NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE OF PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP

Plainfield, NH May 2012 Vol. 32 No. 3

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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“A local newspaper can be the backbone for a community. It can unite the various disparate elements of a region. It can inform, inspire and educate. We feel that it’s important for everyone to have a ‘voice.’ This is an opportunity for you to be involved and help in community-building.”—Gary Hamel (quoted by permission)

Selectmen meet first and third Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m., Meriden Town Hall

School Board meets the first and third Thursdays at 6:30 p.m., School.

Conservation Commission meets the second Thursday, Meriden Town Hall

Bone Builders Program, Plainfield Fire Station, Tuesdays, Thursdays, & Saturdays, 9 a.m.

Plainfield Web Sites: www.plainfieldnhlibrary.org; www.plainfieldnh.org; www.meridennhlibrary.org

APRIL:

28 Season Opening & Gallery Talk (4 p.m.), 3-6 p.m., Duckworth Museum

MAY:

3 Story Hour, 9:30 a.m.; Play Group, 11 a.m.; Meriden Library

4 Teen Group, 7 p.m., Meriden Baptist Church

5 Attic Shop Opens, Blow-Me-Down Grange

5 Annual Plant Swap, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Home of Doris Levarn, Bonner Road

7 Genealogy Club, 5-6:30 p.m., Meriden Library

7 Trustee Meeting, 7 p.m., Meriden Library

7 Heifer International Program, 7 p.m., Plainfield Community Church

8 Meeting, 7 p.m., Blow-Me-Down Grange

10 Story Hour, 9:30 a.m.; Play Group, 11 a.m.; Meriden Library

11 Henry’s Ham & Bean Supper, 5-7 p.m., Blow-Me-Down Grange

14 Presentation of CLiF Grant Books to the Philip Read Memorial Library at the Plainfield School

14 Trustee Meeting, 7 p.m., Philip Read Memorial Library

15 Book Group, 2 p.m., Meriden Library

16 Concert & Open House, 6:30 p.m., Estabrook School

16 Hearing, Streetlights in Plainfield Village, 7 p.m., Plainfield Town Hall

17 Story Hour, 9:30 a.m.; Play Group, 11 a.m.; Meriden Library

17 Art Gallery Opening, 6 p.m., KUA

17 Spring Concert, 7 p.m., KUA Flickinger Arts Center

18 Teen Group, 7 p.m., Meriden Baptist Church

19 Story Time, 10 a.m., Philip Read Memorial Library

19 Spaghetti dinner, Plainfield Fire Department, 5-6:30 p.m.

20 Silent Auction, Meriden Congregational Church

20 Annual Meeting, 1 p.m., Meriden Baptist Church

20 Chimers Handbell Concert, 4 p.m., Plainfield Community Church

22 Plainfield Historical Society Program, Home Hill Inn, Dinner at 6 p.m., Dessert & Program at 7

23 Panel Discussion—Gas Prices, 7 p.m., Cornish Elementary School; sponsored by Cornish

Energy Committee

24 Story Hour, 9:30 a.m.; Play Group, 11 a.m.; Meriden Library

24 Senior Luncheon & Social, noon-2 p.m., Plainfield Elementary School

26 Garden Bazaar, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Plainfield Community Church

26 Commencement, KUA

29 Film—“Dark Side of Smart meters,” 7 p.m., Meriden Grange

30 Book Discussion, 7 p.m., Philip Read Memorial Library

31 Story Hour, 9:30 a.m.; Play Group, 11 a.m.; Meriden Library