Selectmen's Office

The Selectmen's Office will be closed the week of July 10th - July14th.

There will be NO business meeting on July 12.

This is not to be confused with the Tax Clerk/Tax Collector's Office. They will remain open for their regular hours.

July 4th Closing

The Selectmen  & Tax Clerk / Tax Collectors Offices will be CLOSED for the 4th of July. 
May you all have a happy, healthy and wonderful holiday.
The Offices will re-open on Wednesday @ 9:00 am.  Thank You.

There will be a Selectmen's Business Meeting on July 5th @ 6:00 pm.

Boston Post Cane Awarded

Congratulations to Ruth Tatham, 91, who was awarded the Boston Post Cane on June 15, 2017.

For more information about the Boston Post Cane, visit the Historical Society page.

Wentworth Market Day/Duck Race

Join us for Wentworth Market Day/Duck Race

Saturday, August 5, 2017

Hosted by the Wentworth Historical Society

More information about times and events will be added soon.

Vendors Wanted

Please call Martha at 764-5256 if you are interested in reserving a space.  Fee: $10.00.

Webster Memorial Library Summer Reading Program

Build a Better World

Summer Reading Program

Wednesdays at 10 a.m. on these dates: June 28, July 5, 12, 19, and 26.

Geared for children entering grades K—4, other ages welcome.

Please stop by or call the library for more information at 764-5818.

Registration is required so we can have enough supplies on hand. You can register for some or all of the weeks. Parent or guardian must stay in the building during the program; it is not a drop-off program. Any changes or updates will be posted on the library’s Facebook page.

Download the flyer (PDF, 197 KB)

Select Board Position Available (Updated)

Pete Santom is leaving office June 30th, 2017 and his replacement will take over until March of 2018.  If you are interested in becoming the next Board Member, please submit your letter of interest to the Administrative Office by June 20th, 2017  as soon as possible.

Note that the Selectmen will not be making a decision to replace Pete Santom on June 21 in order to allow the public more time to submit their letter of interest to the Town Administrative Assistant.  A determination will be made in the near future.

Please Be Advised...

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE NATIONAL GRID MESSAGE


New Hampshire Electric Co-op and Vegetation Control Service, Inc. (VCS)


New Hampshire Electric Co-op and Vegetation Control Service, Inc. (VCS) will be performing vegetation treatments on their right of way corridors in Wentworth on or about July 31st, 2017.


VCS writes in a letter below that landowners or residents should make the application contractor aware of a potentially affected water supply and/or any other sensitive areas where herbicide applications should be limited or restricted.  The contact person is Scott Knapp, Utility Arborist Coordinators, 579 Tenney Mountain Hwy, Plymouth, NH 03264. (603) 325-3227 During hours of 8:00 am - 4:00 pm,  Monday-Friday.


Please note:  There's a Request Coupon that must be filled out.  To receive individual notification, fill out the attached request coupon and return no later than June 26th, 2017.  Requests received after this date will not be granted until next treatment cycle.  In addition to the written notification, individual landowners whose property abuts or over whose property the right of way passes, have the right to request and receive the approximate date, (5 days before or 5 days after the actual date of application) that herbicides will be or have been applied in your area.


A thirty day written notification must be received by Michael Couture, Project Manager no later than June 30th, 2017.

Letter from Vegetation Control Service, Inc. to the Town of Wentworth, PDF 504 KB
NHEC Topological Map of Plymouth District, PDF 5.2 MB
NHEC Topological Map of Plymouth District (Wentworth only), PDF 492 KB

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Important Information for Residents

National Grid Herbicide Notice

National Grid will be performing vegetation treatments on its right-of-ways in Wentworth starting July 1 to the end of October 2017.

National Grid writes in the letter listed below that "landowners or residents should make the application contractor aware of the location of a potentially affected water supply, and of any other sensitive area where herbicide application should be further restricted. The planned work will be performed by Lewis Tree Service. The contact person at Lewis Tree Service is David O'Brien and can be reached from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM at 413-237-9870."

"Landowners whose property is within 200 feet of the right-of-way, or over whose property the right-of-way passes [can] receive individual written notification thirty days prior to any foliar treatment" by sending in a coupon to National Grid.  The coupon is included at the end of the National Grid Notification letter document referenced below.

National Grid Notification letter (765 KB; PDF)
National Grid Information for Landowners Along Our Transmission Lines brochure (802 KB; PDF)

Select Board Position Available

Pete Santom is leaving office June 30th, 2017 and his replacement will take over until March of 2018.  If you are interested in becoming the next Board Member, please submit your letter of interest to the Administrative Office by June 20th, 2017.