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TOWN STATISTICS

Population estimate (2006): 2,522
Median age (2000): 46.0

Educational attainment, adults 25 years and older (2000):
High school graduate or higher: 96.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 51.2%

Median family income: $69,271

Enrollment in town schools:
Elementary school: 222

Total tax rate per $1,000 of assessed value (2007): $14.02

PLACES OF INTEREST

Grafton Pond: This large, clear pond with numerous small islands is great for swimming, fishing and canoeing. Few buildings interrupt its shoreline. No boats with motors over 10 horsepower are permitted, and overnight camping is prohibited.
Tewksbury Pond Boat Ramp: Offers free launching facilities for small watercraft, except for those with petroleum-burning engines. This very deep, crystal-clear lake is stocked with trout annually and is a favorite fishing spot all year long.
Grafton Recreation Field: Has a horse ring, basketball court and picnic tables. Located on Prescott Road.

Valley News photograph
This framed shovel commemorates the groundbreaking of Grantham Town Hall, on Oct. 30, 2004. The building houses town offices and the police station. (Valley News - Veronica Wilson)

Grantham, N.H.

Town Offices: 300 Route 10 South, P.O. Box 135, Grantham, N.H. 03753; 863-6021; fax 863-4499
Town Administrator: Tina Stearns, 863-6021
Town Manager Hours: Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Selectmen: Harold Haddock Jr., Constance Jones, Warren Kimball, chairman, 863-6021
Administrative Assistant: Melissa White, 863-6021
Town Clerk and Tax Collector: Rita Eigenbrode, 863-5608
Deputy Town Clerk and Tax Collector: Cynthia J. Towle, 863-5608
Town Clerk and Tax Collector Hours: Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 7 to 9 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Treasurer: Christopher E. Morris, 863-6021
Deputy Treasurer: Stephen Adamic, 863-6021; John Trethaway, 863-9392
Town Auditors: Plodzik & Sanderson, 225-6996
Trustees of Trust Funds: Constance Howard, chairwoman, 863-2485; Kristina Burgard, 863-0688; Todd McIntire, bookkeeper and treasurer, 863-2014
Cemetery Trustees: G. Warren Kimball, chairman, 863-3156; Arnold W. “Andy” Anderson Jr., 863-9041; Thomas E. Buckman, 863-7857
Planning Board: Carl D. Hanson, chairman, 863-2733; Constance Jones, 863-6021; Karen Ryan, 863-9846; Charles McCarthy, 863-0502; Alden H. Pillsbury, 863-2502; Robert Barnes, alternate, 863-9270; Lawrence Fuller, alternate, 863-1096; Alan Tanenbaum, alternate, 454-5007
Conservation Commission: Richard Hocker, chairman, 863-9624; Andy Eastman, 863-2312; Adele Furdyna, 863-6940; Jeremy Turner, 863-7808; Patricia Woolson, alternate, 863-5952; Merle Schotanus, 863-5952
Library Trustees: Cynthia Towle, co-chairwoman, 863-2621; Joy Lamont, co-chairwoman, 863-0923; Don Noordsey, 863-6940; Ed Jenik, 863-6313; Susan Mellow, 863-1850
Zoning Board of Adjustment: Conrad Frey, chairman, 863-0038; John Clayton, 863-7918; Richard Mansfield, 863-6774; Peter Gardiner, 863-6645; Tanya McIntire
Zoning Board of Adjustment Alternates: Myron Cummings, 863-2908; Margery Bostrom, 863-9763
New Hampshire/Vermont Solid Waste Project Representatives: Arthur Magowan, 863-0875
Town Moderator: Victoria H. Smith
Town Attorney: Upton & Hatfield LLP
Supervisors of the Checklist: Donna Stamper, Sandra Noordsy, Janet Goodrow
Chief of Police: Russell E. Lary
Captain: Walter Madore
Officer: Thomas Harriman
Fire Chief and Forest Fire Warden: Michael Benoit
Dunbar Library: Dawn Huston, librarian, 863-2172
Hours: Monday and Wednesday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m. to noon; Saturday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Road Agent: Joseph Newcomb
Emergency Management Director: F. Robert Osgood
Assessors: Nieder, Perkins LLC
Grantham Village School: Kurt Gergeler, principal, 863-1681
School Superintendent: Margaret Sullivan, 863-9689
School Board: Laurie Hanks, Chairwoman, 863-1239; Jeff Walla, vice chairman, Doug Caffrey, Leslie Brown, David Armstrong

Published July 20, 2008