2019 Annual Town Report
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On front cover: Sunrise over New London, looking east towards Mt. Kearsarge. Photo courtesy of Peter Bloch. On the back cover: Aerial view of Main Street looking towards the northeast at the New London Town Green and municipal buildings. Photo courtesy of Peter Bloch. 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 (2010 Census) 4397 Second Congressional District Merrimack County District 5 Second Councilor District Eighth State Senatorial District U.S. Senator Margaret Wood Hassan U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen 330 Hart Senate Office Building 506 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-3324 office (202) 224-2841 office hassan.senate.gov shaheen.senate.gov Representative in U.S. Congress Governor Chris Sununu Ann McLane Kuster 107 North Main Street 137 Cannon House Office Building State House Washington, DC 20515 Concord, NH 03301 (202) 225-5206 office (603) 271-2121 office (202) 225-2946 fax (603) 271-7680 fax kuster.house.gov governor.nh.gov Merrimack County Commissioner Executive Councilor Peter J. Spaulding Michael J. Cryans 333 Daniel Webster Highway Ste. 2 P.O. Box 999 Boscawen, NH 03303 Hanover, NH 03755 (603) 796-6800 (office) (603) 271-3632 office (603) 796-6840 (fax) [email protected] [email protected] State Senator, District 8 Ruth Ward of Stoddard Legislative Office Building, Room 103-A 33 North State Street Concord, NH 03301 (603) 271-6933 office [email protected] Rep. Karen Ebel of New London Rep. Dan Wolf of Newbury P.O. Box 714 P.O. Box 88 New London, NH 03257 Newbury, NH 03255 (603) 748-3876 (603) 763-5176 [email protected] [email protected] TABLE OF CONTENTS TOWN REPORTS page COMMUNITY REPORTS page Archives Committee..................................................35 Adventures in Learning...............................................50 Assessing Office...................................................16-17 Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust....................51 Board of Selectmen..................................................8-9 Center for the Arts.................................................52-53 Budget Committee......................................................36 Colby-Sawyer College..........................................54-55 Building & Facilities............................................37-38 Community Action Program.......................................56 Cemetery Commission...............................................39 Demographics........................................................93-95 Conservation Commission....................................40-41 Elkins Fish and Game Club...................................57-58 Emergency Management............................................19 Executive Councilor Report.......................................92 Energy Committee.....................................................42 Forest Fire Warden & Forest Ranger..........................59 Fire Department.....................................................20-21 Garden at Tracy Memorial Library.............................60 Health Department.....................................................22 Ice House Museum......................................................61 Joint Loss/Wellness....................................................43 Kearsarge Area Council on Aging..............................62 Master Plan...........................................................44-47 Kearsarge Chorale......................................................63 Planning Board...........................................................48 Kearsarge Lake Sunapee Food Pantry........................64 Police & Communication Department..................23-24 Kearsarge Regional High School NL Graduates......100 Police Incident Report................................................25 Lake Sunapee Protective Association....................65-66 Public Works Department & Recycling Report....26-28 Lake Sunapee Region Chamber of Commerce..........67 Recreation Department..............................................29 Lake Sunapee Region Visiting Nurse Association.....68 Supervisors of the Checklist......................................15 Little Lake Sunapee Protective Association...............69 Tax Relief Programs...................................................18 Messer Pond Protective Association.....................70-71 Town Administrator...................................................10 New London Bandstand Committee, Inc....................72 Town Clerk & Tax Collector......................................11 New London Barn Playhouse.....................................73 Town Meeting Minutes.........................................85-91 New London Garden Club..........................................74 Town Moderator....................................................12-13 New London Historical Society..................................75 Tracy Memorial Library........................................30-33