Annual Report of the Selectboard, Treasurer, and other Town Officers for the Town of Newbury New Hampshire Mike Croteau’s Retirement Celebration after 75 years with the Fire Department. Photo Courtesy Jennifer Parkhurst-Smith For the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2020 with Vital Statistics for the year 2020 Cover photo – Double Rainbow over Lake Sunapee. Photo Courtesy Pam Bryk 2020 Annual Town Report Design, layout, editing and production by Pam Bryk Assistant production and editing by Jennifer Parkhurst-Smith Copyediting by Donna Long TABLE OF CONTENTS 2021 Budget for the Town of Newbury...................................................................................................... 19 Assessor’s Report........................................................................................................................................ 29 Auditor’s Report ....................................................................................................................................... 106 Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust ................................................................................................... 93 Births......................................................................................................................................................... 103 Blodgett Wastewater Treatment Facility .................................................................................................... 48 Bradford-Newbury-Sutton Youth Sports.................................................................................................... 82 Budget Committee Report .......................................................................................................................... 33 Cemetery Trustees ...................................................................................................................................... 67 Center Meeting House ................................................................................................................................ 80 Code Enforcement ...................................................................................................................................... 43 Community Action Program....................................................................................................................... 89 Conservation Commission.......................................................................................................................... 70 Council of Aging......................................................................................................................................... 90 Deaths ....................................................................................................................................................... 105 Demographics ........................................................................................................................................... 160 Directory of Town Services...................................................................................................................... 164 Emergency Management ............................................................................................................................ 45 Family Services........................................................................................................................................... 69 Fire Department .......................................................................................................................................... 37 Forest Fire Warden ..................................................................................................................................... 40 Health Officer ............................................................................................................................................. 46 Highway Department.................................................................................................................................. 44 Historical Society........................................................................................................................................ 66 Information Booth ....................................................................................................................................... 65 Introduction................................................................................................................................................. 10 Investment Accounts................................................................................................................................... 24 Joint Loss Management Committee............................................................................................................ 47 Lake Sunapee Protective Association......................................................................................................... 95 Lake Sunapee Region Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice ................................................................... 87 Library ........................................................................................................................................................ 49 Marriages .................................................................................................................................................. 104 Minutes – Town Meeting, March 10, 2020 .............................................................................................. 149 New London Hospital................................................................................................................................. 85 Newbury Beautification Committee ........................................................................................................... 68 Newbury Energy Committee ...................................................................................................................... 73 Newbury Veterans Committee.................................................................................................................... 72 Outstanding Debt Statement ....................................................................................................................... 77 Planning Board............................................................................................................................................ 60 Poet Laureate .............................................................................................................................................. 55 Police Department....................................................................................................................................... 34 Recreation Department ............................................................................................................................... 58 School Board for Kearsarge District........................................................................................................... 81 Selectboard’s Report................................................................................................................................... 11 State Forest Ranger..................................................................................................................................... 41 Summary Inventory of Valuation ............................................................................................................... 30 Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway....................................................................................................... 97 Tax Collector’s Report................................................................................................................................ 26 Tax Dollars Pie Chart.................................................................................................................................. 76 Tax Rate Calculation for 2020.................................................................................................................... 74 The John Hay Estate at the Fells................................................................................................................. 91 Town Administrator’s Report ..................................................................................................................... 12 Town Clerk’s Report................................................................................................................................... 22 Town Officers ............................................................................................................................................... 5 Town Property Inventory............................................................................................................................ 32 Transfer Station........................................................................................................................................... 63 Treasurer’s Report ...................................................................................................................................... 23 Trustee of the Trust Funds Report .............................................................................................................. 25 UNH Cooperative Extension .................................................................................................................... 100 Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission...................................................................