Walpole
Other Zip Codes: North Walpole, 03609; Drewsville, 03604.
Population: 3,697.
Area: 37.3 square miles.
County: Cheshire.
Town Hall: 34 Elm St.; selectmen’s office, Mon-Fri., 8 a.m.-4 p.m. (no phone calls Friday), 756-3672; selectmen meet Thur. 7:30 p.m.; town clerk and tax collector, Mon.-Thur., 7 a.m.-4 p.m., Wed. 6-7 p.m., 756-3514.
Tax Rate: $16.70, $17.36 in Walpole Fire District; North Walpole village precinct, $20.27; ratio of assessment 99.7 percent.
Registered Voters: 2,650.
Fire Dept.: 756-3621 chief, Richard Hurlburt; chief, Ed Hasselman, North Walpole; 445-5353 non-emergency.
Police Dept.: chief, David C. Hewes; 911; 445-2058 non-emergency.
Selectmen: Whitney R. Aldrich, Jamie Teague, Sheldon L. Sawyer.
Commissioners: North Walpole, Barbara O’Brien, Nancy Finlay, Patrick Kiniry, commissioners office, Tues. 7-9 p.m., 445-2453.
Town Clerk: Sandra J. Smith.
Tax Collector: Sandra J. Smith, Walpole; Teresa Kissell, North Walpole.
Moderator: Ernie Vose.
Treasurer: Myra Mansouri.
Planning Board: chairman, Jeffrey Miller.
Zoning Board of Adjustment: chairman, Myra Mansouri.
Road Agent: James Terrell.
Recycling Center: Route 123 (Whitcomb Road), Drewsville; Tues., Thur., Sat. 8 a.m.- 4 p.m.; 445-5197.
School Board: Fall Mountain Regional district representative, Charles P. Shaw.
State Representatives: Daniel A. Eaton, D-Stoddard; Tara A. Sad, D-Walpole; Lucy McVitty Weber, D-Walpole.
State Senator: Bob Odell, R-Lempster.
Schools: Walpole Primary (K-2), North Walpole Elementary (3-4), Walpole Elementary (5-8), Fall Mountain Regional High in Langdon (9-12).
Library: Bridge Memorial Library, Main Street, 756-9806, Mon. 1:30-5 p.m.; 6-8 p.m.; Tues., Thurs., Fri., 1:30-5 p.m.; Wed., 10 a.m.-noon; 1:30-5 p.m.; Sat. 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. North Walpole Library, 445-5153, Tues.-Wed. 2-4 p.m., Sat. 1-4 p.m.
Churches: First Congregational, St. John’s Episcopal, St. Peter’s, Unitarian Universalist, St. Joseph, Seventh-day Adventist.
Parks, Rec. Facilities: Whitcomb Recreational Park, pool and tennis courts.
Major Businesses: Bellows House Bakery, Hicks Machine Inc., Hubbard Farms Inc., Woodward Tiny Tot Furniture Inc., Frank W. Whitcomb Construction Corp., Burdick Chocolates, J.H. Dunning Corp., Len-Tex Inc., R.N. Johnson, Whitney Blake Inc., Benson Woodworking Co., Florentine Films, Stillpoint Publishing Inc., Walpole Savings Bank, Walgreens, Shaw’s supermarket, Ocean State Job Lot.
Points of Interest: Historical Society, Unitarian Church, Colonial houses, First Connecticut River Bridge, Hooper Institute Museum, Hooper Golf Club.
Web site: www.walpolenh.us
