Town Hall: 50 Main St., P.O. Box 6; 525-4441, Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; town clerk, Mon. 6-9 p.m., Wed. 3-6 p.m.; tax collector, Mon. and Wed., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Tax Rate: $20.80; 100 percent ratio of assessment

Registered Voters: 1281

Fire Department: Chief, Nevan Cassidy, 525-3366 non-emergency

Police Department: Chief Andrew Wood; 911 emergency; 525-4102 non-emergency

Town Clerk: Joan Joseph

Town Administrator: Barbara E. Caverly

Town Secretary: Linda E. Coughlin

Tax Collector: Rennie Timm

Planning Board: Stephen Froling (chair), Tom Bates, Roberta Nylander, Richard Lefebvre, Mark Stevens, Ellena Weston-Zimmermann, Daniel LaPlante

Zoning Board of Adjustment: Alison Rossiter (chair), Leonard Dowse (vice-chair), Ken Chester, Jon Grosjean, James Mose, Linda Renna, Dan Beers (alternate), David Carney (alternate), Jeff Reader (alternate)

Moderator: Richard M. Haskins

Public Works: Kurtis Gassett

Recycling Center: Route 137 (Bennington Road); Wed. 3 to 7 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m.to 5 p.m., 525-4722. Burn pile hours: Mon. 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., Sat. 1:30 to 5 p.m

Public Schools: Hancock School (K-4), Great Brook in Antrim (5-8), Conval Regional High in Peterborough (9-12)

Board of Education: Conval Regional district representative, Pierce Laskey-Rigrod

State Representatives: Richard Eaton, D-Greenville; Richard D. McNamara, D-Hillsborough; Jonathan F. Manley, D-Bennington.

State Senator: Andy Sanborn, R-Bedford

Selectmen: John Jordan (chair), Erik Spitzbarth, James Mose

Library: Main Street, 525-4411, Mon. 2 to 6 p.m., Tues. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Wed. 2 to 6 p.m., Thurs. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m

Churches: First Congregational, Hillsborough Christian Fellowship

Major Businesses: John Hancock Inn, Hancock Market, Fiddleheads Cafe, Business Forecast Systems, D.S. Huntington Co., Hancock Associates, Hancock Baskets, Princeton Group, Yasvin Designers

Points of Interest: Harris Center for Conservation Education, Very Long Baseline Array radiotelescope, John Hancock Inn

Web Site: www.hancocknh.org

Email Address: office@hancocknh.org