ALERTS: All Town Departments will be CLOSED, Tuesday, December 24th and Wednesday, December 25th. The Town Hall will be CLOSING at 12PM on Monday, December 23rd.

RIP Jim Cawley

Seabrook lost a terrific person who impacted our community for many years as a Police Officer, Jim Cawley. Jim was a terrific person who we lost far too soon. Officer Jim Cawley was brought home to Seabrook, and his procession passed Seabrook Town Hall, the Seabrook Fire Department, and the Seabrook DPW. That procession had throngs of his friends and co-workers standing out of respect, and affection for Jim personally. Thanks to Fire Chief William Edwards, DPW Manager John Starkey, and Police Chief Gallagher and Lt. Kevin Gelineau for bringing Jim home in such a nice way. The Seabrook Board of Selectmen joined in making this statement to the media on Officer Cawley.

“Today’s display of respect and affection for him is indicative of the esteem in which he was held by his fellow police officers, firefighters and the many town workers who knew and admired him,”

News coverage on the passing of Officer Jim Cawley

Brown’s Lobster Pound Re-Opens

The Seabrook Board of Selectmen were on hand Friday April 13, 2018 to help the Brown family to cut the ribbon as they re-opened Brown’s Lobster Pound after rebuilding the facility following a major fire. Brown’s Lobster Pound has been a Seabrook institution for decades, and the Brown family was determined to rebuild this great destination point despite the great challenges, and expense, of the effort. Congratulations to Mr. Bruce Brown and the entire family for the successful grand opening, which has produced a beautiful and modern facility designed to serve the massive customer base of Brown’s for many years to come. Thanks to Executive Councilor Russell Prescott for his attendance, and his kind words. Thanks to Governor Sununu, who sent a citation celebrating the re-opening.

Congratulations to Retiring Seabrook Police Officer Chet Felch

The Board of Selectmen recognized and honored retiring Seabrook Police Officer Chet Felch for his long and distinguished career at yesterdays Board meeting. Congratulations and best wishes to Chet as he embarks upon a well deserved retirement.

Analysis of the 2018 Passed Warrant Articles

The below is a short analysis of the passed 2018 warrant articles, giving the amounts by Department and category. The articles with no 2018 budgetary (tax) impacts have been omitted, including passed articles funded by utilization of fund balance, or by draws on existing capital funds. (Water search (capital funds) and Route 286 outfall pipe repair (Fund Balance.)

Warrant Articles 2018 Report Web

Board of Selectmen Honor Retiring Tax Collector Lillian Knowles

The Board of Selectmen, at their March 19, 2018 meeting, honored retiring Tax Collector Lillian Knowles with a Certificate of Appreciation for her 36 years of service to the Seabrook community. The Board wished her well, and noted that newly elected Tax Collector Michele Knowles will have some pretty big shoes to fill. Thank you Lillian Knowles!

Congratulations to Seabrook’s Elected Officials

Seabrook held the swearing in of new and returning elected officials Friday night. Congratulations to all those candidates who offered their ideas in the campaign, and best of luck to those candidates who won the very important seats working for the people of Seabrook!

Town Election is on, Polling Locations Open on Tuesday March 13, 2018

The Seabrook Town election will be held tomorrow, Tuesday March 13, 2018 at the Seabrook Community Center as scheduled. Polls are open from 7:00 am to 7:00 p.m. The Secretary of State and the Attorney General have issued the below statement relative to postponing or rescheduling elections due to storm conditions:

Secretary of State William M. Gardner and Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald issued the following statement regarding the town elections scheduled for tomorrow, March 13, 2018:

As set forth in our memorandum to town officials issued on March 6, 2018, New Hampshire law does not contain a provision that authorizes any public official to postpone an election. Although town moderators may postpone deliberative sessions (in SB 2 towns) and the business meetings of the town (in towns that have adopted RSA 39:2-a) due to weather emergencies, the law does not authorize local or state officials to postpone the town elections. For most towns, tomorrow is the town election day and, therefore, cannot be postponed. In the event that a town is scheduled to have both its town election and its business meeting per RSA 39:2-a, only the business meeting of the town may be postponed.

The Attorney General’s Office will be operating its Election Day Hotline tomorrow. That number is (866) 868-3703. In addition, the Attorney General’s Office will be deploying roving teams to monitor and assist towns with implementing the changes to the same-day registration requirements established by Senate Bill 3.

Seabrook Town Hall Closed Tuesday March 13, 2018

Due to the impending major storm event the Seabrook Town Hall will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday March 13, 2018 for the entire day. Please be safe.

Seabrook Town Hall on Delayed Opening Today Thursday March 8, 2018

Seabrook Town Hall will be open today, Thursday March 8, 2018 at 11:00 am due to the winter storm.

Seabrook K-9 Henry Reports for Duty

The Seabrook Board of Selectmen, at their March 5, 2018 meeting, were introduced to the Seabrook Police Department’s newest addition, K-9 Dog Henry. The K-9 Program was brought back to Seabrook by the Board of Selectmen, who authorized the initial funding. The project is an initiative of Chief Michael Gallagher, who designated Officer David Hersey as Seabrook’s dog officer. Henry is an approximately 20-month-old Belgian Malinois. Officer Hersey and Henry graduated from the Boston Police Canine Academy in December 2017 and are a patrol certified police canine team. Currently Henry can do article searches (such as for evidence of a crime like a mask, clothing, knives, firearms, wallet, etc), area searches, building searches, tracking (like a missing person), and apprehension (assisting in taking a person into custody). Henry lives with Officer Hersey and they have formal training 8 to 16 hours per month. Officer Hersey and Henry train while off-duty, as well. Officer Hersey and Henry will be attending training in August to become certified in detecting narcotics. Officer Hersey and Henry are currently assigned to the evening patrol shift. Officer Hersey says Henry has adjusted well to family life as well as police work and is proving to be a valuable asset to the Seabrook PD. Henry’s capabilities as a police canine will continue to improve as he matures and gains more experience in the field. Funding for the Seabrook PD canine program was provided by a grant from the Stanton Foundation as well as the estate of Elmo D’Alessandro.

News Coverage of the Seabrook K-9 Program.