Peterborough
Vital Information
Zipcode: 03458
County: Hillsborough
Population: 6,186
Area: 36 square miles
Town Hall:
Town House: 1 Grove St., Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; 924-8000; town clerk and tax collector, Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Thur. 5-7 p.m.
Tax Rate: $25.39, ratio of assessment 94.8 percent
Registered Voters: 5,405
Fire Department: chief, Joseph Lenox 3rd; 911, 924-8090 non-emergency
Police Department: chief, Scott Guinard; 911, 924-8050 non-emergency
Town Clerk:
Carol A. Lenox, 924-8000, ext. 105; e-mail, clenox@townofpeterborough.us
Community Development: director, Carol Ogilvie, 924-8000, ext. 104; e-mail, cogilvie@townofpeterborough.us
Town Administrator: Pamela L. Brenner, 924-8000; e-mail, administration@townofpeterborough.us
Tax Collector: Linda Paris, 924-8000, ext. 113; e-mail, lparis@townofpeterborough.us
Planning Board: Posy Bass, David Enos, Peter LaRoche, Leandra MacDonald, Richard Monahon, Mose Olenik, Ivy Vann, Elizabeth Thomas selectman's liason
BudgetCommittee: Richard Alder, Jennifer Duffy, Bertha Harris, Mark Harrison, Steve Jones, Gordon Kemp, Susy Mansfield, Roland Patten, Donald Parkhurst.
Zoning Board of Adjustment: Maude Salinger, Matthew Waitkins, Joanna Morrisey, Tricia Cravedi, Loretta Laurenitis
Moderator: Walter R. Peterson Jr
Public Works: director, Rodney A. Bartlett, 924-8000, ext. 100.
Recycling Center: Recycling Center: Scott Mitchell Road; Tues., Wed., Fri., Sat. 8 a.m.-5:45 p.m.; 924-8095
Public Schools: Peterborough Elementary (K-4), South Meadow (5-8), Conval Regional High (9-12).
Board of Education: Conval Regional district representatives: Beverly Bacon, John Newman, Butch Estey, R. Craig Hicks
State Representatives: Anne-Marie Irwin, D-Peterborough; Janet "Jill" L. Shaffer Hammond, D-Peterborough, Andrew R. Peterson, R-Peterborough; Peter R. Leishman, D-Greenville.
State Senator: Peter E. Bragdon, R-Milford
Selectmen: Joseph Byk, Elizabeth Thomas, Barbara Miller
Library: Peterborough Town Library, 2 Concord St., 924-8040. Mon., Wed., Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Tues., Thur. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; summer hours: Sun. noon-2 p.m. (Labor Day-Memorial Day).
Hospital: Monadnock Community Hospital, Old Street Road, 924-7191
Churches: Baha’i Faith of Peterborough, Christian Science, Union Congregational, All Saints’ Episcopal, Trinity Evangelical, St. Peter’s Roman Catholic, Unitarian, United Methodist, Good Shepherd Lutheran, Monadnock Congregational.
Parks & Recreation: Adams Playground, Depot Square Park, Shieling Forest, Casalis State Forest, MacDowell Dam, Cunningham Pond Beach (residents only), Putnam Park.
Major Businesses: N.H. Ball Bearings Inc., Staff Development for Educators, Eastern Mountain Sports, Millard Group Inc., Peterborough Basket Co., Sim’s Press, Compucare Business Services, Monadnock Community Hospital, Carus Publishing/Cobblestone, Soft Landings, TD Banknorth and Ocean National Bank.
