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Town 3S3.07 of Boscawen NNUAL REPORT 1991 CAREY'S MARKET ThisstorewasknownasthefirststoreinthevillageofPenacookwhenLutherJohnsonand IsaacGagebeganbusinesstherein1836. Italsobecamethefirstpost-officein1843. By1849, there were two firms, one selling drugs, medicines, books and stationery; and the other, English and West India goods, flour, butter, cheese, etc. Succeeding owners were Austin Kimball, GeorgeDudley, Foote& Gage andFoote& Morse. The SanbornBrothers operated thestorefrom 1891 to 1910. G.D. Brockway, Robert K. Jones, Jackman and Son and A.H. Hibbard were operators until 1941. George "Vic" Flint was the owner/operator from then until November 1953 when Daniel and Bridget Carey, movingherefrom Brooklyn, NYpurchased thestore. With the aid of eight children over the years, they have operated the store for a longer periodoftimethan anypreviousowner. Son, Jim, isthesecondgenerationCareycurrently workingwith hisparents. Selectmen'sOffice HealthOfficer 17HighStreet, Boscawen, NH03303; Phone: JohnDagata; Phone796-2609 796-2426; Office Hours: Monday-Friday8:00 a.m.-5:00p.m. FireDepartment Dana W. Smith; Thomas Danko, Chair- Roland "Joe" Bartlett, Chief, 17 High Street man; Douglas R. Supry; Sherlene B. Fisher, Boscawen, NH03303. Adm. Assist.; JodiWelch, Secretary. Burning Permits—Contact: Joe Bartlett Selectmen'sMeetingsareheldat17HighSt. 796-2157; RayFisher, 796-2498 on2nd and4th Wednesday ofeach month at 4:00p.m. CivilDefenseDirector Earl Houston, 796-2426 ZoningBoardofAdjustment 16 High Street, Boscawen, NH03303 TownModerator Kenneth Marshall, Chairman RickA. Trombly Robert Knowlton, Zoning Officer; Phone: 796-2105; Office Phone: 796-2478; Pam SupervisorsoftheChecklist Davis, Secretary; 796-2426. Carl Glover, Sr. Chairman; William Bevans, ZoningBoardMeetingsareheldat 16High Paul Weeks St. on4thTuesdayofeachmonthat7:30p.m. PublicLibraries PlanningBoard Main Library: Tuesday, 2:30-6:00 p.m.; 16HighStreet, Boscawen, NH 03303 Thursday, 3:00-7:00 p.m.; Librarian- Greg Placy, Chairman; Phone: 796-2439; Barbara Keegan Office Phone: 796-2478; Pam Davis, Secre- Branch Library: Monday, 3:00-6:30 p.m.; tary; 796-2426. Wednesday 3:00-7:00 p.m.; Librarian— Planning Board Meetings are held at 16 BernadetteRandlett High St. on 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. BoscawenCongregational Church Dawn Berry, Minister, 12 High Street, Treasurer-Bookkeeper Boscawen, NH 03303; Phone796-2565 Patricia Knight; OfficePhone: 796-2343 PostOffice TaxCollector 228 KingStreet, Boscawen, NH 03303 PhyllisHewey, 17HighStreet,Boscawen,NH Postmistress: Laura Lane 03303; Phone: 796-2426; Office Hours: Tues- Hours: Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 day, Wednesday& Thursday8:30a.m.-12:30 noon& 3:30p.m.-5:30p.m.; Saturday, 11:00 p.m., 1:00p.m.-5:00 p.m. a.m.-1:00p.m. TownClerk LifeSafetyCodeOfficer Barbara Holmes, 17 High Street, Boscawen, HaroldHamilton;Phone: 753-9451 (after5:00 NH 03303; Phone: 796-2426; Office Hours: p.m.) Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 1:00 p.m.-5:00p.m. Genealogical/HistoricalInformation Dorothy Sanborn, 796-2582 (summer Penacook-BoscawenWaterPrecinct residence), 796-2211 (winter residence); 9 Woodbury Lane, Boscawen, NH 03303; Henrietta Kenney, 796-2164; VirginiaColby, Phone: 796-2206; Teddy Hooper, Secretary; 225-3122; Ronald Reed, President, Boscawen OfficeHours:Wednesday9:00a.m.-1:00p.m. Historical Society, 796-2236 PublicWorksDirector Conservation Commission Richard Hollins, 13 Woodbury Lane, CharlesJaworski, Chairman Boscawen, NH 03303; Phone: 796-2207. ConservationCommissionMeetingheld4th Thursday of each month at 16 High St., BoscawenTransferStation Boscawen, NH 03303 at7:30p.m. Corn Hill Road; Hours: Wednesday & Satur- day 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (Dump sticker re- TownMeetings quired—obtained at theTown Office) Held2ndTuesdayofMarch, BoscawenTown Hall PoliceDepartment Mark Pepler, Chief, 19 High Street, Boscawen,NH03303;NormaHouston,Clerk/ EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBERS Dispatcher; Phone796-2277 (Emergency) Police — 796-2277 — Fire/Rescue 1-225-3355 Town of Boscawen Annual Report TABLE OF CONTENTS Auditor'sReport 26 BoscawenFireDepartment 12 BoscawenPublicWorksDepartment 70 BoscawenOldHomeDayReport andBudget 66 BoscawenPublicLibraryReportandBudget 52 Budget 16 BudgetCommitteeReport 21 CemeteryCommissionReport 63 CentralN.H. RegionalPlanningCommissionReport 60 ComparativeStatementofAppropriations andExpenditures 28 ConcordRegional SolidWaste/ResourceRecoveryCooperative 72 ConcordRegionalVisitingNurseAssociationReport 74 Conservation Commission 75 CurrentUseReport 27 DetailedStatementofExpenditures 45 Financial Report 32 FireDepartmentReport andFireDepartmentBudget 56 Health Officer'sReport 59 HumanServiceOfficer'sReport 54 IndependentAuditor'sReport (WaterPrecinct) 100 LifeSafetyOfficer'sReport 62 LoansinAnticipationofTaxes 35 N.H. MunicipalBondDebt 40 OfficeHoursofTownOfficers InsideFrontCover & Parks RecreationReport 59 Penacook-BoscawenWaterPrecinctWarrant 97 — PoliceDepartment 1992BudgetProposal 69 PoliceDepartmentReport 68 ScheduleofTownProperty 27 Selectmen'sReport 20 SolidWasteManagement 71 StatementofAppropriations 22 SummaryofInventoryofValuation 26 TaxCollector'sReport 42 Tax Rate 24 TownClerk'sReport 39 TownForestFireWarden andStateForestRangerReport 58 — TownMeeting 1991 77 TownOfficers 8 TownTreasurer's Report 44 TrusteesofTrustFundsReport 64 UpperMerrimackRiverLocalAdvisoryCommittee 76 Vital Statistics 39 WaterCommissioner'sAnnual Report 97 WarrantofTownMeeting 13 ZoningBoardReport 90 ZoningOfficer'sReport 90 DEDICATION IN MEMORIAM Marjorie G. Emery October 8, 1900 - June 8, 1991 Boscawen's Outstanding Citizen 1974 Boscawen Congregational Church Choir Director - 20 Years Boscawen Public Library Librarian 1924 - 1948 Girl's Earnest Workers 4-H Club - 25 Years Ezekial Webster Grange - 70 years Boscawen Ladie's Aide Society Boscawen Women's Club Outstanding Devotion to the Community Majorie G. Emerywas a lifelongresident ofMountPleasant Farm here in Boscawen. She served the community for many years in several capacities. After retirement, one of her favorite pastimes was working at Shaker Village. The 1991 Annual Report is dedicated to her memory. Carey's Market Before First Store. 1836 First Post Office, 1843 %2^/ ^"^r^Jfz- g^&z^ &* vJJ ^*_-A ,&z 2 *f Q* A A 7 i/£ p> 7 <MM<- J^ del ., S<6,ma^ fin//<&UJ- /«--. ,^Z- '4/ #> i->//<ci-&i»i*£ CONGRATULATIONS ""• 8 TOWNOFBOSCAWEN TOWN OFFICERS 1991 MODERATOR RickTrombly SELECTMEN ThomasDanko, Chairman TermExpires 1992 DouglasR. Supry TermExpires 1993 DanaW. Smith TermExpires 1994 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT SherleneFisher SELECTMENSECRETARY JodiWelch TOWNCLERK BarbaraHolmes 1991 TREASURER PatriciaKnight 1991 COLLECTOROFTAXES PhyllisHewey OVERSEERS OF CHECKLIST William R. Bevans PaulWeeks Carl S. Glover **Robert G. Keneval POLICE DEPARTMENT ChiefMarkPepler Special OfficerLeonardO'Keefe SergeantDavidCroft Special OfficerPeterBrigham OfficerJohnMurray Special Officer GeorgeCushman OfficerPeterShephard Special OfficerRobertBunnell *OfficerAlanDeMichelis Special OfficerJames Lavery *Special OfficerTobiDow *Special OfficerRichardDoucet PD-Clerk/Dispatcher ElizabethN. Houston School CrossingGuard VernonMerchant HEALTHOFFICER JohnDagata LIFE SAFETYOFFICER HaroldHamilton LIBRARY TRUSTEES DorothySanborn Termexpires 1993 AlmaDean Termexpires 1993 LucileCarlson Termexpires 1994 ToddWest, Chairman Termexpires 1994 MaryWeeks Termexpires 1992 FORESTFIREWARDEN RolandBartlett-Appointed DEPUTY FIRE WARDENS Ray Fisher *Craig Nixon Mark Bailey *Leonard Miner Sr. Robert York Peter Kenney *Harold Hamilton Gus Swenson **Deceased *Resigned