Mayor & Town Council

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.

The newsletter is published monthly.

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.

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.

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.

The Town Office is located at 9418 John Sevier Rd., New Market, VA adjacent to the New Market Post Office.

Town council meetings are open to the public.