Hancock
Population: 1,739.
Area: 31.4 square miles.
County: Hillsborough.
Town Office: 50 Main St., 525-4441, Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; town clerk, Mon. 6-9 p.m., Wed. 3-6 p.m.; tax collector, Mon. 4-6 p.m, Fri.,10 a.m. to noon.
Tax Rate: $17.38, 100 percent ratio of assessment.
Registered Voters: 1,364.
Fire Dept.: chief, Nevan Cassidy, 525-3366 non-emergency.
Police Dept.: chief, Steven A. Baldwin; 911; 525-4102 non-emergency.
Selectmen: John E. Hayes. Carolyn Boland, John Jordan.
Town Clerk: Elizabeth A. Grosjean.
Tax Collector: Elaine Paquette.
Moderator: Richard M. Haskins.
Administrative Assistant: Barbara E. Caverly.
Planning Board: John Jordan, Mark Stevens, Tom Bates, Stephen Forling, Roberta Nylander, John Carlson, Richard Lefevbre, Carolyn Boland.
Zoning Board of Adjustment: Hunt Dowse, Dan Beers, Ken Chester, John Grosjean, Alison Rossiter, Dan LePlante, Elizabeth Pels, Linda Renna, John Hayes.
Road Agent: Kurtis Grassett.
Recycling Center: Route 137 (Bennington Road); Wed. 3-6 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m.-noon, Sun. noon-4 p.m. 525-4722. Burn pile hours: Mon. 2:30-4:30 p.m., Sat. 1:30-3:30 p.m.
School Board: Conval Regional district representative, Daniel Harper.
State Representatives:
David E. Essex, D-Antrim; Ron J. Mack, D-Hancock; Gilman C. Shattuck, R-Hillsborough.
State Senator: Harold Janeway D-Webster.
Schools: Hancock School (K-4), Great Brook in Antrim (5-8), Conval Regional High in Peterborough (9-12).
Library: Main Street, 525-4411, Mon., Wed. 2-6 p.m., Tues., Thur. 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Churches: First Congregational, Harvest Christian Fellowship.
Major Businesses: John Hancock Inn, Hancock Market, Fiddleheads Cafe.
Points of Interest: Harris Center for Conservation Education, Boston University’s Sargent Center, Very Long Baseline Array radiotelescope, John Hancock Inn.
Web site: www.hancocknh.org.
