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The Allenstown Town Hall is located at 16 School Street, a short distance from Route 3 and next to the Armand Dupont School. Before the Wuhan Virus spread across the country, resulting in widespread shutdowns, this three-story red brick building was open to the public Monday to Thursday and housed several town departments. Currently residents must conduct their business either online or enter the building one at a time. Business meetings are conducted via a combination of video conferencing and mimimal in-person safe distancing.

Built in 1877-1878, it was called the Allenstown Grammar School or Brick School House (which lent its name to the street). It was constructed in the new Suncook Village that came about during the Industrial Revolution. In the beginning, only the first floor was used for classes. (Notice that it originally had two front doors.)

Due to a population shift from the Bear Brook area to the Village, the town voted in favor of moving town meetings to the school. At a dedication in 1878 the school's name was changed to the Allenstown Grammar School.

School operations consisted of grades 1 to 4 on the first floor, and grades 5 to 8 on the second floor. This arrangement remained in effect until the new Allenstown Elementary School was built on Main St. in 1962. The building then became home to the town government.

Town Administrator

The Town Administrator is appointed by the Selectmen to manage the day to day operations of the town government. The Administrator communicates the selectmen's directives to department heads and oversees town purchasing policies.

The new Town Administrator, John Harrington, came on board on August 12, 2024 after Derik Goodine departed for a Town Manager's position near his home town in Maine. Mr. Harrington was formerly Town Administrator for Deerfield, NH.

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Town Clerk

The Town Clerk and Deputy Town Clerk perform a variety of services including maintaining town records and vital records, registering vehicles and voters, preparing voting ballots, counting ballots on election day, and collecting dog license fees. The Town Clerk is an elected position but the Deputy Town Clerk is appointed by the Selectmen. (One person holds both Town Clerk and Tax Collector positions.)

Resident Jackie Tate, was appointed in January, ran for office, and was elected for a three-year term on March 12, 2024. Ms. Tate later nominated resident Matt LaFlamme to be Deputy Town Clerk/Tax Collector starting on April 1.

Town Clerk office hours are currently limited since they have been attending Town Clerk and DMV training classes and workshops. It would be best to check the town web site for the latest news on Town Clerk business days and hours. Hooksett has graciously offered to process Allenstown vehicle registrations on Wednesdays.

Tax Collector

The Tax Collector receives property taxes, yield taxes (gravel and timber), and current use change taxes. Property tax bills are due semi-annually, on July 1 (first half) and December 1 (second half). This is a position appointed by the Selectmen.

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Tax Map

The town has contracted with CAI Technologies, a Littleton, NH company, to provide the town with an extremely detailed, interactive, web-based tax map of all properties in the town. You can use it to look up details on your own property, to check out any property in town, or to look up property values of homes near you.

http://www.caigisonline.com/AllenstownNH/

Town/School Moderators

The Town Moderator presides at the annual Town Meeting and Deliberative Session, held in January. The Moderator regulates the business conducted there, sets the rules of conduct, and announces the results of every vote taken. In Allenstown, the Town and School Moderator have been historically the same person.

"The election of the moderator in a town shall be at the annual meeting in every even-numbered year." RSA 40:1

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Town Policies

The Town has enacted several policies to govern and guide town employees and officials in the proper completion of their roles and responsibilities. These policies can be found in several places on the town web site. One group of policies covers topics like ethics, hiring, finance, revenue, and safety. Another group relates to personnel policy and employee forms and documents. A third group concerns zoning situations.

• General Town Policies (town web site)
• Purchasing Policy (2019) (town web site)
• Personnel Policy Manual (this site)
• Zoning Policies (town web site)

Town web site