Claremont

City Hall: 58 Opera House Square, Claremont, N.H. 03743

City Web Site: www.claremontnh.com

Hours: Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

City Manager: Guy Santagate, 542-7002

Police Chief: Alex Scott, 542-9538

Fire Chief: Peter Chase, 542-5156

Building Inspector: Kenneth Walsh, 542-7008

Director of Planning and Development: Anthony Lyons, 542-7008

Director of Public Works: Bruce Temple, 542-7024

Superintendent of Schools: Jacqueline Guillette, 543-4200

Library Director: Michael Grace, 542-7017

Welfare Director: Suzanne Carr, 542-7007

Assessor: David McMullen, 542-7004

Parks and Recreation: Scott Hausler, 542-7019

Finance Director: Mary Walter, 542-7001

City Clerk and Tax Collector: Gwendolyn Melcher, 542-7003

Treasurer: Vicki Lee, 542-7000

Clerk to the Council: DorÐe Russell, 542-7002

City Council: Scott Pope, mayor; Deborah Cutts; James Neilsen IV; Andrew Austin; William Regan III; Christopher Irish; Heather Bopp; Ralph Swift; Michael Prozzo Jr. (meets the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.)

Planning Board: Anita P. Engel, chairwoman; Alan Grigsby; Allan Berggren; Frederick Kuriger; Russell Fowler; Erwin Caplan; Lori Richardson, alternate; Peter Guillette, alternate; Jim Hanson; Scott Pope; Ralph Swift; Heather Bopp (meets the second and fourth Mondays of each month at 7 p.m., 542-7008)

Conservation Commission: Alice Clay, chairwoman; Paul LaCasse Sr.; Stephen Wood; Dave Belisle; Robert Woodman; Brendan Armstrong, alternate; Michael Demars, alternate; Allan Berggren; Andrew Austin (meets the third Thursday of every month at 7 p.m., 542-7008)

Trustees of Trust Funds: Clay Hawkins, chairman, 542-7008; Susanna Boucher

Zoning Board of Adjustment: Michael Hurd, chairman; Richard Dietz; Robert Woodman; Tracy Pope; Heather Bopp (meets the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m., 542-7008)

Airport Advisory Board: David Eno, Donald Lavalette, Philip Osgood, Mike Wilson; Guy Sanagate; Peter Chase; David Carton; Roger Hamel (meets the last Monday of odd-numbered months, 542-7008)

Board of Appeals and Codes Review: Peter Chase, 542-5156; Kenneth Walsh; Michael L. Prozzo Jr.; Robert Woodman; Donald Limoges, chairman, 542-7008

Claremont Housing Authority: Cynthia Cross, chairwoman, 542-7008; Margaret W. Long; Gary Osgood; James Mentillo; Richard Columbia (meets third Monday of each month at 6 p.m.)

Fiske Free Library Board of Trustees: John Terrell, Heidi Kuttner, Joseph Harris, James Allen, Paul Knapp, Jack Yazinski, Liza Draper, Trudee Rice, Sara Maria Brockunier (meets the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m., 542-7008)

Frances J. Tolles Home Trustees: Margaret LaPointe, chairwoman; Eleanor Parmelee; Frances Reynolds; Nancy Bonneau; Vicki Landry; Alison Raymond; Andrew Fennelly; Guy Santagate (meets the third Tuesday of each month at 1 p.m.)

Goodwin Community Center Commission: John Napsey, James Feleen, Jeffrey Coburn, Theodore Hopkins, Judy Couture, Jeffrey Chase, Hillary Bean, Gene Grumman, Bonnie Gobin, Wayne McElreavy (meets the second Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m., 542-7008)

Historic District Commission: David Messier, chairman; Susan Doody; William Alley; F. Tony Zullo; Jeffrey Barrette; John Hall, alternate; Trinity Dix, alternate; Deborah Cutts; Lori Richardson

Parks and Recreation Commission: James Roy, Ward I; Darel Limoges, Ward II; Wayne McElreavy, at large; Steve Lizotte, at large; John Napsey, at large; Steve Cutts, at large; Scott Hausler, ex-officio (meets the second Monday of each month)

Recycling Committee: Scott Pope, mayor, 542-7008; James Hanson, 542-7020; project director of NH/VT Solid Waste District, 542-7008

School Board: Colby Casey, 542-3944; Jeffrey Coburn, 542-5316; Mary Dakin, 542-2969; John Napsey, vice chairman, 542-5193; David Putnam, chairman, 542-8523; Chris Shaban, 542-9817; Christine Terrell, 542-0431

Places of Interest

The Claremont Opera House, elegantly refurbished several years ago, hosts dances, plays and concerts from around the country.

The city's park system includes Arrowhead Skiway, Moody Park, Veterans Memorial Park, Monadnock Park and Barnes Park.

The Goodwin Community Center is a city-owned complex with gym, indoor pool, meeting rooms and game room.

The American Band Concert Series is performed at the bandstand in Broad Street Park every Thursday night at 8 p.m. from July 2 through August. Audiences can expect music ranging from Sousa to more contemporary pieces.