FAQs

The Virginia Department of Transportation owns and maintains our streets. Town personnel and trucks, acting under the direction of VDOT, plow streets during winter weather.
All payments may be mailed to PO Box 58, New Market VA 22844, paid at the Town Office at 9418 John Sevier Rd., or placed in the drop box to the right of the Town Office entrance. The Town also offers Automatic Bank Withdrawal. Customers may sign up for this by filling out the ACH form, available at the Town Office.
Because the Town publishes the newsletter, priority is given to town government news. However, often there is additional space available for community notes and activities. If you would like to submit an article for consideration, please contact, Denise Prunka at d.prunka@newmarketvirginia.com.
The newsletter is published monthly.
Normal operating hours are Monday-Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm.
The Town of New Market permits its residents to hold yard sales in residential districts with the following requirements: All individuals conducting the sale must obtain a permit from the Town Office prior to the sale. (Permit is free.) A household is allowed two (2) yard sales per year. Each sale may not exceed a seventy-two (72) hour consecutive period. All signs associated with such sales shall be removed within twenty-four (24) hours after the conclusion of the sale. In commercial districts, the same requirements apply except in cases when a household wishes to hold more than two (2) free yard sales per year. In these instances, they must obtain an annual permit for $25.00 for the additional sales. Civic organizations are exempt from any of these regulations.
We accept cash, checks, money orders, credit cards and debit cards. The credit cards we currently accept are VISA, MasterCard, American Express & Discover.
New Year's Day (January 1st), Martin Luther King Day (3rd Monday in January), President's Day (3rd Monday in February), Memorial Day (Last Monday in May), Juneteenth (June 19th), Independence Day (July 4th), Labor Day (1st Monday in September), Columbus Day (2nd Monday in October), Election Day (First Tuesday in November), Veterans Day (November 11th), Thanksgiving (4th Thursday in November and the Friday after Thanksgiving), Christmas (December 25th). Additionally, the Town Office will be closed on Dec. 23rd, 24th or 26th, as decided by the Town Manager. Holidays falling on Saturday or Sunday are taken on a Friday or Monday as decided by the Town Manager.
The Town of New Market provides water and sewer utilities. Gas, electric, phone, cable, etc are provided by private companies who can be found under our Utilities and Services page.
Regularly scheduled monthly council meetings are held in the Council Chambers of the Arthur L. Hildreth, Jr. Municipal Bldg. located at 9418 John Sevier Rd at 6:30pm on the third Monday of each month. If the meeting date falls on a holiday, the meetings are moved to the following Tuesday night.
Elections are held every two years in November.
The Town Office is located at 9418 John Sevier Rd., New Market, VA adjacent to the New Market Post Office.
Town Manager/Zoning Administrator: Nathan Garrison (540)-740-3432

Town Treasurer: Teresa Green (540) 740-3432

Public Works Department: J.D. Fadley (540) 740-3432

Water Department: Johnny Griggs (540) 740-3432

Events and Marketing: Savannah Frazier (540) 740-3432

Chief of Police: Chris Rinker (540) 740-3776
Town council meetings are open to the public.
Many of our public works staff and police officers carry mobile phones for emergency situations. Please call the Shenandoah Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at 540-459-6101 and advise them of the circumstances of your emergency and the appropriate personnel will be dispatched.