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TOWN STATISTICS

Population estimate (2006): 1,256
Median age (2000): 41.60

Educational attainment, adults 25 years and older (2000):
High school graduate or higher: 82.3%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 21.3%

Median family income: $40,625

Residents attending Preprimary school: 26
Elementary school: 163
High school: 75

Total tax rate per $100 of assessed value (2007): $1.6525

PLACES OF INTEREST

The focal point of the community is the center of the village at the junction of Routes 113 and 110. The Congregational Church at the head of the North Common and the Orange County Courthouse looking down on the South Common are notable historic buildings.
Another historic building, the Chelsea Town Hall, is a red brick building, circa 1894. It currently serves as the Chelsea Public Library, the municipal offices and the town meeting hall. In 1990 the town Grange commissioned a granite veterans memorial at a cost of approximately $13,000. The memorial can be found on the lawn of Chelsea Town Hall.
The Lewis House, a historical 1½-story cape, was purchased in 1965 by the Chelsea Historical Society. The home can be found on Main Street near the fire station at the center of town.
Main Street in Chelsea has many houses that date back to the early 1800s.

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Chelsea Town Hall and Library. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck)

Chelsea, Vt.

Town Hall: Main Street, P.O. Box 266, Chelsea, Vt. 05038
Moderator: Mark Richardson
Town Clerk: Diane Mattoon, 685-4460
Assistant Town Clerk: Karen Lathrop
Hours: Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.
Treasurer: Jane Cushman, 685-7801
Assistant Treasurer: Casey Braman
Road Foreman: Rick Ackerman, 685-4302
Selectboard: Ken Colby, 685-2245; Douglas Lyford, 685-7758; Andy Pomerantz (meets first and third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the town clerk's office)
Listers: Warren Lathrop, Ed Kuban, Robert Sanborn
Auditors: Kevin Marshia, Warren Lathrop, Sue Johnston
School Directors: Chris Byrne; Emily Marshia; Kelly Lyford; Tracy Crocker; Joseph Spinelli (meets first and third Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Chelsea school library)
First Constable: Nolan LaFrancis
Trustees of Public Library: Lynn Amber, Heidi Chapman, Joe Spinelli, Russell Martin, Dean Martin
Chelsea Public Library: 685-2188
Hours: Monday 10 a.m. to no on, 1 to 6 p.m.; Wednesday, Friday 1 to 6 p.m.; Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Trustees of Public Money: David Bradshaw, Donald Coburn, Terry Libby
Cemetery Commissioners: Randy Tullar, Diane Mattoon, Pat Ladd, Brian Sanborn, Frank Keene
Grand Juror: Ernest Kennedy
Town Agent: William Field
Dog Catcher: Peg Pelckmann
Surveyor of Wood and Lumber: Nicholas Gilman
Fence Viewers: Merlin Doyle, Kevin Braman, Diane Mattoon
Service Officer: Brooks Chapin
Fire Warden: John Upham
Zoning Administrator: Rick Allen
Planning Commission: Paul Galdone; Nyra Whipple; Jean Battey; Edward Kuban; Jay Keller, chairman; Neil Kennedy; Kate Willard
Development Review Board: Tracy Simon, chairman; Deb Melvin; Ed Kuban; Mark Richardson
Parks Commission: Tim Buess, chairman; Lynn Amber, secretary; Peter Amber; Phillip Mulligan; Caleb Rick
Recreation Committee: Dick Rogers; John Parker, chairman; Pat Ladd, secretary; Brewster Martin; Neil Kennedy, treasurer; Ron Allen; Tom Dowlin
Justices of the Peace: David Bradshaw, Merlin Doyle, Charlene Bohl, Jean Button, Richard Rogers, Alan Lyford, Diane Mattoon
Fire Chief: David Farnham
Chelsea High School: Karoline Johnson, principal, 685-4551

Orange-Windsor Supervisory Union Superintendent of Schools: David C. Bickford, 763-8840
Published July 20, 2008