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Town Hall: Route 113, West Fairlee, Vt. 05083; 333-9696
Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Moderator: Andrew Petersen
Town Clerk and Treasurer: Nancy Bragg, 333-4620
Assistant Town Clerk: Alice Adams
Board of Selectmen: Maurice Eaton Jr., 333-9717; Gary Durkee (chairman); Russell Bragg, 333-4620 (meets the first and third Mondays of each month at 7 p.m.)
Listers: Earl Adams, Richard Johnson, Viola Farrar
Auditors: Roland Kuchel, Walter Malmquist, Alan Moats
Town Grand Jurors: Richard Johnson, Agnes Johnson
Collector of Delinquent Taxes: Nancy Bragg
Cemetery Trustees/Commissioners: Mary Jane Smith, Kenneth Southworth, Russell Bragg, Virginia Southworth, Patricia Grove, James Cray
West Fairlee Free Public Library: Viola Farrar (librarian)
Library Trustees: Virginia Southworth, Bonnie Cray, Nancy Bragg, Arrieta Blake, Joyce Ricker
Justices of the Peace: Earl Adams, Russell Bragg, Virginia Southworth, James Hughes, Walter Malmquist, Evan Rowell
Tree Warden: Fred Cook
Surveyor of Wood, Lumber & Weigher of Coal: Roy Southworth
Fence Viewers: Russell Bragg, Maurice Eaton Jr., Kenneth Southworth
Pound Keeper: David Webster
Representatives to Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission: Russell Bragg, Gloria Mann
Fire Chief: Ervine Eastman, 333-4347
Town Service Officer: Alice Adams
Health Officer: David Berger, 333-4018
Planning Commission: Gloria Mann (chairwoman), 333-4018; Nancy Bragg; Russell Bragg; Larry Russ; Mary Lou Willing, 333-4160 (meets the first Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m.)
Rivendell School Board, West Fairlee: Bradley Phelps 222-4447; James Morel; Beverly Ash (meets second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Rivendell Academy)
West Fairlee Village School: Rose Darrow (principal), 333-4668
Interim Superintendent: Noelle Vitt, 353-2170
Year incorporated or chartered: 1797
Land area: 22 square miles
Percent private and public conserved lands: 28.8
Population:
2000: 726
1990: 633
Number of families: 197
Average family size: 3.02
Income:
Per capita: $18,010
Median family income: $42,500
Median household income: $40,667
Employment:
Residents working in community: 12.6%
Unemployment rate: 1.2%
Top five industries in which residents work:
1. Retail trade
2. Construction
3. Business and repair services
4. Manufacturing, durable goods
5. Educational services
Housing Units:
Owner occupied: 200
Renter occupied: 78
Vacant: 62
2001 Equalized tax rate: $2.42*
Full-time police department: No
Full-time fire department: No
Public schools:
Elementary: one; enrollment: 90
Middle-junior high: None
High school: None
Treasure Island is a one-time girls camp located in West Fairlee. It is now owned and operated by the town of Thetford and open to the public for a fee. The site features a picnic area and beach. Swimming lessons are available as well.
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