Canaan

Municipal Building: Church Street, Canaan, N.H. 03741; 523-4501

Town Clerk and Tax Collector: Vicky McAlister, 523-7106.
Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.; Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 9 a.m. to noon; Wednesday evening 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Board of Selectmen: Jay Waldner; Kristina Burnett; Robert Reagan, chairman (meets Tuesdays at 7 p.m.)

Selectmen's Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Road Agent: Dale Morse

Town Garage: 532-4344

State Garage: 523-4541

Town Transfer Station and Recycling Center Hours: Closed Sunday and Monday; Tuesday 2 p.m. - 7 p.m.; Wednesday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.; Thursday 2 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Police Chief: Sam Frank, 523-7784

F.A.S.T. Squad: 911, emergency; 523-8808, other purposes

Fire Department: 448-1212, emergency; 523-4850, other purposes

Fire Chief: William Bellion, 523-7184

Fire Permits: Dale Barney, 523-7548; William Bellion, 523-7184; Brent Stevens, 523-7028; George Lazarus; Doug Belloir; Matthew Dow; James Rancore

Forest Fire Wardens and Deputies: William Bellion, John Hennessey, Brent Stevens, Scott Johnston, Rick Evans

Cemetery Agent: David Heath, 523-8320

Public Library: municipal building, 523-9650

Library Hours: Monday 3 to 9 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday 1 to 5 p.m., Wednesday 1 to 9 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Town Treasurer: Kendra Withington, 523-4501

Moderator: Dale Barney

General Assistance Officer: Nelson Therriault, 523-9901

Trustees of the Trust Funds and Cemetery Trustees: David Webster, 523-7420; Cynthia Neily, chairwoman; Jacqueline Lary

Library Trustees: Cynthia Neily, Beth Wolf, Patricia Carter, Joanna Carr, Denise Reitsma

Supervisors of the Checklist: Benjamin Yamashita, Carole Cushman, Martha Pusey

Planning Board: Andrew Musz, chairman, 523-4589; Joseph Frazier; Daniel Ware; Thomas Oppel; John Bergeron; Charles Townsend (meets second and fourth Thursdays of every month at 7:30 p.m.)

Budget Committee: Russell Lester, clerk; Jeff Majewski, co-chairman; Dave Barney; Eleanor Davis, co-chairwoman; Stephen Purrell; Shirley Packard; Mark Simon; Denis Sailvail; Marty Pusey

Old Meeting House Restoration Committee: James R. Miller II, chairman, 523-4809; Thomas Geoghan; Nan Munsey; Ben Yamashita; Fred Majewski

Historic District Commission: Nancy Loomis, alternate; James Crowell, alternate; Philip Cobbin; Gary Wood; Jeff Majewski; Alania Vanzandt; Sue McGee; Candice Carter, alternate; Mark Simon; Earl Hardy

Historic Museum Committee: Daniel Fleetham, chairman, 523-7364; John Ricard; Sonya Carter; Donna Zani Dunkerton; Reginald Barney

Conservation Commission: Kate Brooks, 523-4305; Len Reitsma, chairman; John Allen; David Shinnlinger; Alice Schori

Old Home Day Committee: Georgia Tilton, co-chairwoman, 523-4361; John Ricard, co-chairman, 523-4866; Jackie Lary; Becky Grant; Harry Armstrong; Nelson Therriault; Marvin Rocke; Stella Butterfield; Audie Armstrong; Helen Rocke; Jean Ricard; Lois Longlon; Gary Hammel

Parks and Recreation Committee: Wally Madeiros, chairman; Wayne Chapman; Beverly Chapman; Gary Wood; John Moore; Ted Armstrong; Pat Armstrong; Mary Noordsy; Debra Manor; Bonnie Rogers; Ken Lary; Irene Lary; Tim Brown

Town Historian: Donna Zani Dunkerton, 523-7960

Building Inspector and Health Officer: William Wilson IV

Upper Valley Solid Waste District: Board of Selectmen

Mascoma Valley Regional School Board: Katherine “Katie” Plumley, chairwoman, 667-5031; James Gerding, assistant chairman, 632-7006; Charlie Sova, 523-4578; Claudette “Cookie” Hebert, 523-7803; Brenda Souza, 632-5554; Jeanne Williamson, 523-7555; Anthony Poirier, 523-4912 (meets second and fourth Tuesdays at 5:30 for non-public session, 6 p.m. for public session)

Indian River School: Dorothy Campbell, principal, 632-4357

Mascoma Valley Regional High School: Patrick Andrew, principal, 632-4308

Places of Interest

Canaan Historical Museum: Located on Canaan Street next to the public beach; regular hours are Saturdays 1 to 4 p.m. from the last weekend in May to the first weekend in October. For visits by appointment, contact Daniel Fleetham at 523-7364.

Canaan Old Home Days: The annual celebration, held the first weekend in August, features a soapbox derby on a closed-off section of Route 118.