About the Area

Stow

Eastern Massachusetts, bordered by Hudson on the south, Bolton and Harvard on the west, Boxborough and Acton on the north, and Maynard and Sudbury on the east. Stow is about 25 miles northwest of Boston, 28 miles northeast of Worcester, and 200 miles from New York City.

Form of Government
Senator Pamela P. Resor
.............................(617) 722-1276
Representative Patricia A. Walrath
.............................(617) 722-2430
Board of Selectmen
.............................(978) 897-4515
Town Administrator
Open Town Meeting
www.stow-mass.com
Area in Square Miles................17.49
Population (2005 Census)..........6,206

Emergency/Medical
Police, Fire & Ambulance
.............................................911
Fire Department
Non-emergency..........(978) 897-4537
Police Department
Non-emergency..........(978) 897-4545
Emerson Hospital........(978) 369-1400

Households:
Tax Rate (May 2007)
..........................................13.82
Single Family (Median Price)
......................................$566,929
Condo (Median Price)
......................................$359,900



Education
Superintendent
.......................(978) 779-0539
50 Mechanic St., Bolton, MA 01740

Ave. Per Student Expenditure
(2006)........................n/a

Regional School District:
Nashoba
.......................(978) 779-0539
Public Schools:
Center School
.......................(978) 897-0290
Hale
.......................(978) 897-4788
Pompositticut
.......................(978) 897-5774
MCAS Scores (2006)
(fewer than 10 students were tested in Stow (non-op) in 2002)
Town Departments
Accountant
.......................(978) 897-4514
Assessors
.......................(978) 897-4597
Building Department
.......................(978) 897-2193
Conservation Commission
.......................(978) 897-1029
Council on Aging
.......................(978) 897-1880
Health, Board of
.......................(978) 897-7631
Highway Department
.......................(978) 897-8071
Housing Authority
.......................(978) 897-8738
Planning Board
.......................(978) 897-5098
Public Library
.......................(978) 897-8572
Recreation Department
.......................(978) 461-1411
Tax Collector
.......................(978) 897-2834

Town Clerk
.......................(978) 897-4514
Treasurer
.......................(978) 897-2834
Veterans’ Services
...(Contact Board of Selectmen)

Media & Utilities
Comcast (Television, Cable)
.......................(888) 633-4266
KeySpan Energy Delivery
.......................(800) 732-3400
Hudson Light and Power
.......................(978) 568-8736
Fuel Assistance: South Middlesex
Opportunity Council, Inc.
.......................(508) 620-2300
Verizon
.......................(800) 870-9999
The Beacon Villager
.......................(978) 897-7535