Hancock, New Hampshire
Vital Information
Zipcode: 03449
County: Hillsborough
Population: 1,805
Area: 31.4 square miles
Town Hall:
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: $18.15; 98.9 percent ratio of assessment
Registered Voters: 1,275
Fire Department: Chief, Nevan Cassidy, 525-3366 non-emergency
Police Department: Chief, Steven A. Baldwin; 911; 525-4102 non-emergency
Town Clerk:
Joan Joseph
Town Administrator: Barbara E. Caverly
Town Secretary: Linda E. Coughlin
Tax Collector: Rennie Timm
Planning Board: Stephen Froling (chair), Roberta Nylander, John Carlson, Richard Lefebvre, Mark Stevens, Ellena Weston-Zimmermann, Carolyn Boland, Tom Bates (alternate)
Zoning Board of Adjustment: Leonard Dowse (chair), Alison Rossiter, Dan LaPlante, Dan Beers, Ken Chester, Jon Grosjean, Roberta LaPlante, Elizabeth Pels (alternate), Linda Renna (alternate)
Moderator: Richard M. Haskins
Road Agent: Kurtis Grassett
Recycling Center: Route 137 (Bennington Road); Wed. 4-7 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m.- 3 p.m., 525-4722. Burn pile hours: Mon. 2:30-4:30 p.m., Sat. 1:30-3 p.m
Public Schools: Hancock School (K-4), Great Brook in Antrim (5-8), Conval Regional High in Peterborough (9-12).
Board of Education: Conval Regional district representative, Daniel Harper
State Representatives: Philip R. Harvey, R-Hillsborough; Ron J. Mack, D-Hancock; Gilman C. Shattuck, R-Hillsborough
State Senator: Harold W. Janeway, D-Webster
Selectmen: Carolyn Boland (chair), John Jordan, Roberta LaPlante
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, Amidon Management Consultants, Business Forecast Systems, D.S. Huntington Co., Hancock Associates, Hancock Baskets, Princeton Group, Yasvin Designers
Points of Interest: Harris Center for Conservation Education, Very Long Baseline Array radiotelescope, John Hancock Inn
Web Site: www.hancocknh.org
Email Address: office@hancocknh.org
