Plainfield

Town Hall: 110 Main St., Plainfield; P.O. Box 380, Meriden, N.H. 03770; 469-3201; fax 469-3642; e-mail plainfield.ofc@plainfieldnh.org

Web Site: www.plainfieldnh.org

Hours: Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m., and Wednesday 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Town Clerk and Tax Collector: Ruth Ann Wheeler, 469-3201

Treasurer: Fred Sweet

Selectboard: Mark Wilder; Judy Belyea, chairwoman; Robert Taylor, 469-3322 (meets first and third Wednesdays 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: Frank Currier, 469-3624

Meriden Fire Chief: David Best, 469-3350 evenings

Health Officer: Halton Grindle, 675-2132

Moderator, Town and School: Stephen Taylor, 469-3375

Town Counsel: Barry Schuster, 448-4782

Highway Superintendent: Ken Stocker, 469-3240

School Superintendent: Russell Collins, 469-3442

School District Secretary: Kelly Taylor, 469-3615

Plainfield School Principal: Ellen Langsner, 469-3250

School Board: Chris Forman, Carin Reynolds, Myra Ferguson, Audra Bucklin, Doug Cogan

Planning Board: Jane Stephenson, chairwoman; Lynn Freeman; Ron Liston; Ruth Cassedy; Greg Estey; Mike Sutherland; Desmond Hudson

Zoning Board: Richard Colburn, Ted Moynihan, Priscilla Eastman, Peter Martin, Margaret Cassedy

Zoning Administrator: Steve Halleran

Conservation Commission: David Grobe, chairman, 469-3615

Building Inspector: David Lersch, 381-1929

Historical Society: Nancy Scott, 675-6866

Emergency Management: 469-3201

Philip Read Memorial Library: Route 12A; Nancy Norwalk, librarian, 675-6866

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

Meriden Free Library: 469-3252

Library Hours: Monday 2 to 8 p.m., Tuesday 3 to 6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Places of Interest

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.

On Route 12A is the Plainfield Town Hall, which has a stage backdrop created by Maxfield Parish in 1916. It's open for viewing from 1 to 5 p.m. each Sunday in the summer.