canoe rentals. Campsites are $11, and $15 for lean-tos.
The Rev. Dan Foster House, home to the Weathersfield Historical Society, boasts a blacksmith's shop, a kitchen with fireplace, a children's room, and even a genealogy section. The museum is open Thursday through Monday from 2-5 p.m.
Across the street from the Foster House, the Old Brick Meeting House holds Congregational services each Sunday at 10 a.m.
Route 131 crosses the Black River at the Upper Falls Covered Bridge, the only covered bridge in Weathersfield still in use.
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