Portsmouth Town Information

PORTSMOUTH
Town Hall: 2200 East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI 02871 Fax#: 683-6804

Police Department: 2270 East Main Road

2000 Census: 17,149

Form of Government: Council-Administrator

Election Date: November, Even Years

Fiscal Year Begins: July 1


Council Meetings: Second and Fourth Mondays Monthly @ 7:00 p.m.


Town Hall Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Website: www.portsmouthri.com/


Town Administrator: Robert G. Driscoll 683-3255
Assessor/Tax Collector: David E. Dolce 683-1536 & 683-1214
Building Official/Minimum Housing: George Medeiros 683-3611
Business Development Director: William E. Clark 643-0382
Clerk, Town: Kathleen Viera Beaudoin 683-2101
Emergency Management Officer: James Lowrimore 683-5510
Finance/Personnel/Welfare Director: David Faucher 683-9118
Highway/Public Works Director: David Kehew 683-0362
Housing Auth. Exec. Director: James E. Dilley 683-3173
Information Technology: Barbara Ripa 643-0303
Librarian: Carolyn Magnus 683-9457
Planner, Town: Robert W. Gilstein 683-0888
Police Chief: Lance E. Hebert 683-0300
Probate Judge: Joseph C. Lopes 683-2101
Registrar: Madeleine Pencak 683-3157
School Superintendent: Susan F. Lusi, Ph.D. 683-1039
Solicitor, Town: Donato Andre D’Andrea 847-0301
Zoning Official: George Medeiros 683-3611


Fire Departments and Fire Districts
Portsmouth Fire Department, 2300 East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI 02871 683-1200
Fire Chief: Jeffrey P. Lynch
Portsmouth Water and Fire District, P.O. Box 99, Portsmouth, RI 02871 683-2090
Tax Collector: Gaetano Polselli, Jr.
Prudence Island Volunteer Fire Dept., P.O. Box 305, Prudence Island, RI 02872 683-1100
Fire Chief: Thomas Gempp


School Committee
E. Richard Carpender, Chairperson 163 Old Mill Lane 02871
Michael Buddemeyer 73 Potomac Road 02871
Marilyn King 56 Bradley Terrace 02871
Marjorie Levesque 45 Massachusetts Blvd. 02871
Angela Volpicelli 31 Lawton Brook Lane 02871
Sylvia J. Wedge 390 West Main Road 02871


Town Council
Peter J. McIntyre, President 24 Maize Corn Road 02871
Dennis M. Canario 64 Birchwood Drive 02871
Karen J. Gleason 63 Massasoit Avenue 02871
Keith Hamilton 134 Soares Drive 02871
Hubert E. Little 442 Union Street 02871
Jeffrey C. Plumb 526 Sandy Point Avenue 02871
James A. Seveney 72 Macomber Lane 02871

Updated: 04/17/09