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TOWN STATISTICS

Population estimate (2006): 4,599
Median age (2000): 39.7

Educational attainment, adults 25 years and older (2000):
High school graduate or higher: 82.4%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 19.4%

Median family income: $44,816

Enrollment in town schools:
Elementary school: 225
Middle school/junior high: 310
High school: 307
Private/parochial (all grades): 61

Total tax rate per $1,000 of assessed value (2007): $17.55

PLACES OF INTEREST

The Haverhill Historical Society: The society’s displays are open on the fourth Sunday of the month during the summer, on special occasions, or by appointment. Dick Eckwall is president.
The Haverhill-Bath Covered Bridge is the oldest documented covered bridge in the country, constructed in 1829. It’s just off Central Street in Woodsville Village.
The Oliverian Valley Wildlife Preserve in East Haverhill offers 24 campsites, fishing, self-guided tours of marsh, field and forest, and a wildlife habitat demonstration trail. Phone: 989-3351.
Bedell Bridge State Park is located on the Connecticut River off Route 10 near the village of Haverhill Corner. A small-boat/canoe launch is available and the area abounds with wildlife and includes a large picnic area.
Richard G. Kinder Memorial Forest, off Briar Hill Road near North Haverhill Village, has a series of walking trails and displays of flora and fauna. It also has cross-country ski trails. Blackmount Country Club is the town’s nine-hole golf course and driving range on Clark Pond Road in North Haverhill; 787-6564.
North Haverhill Fairgrounds is the location of a fair held every year in July. Grounds also available for other events. For information, call 787-6696.

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Municipal offices in Haverhill. (Valley News - Jason Johns)

Haverhill, N.H.

Municipal Building: 2975 Dartmouth College Highway, North Haverhill, N.H. 03774; 787-6800
Hours: Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Web Site: www.town.haverhill.nh.us
Town Manager: Glenn English, 787-6800
Administrative Assistants: Anita Cate, 787-6800, fax 787-2226; Jo A. Lacaillade
Town Clerk: Bette A. Pollock, 787-6200
Hours: Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Deputy Town Clerk: Sandra Roy
Tax Collector: Sandra Roy, 787-6444
Hours: Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Board of Selectmen: Roderick Ladd, chairman, Joel Dupuis, Peter Heilemann,Peter Conrad; David P. Joslin (meets every other Monday at 5:30 p.m.)
Moderator: Doug McDonald
Treasurer: Robert F. Miller Jr., 747-2735
Health Officer: Stephen Robbins, 787-6800
Police Chief: Jeffery Williams, emergencies 911, non-emergencies 787-2223 or 787-2224
Road Agent: Samuel Clough, 787-6107
Supervisors of the Checklist: Wyllian Thompson, Barbara Eno, Mary Ingalls
Emergency Management Director: Stephen Robbins
Cemetery Commissioners: Robert J. Rutherford; Howard Thayer; Robert Clifford; Wayne Bigelow; Howard Hatch
Trustees of Trust Funds: James E. Graham, Frank Stiegler III, Shirley Cobb
Planning Board: Joel Godston; Steven Wheeler, chairman; Sherri Sargent, clerk; Roderick Ladd; Sandy Schmid; Thomas Friel; Don Hammond; (meets third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.)
Woodsville Fire Chief: Bradley Kennedy
North Haverhill Fire Chief: Don Hammond
Haverhill Corner Fire Chief: Michael Lavoie
Zoning Board of Adjustment: 787-6771; Michael Dannehy; Richard Gay; James Graham, chairman; Robert Maccini
Haverhill Corner Precinct Commissioners: Roderick Ladd, Albion Estes, Michael Lavoie
Woodsville Fire District Commissioners: Richard L. Guy, Joseph C. Maccini, Lawrence P. Corey
Mountain Lakes District Commissioners: Rodney Thompson, Rosellie Farr, Christopher Demers
North Haverhill Precinct Commissioners: David Lackie, Richard Clifford, Shawn Bigelow
Haverhill Library: Court Street; 989-5578; Paula Kent, librarian; Anne Ballam, children’s librarian
Library Hours: Monday and Wednesday 4 to 8 p.m., Tuesday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Patten Library: Main Street; Marilyn Spooner, librarian, 787-2542
Library Hours: Monday 2 to 7 p.m., Wednesday 2 to 6 p.m.
Pike Library: Route 25; Betty Conrad, librarian
Library Hours: Wednesday 2:30 to 5 p.m.
Library Trustees: Dale Kendall, Susan Brown, Eleanor Ingbretson
Woodsville Free Public Library: School Street, 747-3483; Dawn Langley, librarian; Dianne Noyes, assistant librarian
Library Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 1 to 8 p.m.
Woodsville Free Public Library Trustees: Hazen Wilson; Carol Kendall, secretary; Frances Krauss; Wayne Kickey; Roland Moore; Margie Wilson; Dale Kendall; Patricia Roy
School Board: David Robinson; Patricia Buchanan; Philip Tucker; Nancy Leitner; Keith Brown; Donald Bazzell; Michelle Reagan (meets the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m.)
School Treasurer: Carol Smith
Superintendent of Schools: Bruce C. Labs, 787-2113
Woodsville Elementary School: David James, principal, 787-2113
Woodsville High School: Sean Moynihan, principal, 747-2781
Woodsville High School Community Building: 747-3386
Haverhill Cooperative Middle School: Brent Walker, principal, 787-2100

Published July 20, 2008