New fencing at the Berlin Veterans Memorial        

                                                            Materials furnished by the Berlin Historical Society and Installed by the Town Road Crew                        

Announcement Selectboard Agenda for May 20, 2013 Please note that the meeting begins at 6:15 with a site visit to Berlin Heights, the regular meeting beginning at 7PM The Berlin Historical Society Potluck/Program Meeting is on May 22. Howard Coffin will be talking about Vermont in the Civil War at 7 pm and the Potluck will be at 6PM all at the Berlin Congregational Church Parish Hall. To see program poster go to the Berlin Historical Society Link If you plan to attend the potluck is at 6 PM  please call Cheryl, the potluck coordinator at 223-5306. Berlin Historical Society Meeting Minutes for April 17, 2013 Ordinances and Policies of the Town Go to Useful Town Information    Otter Creek "Preliminary Engineering Report of the Proposed Berlin Water System Jan 2013" This is a large file that will take some time to download     On June 8 this year we will celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the Berlin Town Charter The township of Berlin was granted on June 8, 1763, to Rev. Chauncey Graham and sixty-three associates by Benning Went­worth, governor of the Province of New Hampshire. The original charter is in the office of the Secretary of State at Montpelier in the Surveyor General's Papers (II, page 149 A-B). The first Proprietors' meeting of record was held at Arlington, Vermont, on May 17, 1785, and the town was organized and the first town meeting held at Berlin, on March 31, 1791. Around these three dates-1763, 1785 and 1791-runs the story which I shall try to record relative to the founding of the town of Berlin. In order that a true picture can be given of the circumstances under which the township came into being, it is necessary to show the unconventional manner in which all the New Hampshire Grants under Governor Benning Wentworth were made. The customary procedure whereby lands in the American colonies were granted began with a formal petition, signed by the prospective grantees (or patentees, as they were sometimes called) requesting a grant of a certain tract of land. These petitions were sent to the governor of the colony within which the land lay, and by him taken before his councillors, and together they made (or withheld) the grant, fixing the fees and terms and conditions of settlement. There are no such petitions extant in the New Hampshire archives for lands west of Connecticut River for the simple reason that they never existed. Governor Wentworth pursued quite another course in making his grants which was contrary to explicit orders received by him in his Royal Commission from the British Government which contained instructions for carrying out the commands laid down in the Commission. The manner in which these grants were made is set forth in a sworn deposition of Joseph Blanchard, a surveyor and member of the New Hampshire legis­lative assembly, made on March I, 1771, and incorporated as Appendix XXVII of the famous document known as State of the Right of the Colony of New York, published in 1773.  The details are outlined in Mary Greene Nye's  History of Berlin 1763 - 1820 which is under Berlin Historical Societies Page in its entirety.

Contact Us By Email Town Administrator Zoning Administrator Town Clerk Town Treasurer Listers Police Webmaster Fire Department   108 Shed Road Berlin, VT 05602 (802) 229-9298 Town Clerk 223-4405 All Departments Button-Up Your House: Air Sealing Foam Gun Available to Borrow in Town Office                        Libraries The Town of Berlin is fortunate to have three neighboring libraries to access.  Information regarding their hours can be found on their websites or by giving them a call: Kellogg-Hubbard Library - 135 Main Street in Montpelier, call them at 802-223-3338 or look for them on-line at  http://www.kellogghubbard.org/  Until June 30 Berlin residents have free access to Kellogg-Hubbard.                                                                                                                                 Aldrich Library - 6 Washington Street in Barre, call them at 802-476-7550 or look for them on-line at: http://www.aldrich.lib.vt.us/ Brown Library - 93 South Main Street in Northfield, call them at 802-485-4621 or look for them on-line at http://www.brownpubliclibrary.org/   http://socialenergy.blogspot.com Click on the above link to Corinne Stridsberg's  listing of Community and Area Events If you're a facebook user, Berlin, Vermont  Community News can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Berlin-Vermont/205922199452224