2010 Annual Town Report
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A 2010 TOWN OF NEW LONDON TOWN OF NEW LONDON TOWN ELECTION ANNUAL TOWN MEETING nnu A Tuesday, March 8, 2011 Wednesday, March 9, 2011 l NEW HAMPSHIRE R Whipple Memorial Town Hall Kearsarge Learning Center epo Polls open 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM 7:00 PM R t ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING NEW LONDON-SPRINGFIELD WATER SYSTEM PRECINCT DECEMBER 31, 2010 & 2011 TOWN MEETING ANNUAL MEETING Tuesday, March 15, 2011 Polls open 4:00 PM – 7:30 PM Meeting opens 4:00 PM; recesses at 4:15 PM Meeting reconvenes at 7:00 PM ne W W lon D on , n H TOWN OF NEW LONDON DIRECTORY DIRECTORY OF TOWN SERVICES EMERGENCY – always dial 911 Assessment of Property Selectmen’s Office 526-4821 ext. 20 [email protected] Beach Parking Permits Town Clerk’s Office 526-4821 ext. 11 [email protected] AMBULANCE – FIRE – POLICE Beach Programs and Activities Recreation Department 526-4821 ext. 14 [email protected] Birth Certificates Town Clerk’s Office 526-4821 ext. 11 [email protected] SELECTMEN’S OFFICE 526-4821 POLICE DEPARTMENT 526-2626 Boat Registration Town Clerk’s Office 526-4821 ext. 11 [email protected] Fax 526-9494 David J. Seastrand, Police Chief Building Permits Zoning Administrator 526-4821 ext. 16 [email protected] Mon-Fri: 8:00 AM-4:00 PM [email protected] Burn Permits Dispatch/Communications 526-2626 Jessie W. Levine, Town Administrator EMERGENCIES – 24 hours 911 Death Certificates Town Clerk’s Office 526-4821 ext. 11 [email protected] 526-4821 x 13 [email protected] NON-Emergencies – 24 hours 526-2626 Dog Licenses Town Clerk’s Office 526-4821 ext. 11 [email protected] Linda J. Jackman, Administrative Assistant Election and Voter Information Town Clerk’s Office 526-4821 ext. 11 [email protected] 526-4821 x 10 [email protected] False Alarm Reporting Dispatch/Communications 526-2626 Footpath/Hiking Maps Selectmen’s Office 526-4821 ext. 10 [email protected] Amy A. Rankins, Land Use & Assessing Coordinator FIRE DEPARTMENT 526-6073 Hazardous Waste Public Works Department 526-6337 [email protected] 526-4821 x 20 [email protected] Jason Lyon, Fire Chief [email protected] Health Concerns/Violations Donald Bent, Health Officer 526-4761 [email protected] Carolyn E. Fraley, Finance Officer 911 EMERGENCIES – 24 hours 526-4821 x 21 [email protected] Home Business Permits Zoning Administrator 526-4821 ext. 16 [email protected] 526-6073 NON-Emergencies – 24 hours Maps of Town/Tax Maps Selectmen’s Office 526-4821 ext. 10 [email protected] Normand G. Bernaiche, Town Assessor Website: www.nlfd.org Motor Vehicle Registration Town Clerk’s Office 526-4821 ext. 11 [email protected] 526-4821 x17 [email protected] Passports Town Clerk’s Office 526-4821 ext. 11 [email protected] Peter S. Stanley Planning & Zoning Administrator* TRACY MEMORIAL LIBRARY 526-4656 Planning/Zoning Concerns Zoning Administrator 526-4821 ext. 16 [email protected] 526-4821 x 16 [email protected] Sandra Licks, Library Director Property Tax Payments Tax Collector’s Office 526-4821 ext. 11 [email protected] * Monday through Thursday 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM Tues & Thurs: 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM Recycling Information Transfer Station 526-9499 [email protected] Wed & Fri: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Roads, Streets and Sidewalks Public Works Department 526-6337 [email protected] TOWN CLERK/TAX COLLECTOR 526-4821 Sat: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Sewer/Wastewater Questions Public Works Department 526-6337 [email protected] Mon-Fri: 8:00 AM-4:00 PM E-mail: [email protected] Sign Permits Zoning Administrator 526-4821 ext. 16 [email protected] Linda Hardy, Town Clerk/Tax Collector Website: www.tracylibrary.org Temporary Beach/Dump Permits Town Clerk’s Office 526-4821 ext. 11 [email protected] Town Hall/Conference Room Use Selectmen’s Office 526-4821 ext. 10 [email protected] Joan Pankhurst, Deputy Town Clerk/Tax Collector 526-4821 x 11 or 12 [email protected] Transfer Station Permits Town Clerk’s Office 526-4821 ext. 11 [email protected] RECREATION DEPARTMENT 526-4821 ext. 14 Transfer Station Questions Transfer Station 526-9499 [email protected] Chad Denning, Recreation Director Voter Registration Town Clerk’s Office 526-4821 ext. 11 [email protected] PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 526-6337 Mon-Fri: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Welfare Assistance Selectmen’s Office 526-4821 ext. 10 [email protected] Mon-Fri: 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM E-mail: [email protected] Zoning Ordinances Selectmen’s Office 526-4821 ext. 10 [email protected] Richard E. Lee, Public Works Director Website: www.nlrec.com [email protected] PLANNING BOARD 526-4821 TRANSFER STATION 526-9499 CONSERVATION COMMISSION The Selectmen’s Office and Town Clerk/Tax Collector’s Office will be closed on the following holidays: John Early, Supervisor ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sat 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM [email protected] or [email protected] Monday, January 17, 2011 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day BRUSH & METAL DISPOSAL 526-9499 Monday, February 21, 2011 Presidents’ Day Tues: 8:00 AM-4:00 PM Sunday: 12:00-4:00 PM* CEMETERY COMMISSION 526-6442 Monday, May 30, 2011 Memorial Day *Apr-Nov: every Sun.; Dec-Mar: third Sun. of month Marion C. Hafner, Chair Monday, July 4, 2011 Independence Day Monday, September 5, 2011 Labor Day WATER DEPARTMENT 526-4441 HEALTH DEPARTMENT 526-4761 Friday, November 11, 2011 Veterans’ Day Robert Thorp, Superintendent [email protected] Donald F. Bent, Health Officer [email protected] Thursday, November 24 & Friday, November 25, 2011 Thanksgiving Holiday 526-2626 EMERGENCIES – 24 hours Hours by appointment -- please leave a message Friday, December 23 & Monday, December 26, 2011 Christmas Holiday 526-4441 Please leave a message Friday, December 30, 2011 New Years Holiday For up-to-date calendar information, visit For current information, minutes, and Town business calendar, visit www.nl-nh.com. www.nl-nh.com/calendar TOWN OF NEW LONDON NEW HAMPSHIRE ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE TOWN OFFICERS, BOARDS AND OTHER AGENCIES FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2010 Printed by The Country Press, New London, NH On the front cover: Four Seasons in New London Spring: Memorial Day (Jody Cooper) & high water at Pleasant Lake Dam (Kittie Wilson) Summer: Sunset at Bucklin Beach (Erica McCullough) and reading in the Community Garden (Frank Gilligan) Fall: Running through the corn maze (Mary Beth Westward) and riding down South Pleasant (McCullough) Winter: Enjoying winter’s bounty (Joan Eaton) and collecting winter’s bounty (Ronald Lengyel) On the back cover: Bringing home the Christmas tree (Peter Stanley) TOWN OF NEW LONDON Incorporated June 25, 1779 Total Area 16,192 Acres, Land Area 14,144 Acres Water Area 2,048 Acres Highest Elevation in Town: Morgan Hill 1,760 feet Population (1950 Census) 1484 Population (1960 Census) 1738 Population (1970 Census) 2236 Population (1980 Census) 2893 Population (1990 Census) 3180 Population (2000 Census) 4116 Population Estimate (2007 NH Office of Energy and Planning) 4372 Second Congressional District Merrimack County District 1 Second Councilor District Eighth State Senatorial District U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen of Madbury 188 Russell Senate Office Building G53 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Washington, DC 20510 (603) 622-7979 office (202) 224-2841 office http://ayotte.senate.gov [email protected] Representative in U.S. Congress Governor Hon. John Lynch Charles Bass State House 2350 Rayburn HOB 25 Capitol Street Washington, DC 20515 Concord, NH 03301 (202) 225-5206 (DC) (603) 226-0064 (NH) (603) 271-2121 office http://bass.house.gov (603) 271-7680 fax www.governor.nh.gov Merrimack County Commissioner Executive Councilor Peter J. Spaulding Daniel St. Hilaire 333 D.W.Highway Ste. 2 107 N. Main St. State House Room 207 Boscawen, NH 03303 Concord, NH 03301 (603) 796-6800 (603) 271-3632 [email protected] State Senator, District 8 Bob Odell of Lempster PO Box 23 Lempster, NH 03605-0023 (603) 271-2104 office [email protected] Rep. Robert A. Foose of New London Rep. David Kidder of New London P.O. Box 1397 34 Blueberry Lane New London, NH 03257 New London, NH 03257 (603) 526-4256 (603) 526-4767 [email protected] [email protected] THIS TOWN REPORT IS DEDICATED TO: ALF E. JACOBSON April 4, 1924 – April 18, 2010 As a 20-year old Marine serving as a Japanese interpreter, landing on Iwo Jima with the fifth assault wave on February 19, 1945, Alf Jacobson saw horrors beyond imagination. So moved was he by the experience (and by his visit to Nagasaki shortly after the atomic bomb) that on the anniversary of the assault, he delivered to the floor of the NH House a short tribute to is fellow Marines: “Each year that I have been in the legislature, I have stopped for these few moments to honor those who gave the upmost. They gave their lives so that I and all of you can be free. They made the ultimate sacrifice. After 36 days, I boarded a ship for Honolulu and from that moment on to this day, I have had nothing but lucky days.” His lucky days in New London began in 1958, when he and his wife Sonja moved here from Muncie, Indiana, when he accepted a position at then Colby Junior College teaching economics, a job he held until 1986.