Springfield, NH

Town Office: Springfield Memorial Building, P.O. Box 22, New London Road, Springfield, N.H. 03284; 763-4805, fax 763-3336

Town Clerk and Tax Collector: Cynthia C. Anderson, 763-4805

Deputy Town Clerk and Tax Collector: Karen Cook, 763-4805

Hours: Monday to Thursday 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m., Thursday also 4 to 8 p.m.

Town Treasurer: Maryanne Petrin

Deputy Treasurer: Lyn Poston

Board of Selectmen: Robert U. Anderson, co-chairman; George B. McCusker III, co-chairman; Neal H. Huntoon (meets every other Tuesday)

Selectmen's Administrative Assistants: Randi Peterson, Janet Roberts, 763-4805

Auditor: Plodzik & Sanderson, 225-6996

Trustees of Trust Funds: Carlisse Clough, chairwoman, 763-2160; Linda Welch, 763-2654

Planning Board: Kevin Lee, chairman, 763-5434; Robert Anderson, 763-4805; Darrin Patten, 763-4454; Peter Keene, 763-9095; Linda Welch, 763-2654; Andrew D'Amico, 763-9646; Kenneth Jacques, 526-2359

Conservation Commission: Laura Hummel, chairwoman, 763-8739; Karen Cook, 763-4805; Boris Bushueff, 763-2046; Kenneth Downs, 763-9087; Kenneth Jacques, 526-2359; Richard Currier, 763-2112; George B. McCusker IV,763-4805

Library Trustees: Deborah Midgett-Jones, chairwoman, 763-0174; Roberta Wagman, 763-9344; Carolyn Currier, 763-2112

Zoning Board of Adjustment: Bernard Manning, chairman, 763-4303; Cynthia Hayes, 763-5127; Andrew D'Amico, 763-9646; John Graham, 763-2181; Mark O'Halloran, 863-5031

Town Moderator: Richard Kipperman

Town Attorney: Dan Smith

Supervisors of the Checklist: Cheryl Wood, Pixie Hill

Health Officer: Thomas Duling

Overseer of Public Welfare: Laura Patten

Police Chief: Timothy Julian

Civil Defense Director: Frank Anderson

Fire Chief: Dallas Patten

Forest Fire Warden: Darrin Patten

Libbie A. Cass Memorial Library: Steven Klein, librarian, 763-4381

Road Agent: Bradley Butcher

Budget Committee: Bernard Manning, chairman; Janet Roberts, clerk; Kenneth Jacques; John Trachy; Jon Poston; Donald Garlock; Douglas George; Richard Kidder; Darrin Patten; William Sullivan

Assessor: George Hildum

Places of Interest

Town Hall and Meeting House: Located on Four Corners Road, it's listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is still in regular use. The two-story structure was the town's first church, dedicated in 1799. Springfield had no town house then, so meetings and elections were held in the church. It was moved to its current site in 1851, when the voters decided to use the lower floor as a Town House and the upper for church services.

Royal Arch: A large natural cave, Royal Arch is a public park that opens into a hill on Webster Pass, off Bowman Road. The cave measures about 60 feet across its mouth and extends in 36 feet.

Gile Memorial Forest: A 6,500-acre state forest including a height of land between the Connecticut and Merrimack river valleys, mostly in Springfield.

Lake Kolelemook: At the town's center, it has an American Indian name that is said to mean "good fishing." Its shoreline, largely residential, also features Springfield's sandy public beach for the use of town residents only.

McDaniels Marsh: A state waterfowl management area of 330 acres at Washburn Corner at the northern end of town between Route 4A and George Hill Road. Established with federal aid and dedicated in 1959, it has a 250-foot-long dam, which is more than 15 feet high, and a 78-foot spillway.