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City Hall
Tel (336) 599-3116
Fax (336) 599-3774
105 South Lamar Street
PO Box 128 Roxboro, NC 27573
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Merilyn P. Newell - Mayor
Age: 55
Birthplace: Roxboro, NC
Residence: 308 South Main Street, Roxboro, N.C. 27573
Employment: Assistant Vice President, Roxboro Savings Bank – 1999- Present; Self-employed independent consultant, BeautiControl, Inc., 1990-Present.
Education: Person Senior High School; Appalachian State University -Admissions Partnership Program (Carnegie Foundation) and UNC-Chapel Hill
Family: Married to the late Gilbert Douglas (Doug) Newell
Community: Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church; Person County United Way Board of Directors; Person County Economic Development Commission; Joint City/County Thoroughfare Advisory Committee; Kerr-Tar Region K Council of Governments Executive Committee and Board of Directors; NAACP. Former appointments to Roxboro Development Group (President, Secretary); Person County Group Homes Board of Directors; Person County Recreation, Arts and Parks Committee; Roxboro Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors;
Awards: 2003 Recipient of the Main Street Champion Award – North Carolina Main Street Program
Political: Elected Roxboro City Council in 2001, 2003 and 2005; Unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 2005; elected to City Council in 2007 and 2009. Served as Mayor Pro-Tem for three years; elected Mayor in 2011
E-mail: newell14@earthlink.net
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