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Town Hall: 92 Bonner Road, Meriden; P.O. Box 380, Meriden, N.H. 03770; 469-3201; fax 469-3642
Hours: Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and Wednesday until 8 p.m.
Town Clerk/Town Secretary: Ruth Ann Wheeler, 469-3201
Hours: Monday--Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m., and Wednesday 6:30--8 p.m.
Web Site: www.plainfield.nh.us
Town email: plainfieldoffice@turbo.net
Treasurer: Fred Sweet
Tax Collector: Ruth Ann Wheeler
Hours: Monday-Thursday 8 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m., and Wednesday 6:30--8 p.m.
Selectboard: Mark Wilder; Judy Belyea, Robert Taylor (chairman), 469-3322; (meets Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.)
Town Administrator: Steve Halleran, 469-3201
Police Chief: Gordon Gillens (call Hanover dispatch, 643-2222)
Fire Emergencies: 911
Plainfield Fire Chief: Doug Plummer, 675-2293 (evenings)
Meriden Fire Chief: David Best, 469-3350 (evenings)
Health Officer: Patrick Cerra, 675-2132
Moderator, Town and School: Stephen Taylor, 469-3375
Town Counsel: Barry Schuster, 448-4782
Highway Superintendent: Ken Stocker, 469-3240
School Superintendent: Joseph Della Badia, 469-3442
School District Secretary: Kelly Taylor, 469-3615
Plainfield School Principal: Andrew Mellow, 469-3250
School Board: Michael Higgins; Judy Houde; Cherrie Torrey; JoElla McCarragher, 469-3505; William Nugent (meets first and third Mondays at 7 p.m.)
Finance Committee: James Taylor, Karen Aldrich, Ann Grobe, David Quimby, James Longacre, Cherrie Torrey
Planning Board: Jane Stephenson (chairwoman), Lynn Freeman, Ron Liston, Ruth Cassedy, Des Hudson, Greg Estey
Zoning Board: Richard Colburn, Ted Moynihan, Mary Cassedy, Ann Sprague, Priscilla Eastman
Zoning Administrator: Steve Halleran
Conservation Commission: David Grobe (chairman), 469-3615
Building Inspector: John Clegg, 675-2373
Historical Commission: Nancy Scott, 675-6866
Emergency Management: 469-3201
Philip Read Memorial Library: Route 12A; Nancy Norwalk (librarian), 675-6866
Hours: Monday 1-5 and 7-9 p.m., Wednesday 1-5 and 7-9 p.m., Friday 1-5, and Saturday 9 a.m.-noon
Meriden Free Library: Betty Ann Dole (librarian), 469-3252
Hours: Monday 2-8 p.m., Tuesday 3-6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m.-noon and 2-6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Welfare Director: Town Office, 469-3201
Elevation: 528 feet
Distance to Boston: 114 miles
New York City: 220 miles
Montreal: 210 miles
Average annual precipitation: 35 inches
Population:
2000: 2,241
1990: 2,056
Number of families: 663
Average family size: 2.98
Income:
Per capita: $26,062
Median family income: $61,205
Median household income: $57,083
Employment:
Residents working in community: 22.7%
Mean travel time to work: 21 minutes
Unemployment rate: 1.5%
Housing Units:
Single-family: 738
Multi-family: 77
Manufactured homes: 83
2001 Equalized tax rate: $22.77*
Full-time police department: Yes
Full-time fire department: No
Public schools:
Elementary: 1; enrollment: 269
Middle-junior high: none
High school: none
Private/parochial schools: 1; enrollment: 291
Kimball Union Academy is a picturesque, rural private high school campus located just off Route 120 in Meriden.
Also in Meriden, just west of KUA, is a small covered bridge with a popular swimming hole just below it.
Corey Tabor park, which has basketball and tennis courts and a ball field, is in the center of Plainfield Village, just of Route 12A.
Just north of that park is the Plainfield Town Hall, which has a stage backdrop created by Maxfield Parish in 1916. It's open for viewing from 1-5 p.m. each Sunday in the summer.
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