Town Contact Information
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Town of Surry, P. O. Box 147, Surry, ME 04684
Telephone: 667-5912 Fax: 667-5187
Office Hours: Mon., Wed., Thu., Fri., 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Tue., 12-7 p.m.
Selectmen meet: alternate Tue., 7 p.m., town office.
CEO available every Tue., 6-8 p.m., town office

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Municipal Information
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Town Description

Surry is primarily a residential area, with many people commuting to Ellsworth and beyond to work. The town has long stretches of shoreline and miles of lakefront that have attracted seasonal residents, increasing the population in summer. The Surry Opera Company is world-famous, as was the Surry Playhouse a generation ago. A town park and nearby walking trails offer opportunities for recreation for all.

The town has an active community organization—the Surry Community Improvement Association—that seeks “to promote community spirit…and explore ways to make Surry an even better place to live.” The Arbutus Grange is one of several active granges in the area.

One of the original townships surveyed by David Marsh, Surry was incorporated in 1803. Transportation difficulties divided the town into five sections, each with its own school, church, post office, grange hall and cemetery. Occupations included farming, lumbering, woodcutting and fishing; there were also grist, carding and saw mills.

Town Officials

Board of Selectmen/Board of Assessors
Eleanor Carlisle, Chm. 667-8795
Stephen Bemiss 667-5895
Susan McDonald 667-4540
Administrative Assistant, Tax Collector, Clerk, Registrar of Voters
Peter Wass 667-5912
Treasurer
Kathryn Mahar 667-5912
Animal Control Officer
Brad Saunders pager 851-6179
cell 610-4987
Board of Appeals
David Snow, Chm. 667-4590
David Warren 667-5377
Mike Locke 460-1617
Boyd Thompson 667-4741
Dan Sullivan 667-5912
Michael Smith 667-4770
Mark Anderson 667-6563
Laura Pellerano 667-2294
Building Inspector, Plumbing
Inspector, Code Enforcement Officer
John Larson
Ralph Jacobsen, Dep. 667-5912
Cemetery Trustees
Gerald Lord 667-8054
Stanley Saunders 667-7157
Wilbur Saunders 667-5424
Glyneta Thomson 664-0570
Conservation Commission
Hannah Webber, Chm. 664-0436
David Heath 667-2486
Richard Shute 667-1254
Heather Martin-Zboray 667-4292
Finance Committee
William Doak, Chm. 667-8555
Dennis McConnell 667-5912
Patricia Jencks 667-5416
Lois Stevens 667-9689
Rick Zeamer 667-6912
Harbor Commission
Perry Mattson, Chm. 667-9335
Stephen Bemiss 667-5895
Vaugh Sinclair 667-6154
Lois Stevens 667-9689
Nick Haines, Alt. 667-5912
Health Officer
Donald Ahern, DDS 667-3406
Osgood Lot Committee
Anthony Beardsley, Chm. 667-3017
Gale Caddoo 667-8682
Becky Farley 667-9000
Joseph Stockbridge 667-1283
Stephen Bemiss 667-5895
Jeffery Dalrymple 667-3350
Keryn Smith 667-5912
Planning Board
Meets monthly, 4th Wed., 7 p.m
Dale Sprinkle, Chm. 667-4287
Dan McGraw 667-9627
Joyce Snow 667-4590
Charles Jencks 667-5416
Marget Johnon 667-5101
Robert Wilson, V. Chm. 667-3933
Patrick Keating 667-6751
David Ruppert, Assoc. 667-5912
Robert Winglass, Assoc. 667-5912
Recreation Committee
Susan Dickinson, Chm. 664-0105
Road Commissioner
Stanley Saunders 667-7157
Shellfish Conservation Committee
Brad Saunders 667-5912

Tax Information

Types of properties assessed and subject to tax: land and buildings. Bills are mailed in July and first installment due Sept. 30, second installment due Mar. 30. Interest rate for unpaid bills: 8 percent. Rules to determine property value: assessment.

Tax exemptions: Homestead, blind and veteran.

Apply for abatement: assessors. Tax calculated: mill rate times valuation. Mill rate: 7.20 for 2008.

Town Ordinances

Parking, shellfish, town landing, dog, unified development, tower communications.

Permits

Permits needed are for building and driveway, available at town office.

Post Offices

Surry 04684
Mon.-Fri., lobby, 7 a.m.-5 p.m.; window, 7:30-11:30 a.m., 1:30-4:30 p.m.; Sat., lobby, 7:30-11:30 a.m.; window, 7:30-11 a.m. 667-4086

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Surry by the Numbers
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Geographic Profile

Total area: 25,124 acres (39.26 sq. mi.)
Land: 24,458 acres
Bog: 659 acres
Flood plain: 456 acres
Inland water: 666 acres
Shoreline: 24 miles

Population

1990: 1,004
2000: 1,361

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Education
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Union 92/MSAD 26
443 Main St., Ellsworth
James Boothby, Supt. 667-7571
fax 667-7855
super@schoolunion92.org

Surry Elementary School
Elizabeth Ehrlenbach, Prin. 667-9358
fax 667-3296
ses@surryesu92.k12.me.us

School Board
Laura Pellerano 667-2294
Susan Griffith 667-4170
Harold Casey 667-1455
Marlene Tallent 667-1555
Jonathan Walden 667-1549

Enrollment numbers (10/07)
K-8 112
Grades 9-12 73

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Emergency & Public Services
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FOR ALL EMERGENCIES—
FIRE, AMBULANCE & POLICE— CALL 911.

Non-emergency numbers

Jeff Granthan, Chief 667-5912
Meets every Monday, 6 p.m., at municipal building.

Cemeteries

Morgan Bay Cemetery, Newbury Neck, North Bend Cemetery, Toddy Pond, Village Cemetery, Cunningham Ridge Cemetery

Trash & Recycling

Blue Hill/Surry Transfer Station, 7 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. See listing under Blue Hill. 374-5458

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Recreation
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Public Landings

Lower Patten Pond Landing, Surry Town Landing

Walking Trails

Carter Nature Preserve, crossroad near Morgan Bay Bridge (no dogs please).

Public Restrooms

Municipal Town Office, Mon.-Wed.

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