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Watch a Photo Slide Show of the Monadnock Region

Population: 1,014.

Area: 53.9 square miles.

County: Cheshire.

Town Hall: Route 123, town center, 446-3326, Wed. 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Friday 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; selectmen meet Mon. 7 p.m.

Tax Rate: $8.99, ratio of assessment 100 percent.

Registered Voters: 804.

Fire Dept.: chief, Patricia “PJ” Lamothe; 911.

Police Dept.: constable/chief, David Vaillancourt; 911.

Selectmen: John Halter; Louis E. Grandpre; chairman, Chet Pratt.

Town Clerk: Joan A. Read, 446-2214. Home office: 446-2203, Route 9: Tues., Thur. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4-6 p.m.

Tax Collector: Ellen Mason, Thurs. 12:30-2:30 p.m. (library), 446-6251. 446-3501 (home).

Moderator: Daniel A. Eaton.

Planning Board: chairman, Dale Smith.

Zoning Board of Adjustment: chairman, Beverly Power.

Recycling Center: 446-3583, Route 123, Sat. & Sun. 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; Wed., 8 a.m. to 4 p.m, June through Labor Day only.

Stoddard School District: Alfrieda Englund, Michael Meyer, Brian Pratt.

State Representative: Daniel A. Eaton, D-Stoddard; Tara A. Sad, D-Walpole; Lucy McVitty Weber, D-Walpole.

State Senator: Bob Odell, R-Lempster.

Schools: Faulkner Elementary (K-5), Keene Middle (6-8), Keene High (9-12).

Library: Davis Memorial Library, Route 123, 446-6251, Mon., Wed., 3:30-6 p.m.; Tues., 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-noon.

Churches: Stoddard Congregational.

Major Businesses: Carlisle Restoration, Mr. Mike’s, Mill Village Country Store, Hayes Car and Truck.

Points of Interest: Pitcher Mountain, Pitcher Mountain Farm (home of Scotch Highland cattle), five lakes, Stone Arch Bridge, Stoddard Glass, boat launches at Granite Lake and Island Pond.