Keene
Population: 22,780.
Area: 34.7 square miles.
County: Cheshire.
City Hall: 3 Washington St., Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; clerk, 352-0133; city manager, 357-9804; revenue collector, 357-9801.
Tax Rate: $25.79, ratio of assessment 100 percent.
Registered Voters: 16,002.
Fire Dept.: chief, Gary P. Lamoureux; 911 or 357-9861 non-emergency.
Police Dept.: chief, Arthur Walker; 911 or 357-9815 non-emergency.
Mayor: Philip Dale Pregent, 357-9805.
City Manager: John A. MacLean, 357-9804.
City Councilors: Ward 1, Charles H. Redfern, Arnold H. Bailey; Ward 2, Pamela Russell Slack and Paula-Ayn Phillips; Ward 3, David C. Richards, Nathaniel M. Stout; Ward 4, Kendall W. Lane, Philip M. Jones; Ward 5, Cynthia C. Georgina, Joseph W. Bendzinski; At-large, Margaret A. Lynch, Ruth R. Venezia, Mitchell H. Greenwald, James P. Duffy and Kris E. Roberts.
City Clerk: Patricia A. Little, 352-0133.
Tax Collector: Contact Information: Department of Assessment; Voice: 357-9803 or 352-2125; Fax: (603) 357-9857.
Planning Board: chairman, Peter D. Bradshaw. City planner, W. Rhett Lamb, 352-5474.
Zoning Board of Adjustment: chairman, John C. Norton.
Public Works: director, Kurt D. Blomquist, 352-6550.
Recycling Center: Route 12 North; Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m.-3 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m.-1 p.m.; 352-5739.
Airport: Dillant-Hopkins, North Swanzey; director, Edward J. Mattern, 357-9835.
Schools: Daniels, Franklin, Fuller, Symonds, Wheelock elementary schools (K-5), Keene Middle (6-8), Keene High (9-12).
Other Schools: Franklin Pierce University, Keene State College, Antioch New England Graduate School, St. Joseph School (K-8), Monadnock Waldorf (preschool-8), Montessori Schoolhouse, Keene Montessori, Trinity Christian School (K-7).
Board of Education: Elizabeth Coppola, Neil W. Donegan, Donald Parker, Carter R. Chamberlin, Erik R. Murphy, Kathleen O’Donnell, Carol A. Brown, Shannon Sullivan, Christopher C. Coates.
State Representatives: Suzanne S. Butcher; Delmar Burridge; J. Timothy Dunn; Peter S. Espiefs; Kris E. Roberts; Timothy N. Robertson; Charles F. Weed, all Democrats.
Executive Councilor: Debora B. Pignatelli, D-Nashua.
State Senator: Molly M. Kelly, D-Keene.
Library: Keene Public Library, 60 Winter St., 352-0157, Mon.-Thur. 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri. 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Summer hours: June-August, Sat. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Hospital: Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth Hitchcock Keene, 580 Court St., 354-5400.
Churches: Assembly of God, Christian Science Reading Room, Church of Christ, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church of the Nazarene, Congregation Ahavas Achim synagogue, Keene Evangelical Free, First Baptist of Keene, First Church of Christ Scientist, Grace United Methodist, Harvest Christian Fellowship, Hope Chapel, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Keene Friends (Quakers), Keene State College Campus Ministry, KSC Newman Center, Monadnock Covenant, Salvation Army, St. Bernard’s, St. George Greek Orthodox, St. James Episcopal, St. Margaret Mary, Sturtevant Chapel, Trinity Lutheran, Keene Unitarian Universalist, United Church of Christ.
Parks, Rec. Facilities: Keene Parks and Recreation Department, 357-9829; Robin Hood Park; Wheelock Park.
Major Businesses: TD Banknorth, C&S Wholesalers Grocers, Cheshire Medical Center/ Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene, Cheshire Oil Co., Findings Inc., Ocean Bank, HL Holden Co. Inc., Home Depot, Keene Publishing Corp. (Sentinel), Keene State College, Kingsbury Corp., Markem Corp., Al Melanson Co. Inc., Monadnock Cutlery Co. Inc., Monadnock Radio Group, Monadnock Shopper News, N.H. Forge, National Grange Mutual Insurance Co., PC Connection, Peerless Insurance Co., Smiths Medical, Tidland Corp., Timken Super Precision (MPB), Wal-Mart, Arthur Whitcomb Inc., Whitney Brothers Co.
Major Retail Areas: Center at Keene, Colony Mill Marketplace, Key Road, Sears Plaza, Main Street, Monadnock Marketplace, Riverside Plaza, West Street Shopping Center.
Points of Interest: Ashuelot River Park, Keene State College, Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Wyman Tavern Museum, Horatio Colony House Museum, historic United Church of Christ on Central Square, Colony Mill Marketplace, historic markers noting location of Keene glass industry and Hampshire Pottery.
Web site: www.ci.keene.nh.us
