Orford

Town Offices: 2529 Route 25A, Orford, N.H. 03777; 353-4889

Web Site: www.orfordnh.us

Town Clerk: Louise Mack, 353-4404

Tax Collector: Louise Mack, 353-4831

Hours: Tuesday 2 to 7 p.m., Wednesday 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday 8 to 11 a.m.

Board of Selectmen: Paul Goundrey, chairman; Ann Green; Stuart Corpieri (meets Wednesdays at 8 p.m. in the town office)

Administrative Assistant: Mary Greene, 353-4889 (fax to same number)

Selectmen's Office Hours: Monday and Tuesday 9 a.m. to noon, Wednesday 4 to 7:30 p.m.; orfordselectmen@joimail.com

Moderator: Peter Thomson

Treasurer: Carl Cassel

Town Auditor: Plodzik & Sanderson Inc., 225-6996

Emergency Management Director: Timothy Surprenant, 353-4889

Emergency: 911

Police Chief: Todd Gray, 353-4252

Fire Chief: Arthur Dennis, 353-4502

Planning Board: Paul Dalton, chairman, 353-9844; Ludlow Flower; Sam Hanford; David Green; Allen Martin; Andrew Schwaegler; David Bischoff (meets the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m.)

Animal Control Officer: Roy Daisey

Road Agent: Charles Waterbury, 353-9366

Orford Free Library: Laurel Fulford, librarian, 353-9166

Library Hours: Tuesday and Friday 3:30 to 7:30 p.m., Saturday 9 to 11:30 a.m., Sunday 2 to 5 p.m.

Orford Free Library Trustees: Susan Kling, chairwoman; Carol Boynton, treasurer; Christie Manning

Orford Social Library: Sarah Putnam, librarian, 353-9756

Library Hours: Monday 3 to 7 p.m., Wednesday and Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday 3 to 7 p.m., Friday 2 to 5 p.m.

Orford Social Library Trustees: Ruth Brown, Judy Cross, Ann Davis, Jean Dyke, Julia Fifield, Ellen Gluek, Jude Parker

Health Officers: Selectmen, 353-4889

Rivendell School Board: Carol Sobetzer, Beverly Ash, Allen Avery, Juliette Bianco, Esther Dobbins-Marsh, Melvin Emerson, Margaret Gladstone, Jack Kruse, James Morel, Dale Ricker, Sandra Smith-Ordway (meets second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Rivendell Academy)

Rivendell Interstate School District: Noelle Vitt, superintendent, 353-2170

Places of Interest

Mount Cube, off Route 25A, is a popular mountain for hiking. It is just over 2,900 feet high and is accessed by the Appalachian Trail.

The Ridge, on Route 10, is a group of seven stately federal homes dating from 1773 to 1839.