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THE GOVERNMENT FORM: Town manager, three-member Board of Selectmen, Town Meeting (with all questions going on ballot). ELECTED OFFICIALS: Board of Selectmen: Asa Knowles Jr. (chairman); Oliver Carter Jr., 603-474-5034; Karen Knight, 603-474-7465. School Board: Ronald Eaton Jr. (chairman), 603-474-9182; Blanche Gove-Bragg, 603-474-5454; Keith Sanborn. Town Clerk Bonnie Fowler, 603-474-3152. APPOINTED OFFICIALS: Town Manager Russell Bailey, 603-474-3252; Building Inspector and Health Agent Robert Moore, 603-474-2966 TOWN HALL: 99 Lafayette Road, 603-474-3152 INCORPORATED: 1768 POPULATION: 7,934 (2000 Census) AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME: $46,021 SIZE: Nine square miles TAX RATE PER $1,000: $13.80 MEDIAN PRICE, SINGLE FAMILY HOME: $200,000
THE FACTS BUSINESS: Major industries: nuclear power plant, plastic and rubber auto parts, dog track, charter and commercial fishing, small machine shops, retail. Business organizations: New Hampshire Business and Industry Association, Concord, 603-224-5388. CHURCHES: Advent: Advent Christian Church, 603-474-3518; Baptist: Seabrook Baptist Church, 603-474-3856; Church of Christ, 603-474-2660; Conservative Congregational: Rand Memorial Congregational Church, 603-474-2703, 603-474-5205; American Baptist, United Methodist, United Church of Christ: Trinity United Church, 603-474-3342. ELDER SERVICES: Rockingham County Nutrition Program, 603-474-2139; Rockingham County Community Action Project, 603-474-3507; Senior citizen club at Community Center, 603-474-5746; Council on Aging, 603-474-3507. HOSPITAL and HEALTH SERVICES: Anna Jaques Hospital, Newburyport, 978-463-1000. Anna Jaques Hospital Walk-in Health Stop, Route 1, 603-474-3214; Exeter Hospital, Exeter, 603-778-7311. LIBRARY: Brown Library, Centennial Road, 603-474-2044 POST OFFICE: Route 1 traffic circle, 603-474-2612 RECREATION: Recreation Director: Sandra Beaudoin, 603-474-5746. Major recreation areas: Community Center, Route 1; four playing fields; public beach; BMX track, off Route 107. SCHOOLS: Public schools: Winnacunnet Regional High School, Hampton (grades 9-12); one elementary/junior high school (grades K-8). School Department: 603-926-8992. Superintendent: Jack Bourgoin, 603-926-8992. Adult Education: Winnacunnet High School, 603-926-3395. Higher Learning: Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, 978-556-3000. SOCIAL SERVICES: Welfare Agent: Deirdre Greene, 603-474-8931 TRASH COLLECTION: Weekly curbside pick-up. Town transfer station: Rocks Road, 603-474-9765. Open Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Friday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., weekends, 8 a.m. to noon. Recycling: Curbside pickup of cans, newspaper, glass, aluminum, steel, tin cans, plastic and some textiles during regular trash pickup. UTILITIES: Cable TV: AT and T Broadband. Electric: Exeter and Hampton Electric Co., 603-772-5916. Natural gas: Northern Utilities, 603-926-4526. Phone service: Verizon, 603-430-8100. Water and Sewer: Water Department, 603-474-9921. Wastewater Treatment Plant, 603-474-8012. YOUNG PEOPLE'S GROUPS: Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts; Girl Scouts, Swift Water Council, 800-654-1270; Seabrook Community Center and Recreation Department, runs many activities and youth leagues, director Sandra Beaudoin, 603-474-5746.
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