New Jerusalem Local Government

New Jerusalem Government Town Hall, on Peabody Avenue, holds the town offices. New Jerusalem has an elected mayor and nine elected selectmen, all part-time positions. Posts are held for two years; elections occur every even-numbered year on the first Tuesday in November. Currently longtime Mayor Joseph L. Peabody is being seriously challenged for mayor by local up-and-coming young businessman, Harold Escott.
Occasionally the mayor can be found in his Town Hall office during the week.
The council of selectmen meets in Town Hall the first and third Tuesdays of each month.

Type

Government, Leadership

Leader

Joseph L. Peabody

Leader Title

Mayor

Government System

Democracy, Representative

Economic System

Mixed economy

Location

New Jerusalem

Controlled Territories

• Missituk Park
• New Jerusalem Town Hall - 551 N Peabody Avenue
• Northside Park
• Pickering House - 698 Federal Street
• Southside Park
• Town Dump
• Uptown Park
• Washington Park