After the Farmstand Closes, Plainfield's Calendar Asks You to Bring Something

Edgewater Farm's stand closed in mid-October. From now until the wreath workshop on December 11, most of what Plainfield and Meriden have on the public calendar needs some input from the people who show up. The Historical Society wants your old baseball photos. The Children's Holiday Party needs a form back by November 18 so a gift is ready for each child. The library's wreath session wants your hands, and the town luncheon wants your conversation. These next four weeks run on participation, and several of those dates are already close.

The farm's last handoff is the Tuesday before Thanksgiving

Edgewater Farm calls its Fall CSA a way to keep people "eating all the good crops" after the farmstand shuts down. The share runs six weeks. Pickup is at the farmstand in Plainfield on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 6 p.m., with root vegetables, winter squash, greens, herbs, and the last peppers and tomatoes, plus a newsletter with recipes. The season started Wednesday, October 21, and members committed to all six consecutive weeks. That means this year's sign-up window has closed.

If you have a share, the date to remember is Tuesday, November 24. That's the special pre-Thanksgiving pickup and the final one of the season. It's a day earlier than usual, two days before the holiday, and it closes out the farm's year for members. You can find the details on Edgewater's Fall CSA page.

Once the farm wraps up, the town's public life moves indoors. The rooms are small, and what happens in them depends on who comes.

Bring the shoebox of baseball photos to Meriden Library

The best example of this is the Plainfield Historical Society's baseball afternoon at Meriden Library on Sunday, November 15, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. The library listing calls it "The Golden Years of Baseball in Plainfield." It covers T-ball, recreation baseball, and Little League in the 1970s and 1980s, and Jim, Rob, and Bill Taylor are on the panel.

The Historical Society's announcement adds Plainfield School teams to the list. It also asks the audience to contribute: "Bring your own photos, stories, and baseball memorabilia to share. Whether you played, coached, cheered from the sidelines, or simply love local history, come help us celebrate the teams and traditions that made those years special."

So the panel is only half the program. The rest is whatever turns up in the room. A team photo from 1978 in a drawer in Meriden counts as source material, and so does a coach's scorebook or a parent's slides. The Society's announcement includes a roster caption of about twenty names, starting with Jim Foley, Tim Swett, and Lee Parmenter. If any of those names are in your family, that alone is a reason to go. You can reach the Society at 603-298-8834 or [email protected].

Two library buildings, one shared calendar

Plainfield's two libraries, Philip Read Memorial Library and Meriden Library, share one events calendar. Between them they cover the weeks between the baseball panel and mid-December. Here's what's coming up, in order:

1. Friday, November 13, 2 to 5 p.m. Bottle Painting & Decorating at Philip Read Memorial Library.
2. Sunday, November 15, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. The baseball panel at Meriden Library.
3. Wednesday, November 18, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Preschool story time at Meriden Library. It's recommended for children under five, but all are welcome.
4. Thursday, November 19, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Story time at Philip Read Memorial Library, with the same age guidance.
5. Tuesday, December 1, 6 to 7:30 p.m. A Spice Rack Humanities Program at Meriden Library, hosted by the Friends of the Meriden Library.
6. Friday, December 11, 3 to 5 p.m. Make an Alternative Wreath at Philip Read Memorial Library, led by Judy Ptak and Sally Rub. To register, email Judy at the address on the workshop listing.

The wall at Philip Read is also changing. Artists from the AVA Gallery Senior Art program are showing work there from November through January. The opening reception was Monday, November 9, but the exhibit stays up for the rest of the season. It's an easy look on any library visit through the winter.

The two story times come one day apart, Wednesday in Meriden and Thursday at Philip Read. With a preschooler at home, you can go to whichever building fits your week.

November 18 decides who gets a gift on December 6

The 2026 Plainfield/Meriden Children's Holiday Party is free. Registration lists it for Sunday, December 6, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at Plainfield Village Town Hall. The afternoon includes games, a visit with Santa, take-home goodie bags, holiday snacks and drinks, and music with sing-alongs.

The gifts take some planning. They're for children 12 and under, and the organizers say a form must be completed for a gift to be ready. The deadline is November 18, 2026, and registration closes at 5 p.m. that day. That's six days after this post goes up and almost three weeks before the party. Sign up through the party's registration page.

The organizers are also asking parents to volunteer with decorating, setup, cleanup, and running games. The party is sponsored by the Plainfield Village Town Hall and Maxfield Parrish Stage Set Committee, with financial support from the Tasker Bridge Fund. Beverly Widger is the town's contact for both committees, at 603-469-3201 or [email protected].

The building at 1079 Route 12A has a history of its own. It was built in 1798, moved in 1810, and arrived at its current village site in 1846. It got its Maxfield Parrish-designed stage in 1916. If you missed it, we wrote about the hall's preservation grant earlier this year.

Here's every date in the next month that asks something of you:

The Community Luncheon is the simplest of these. The town asks people to "come and share a nutritious meal & warm conversation with friends." Stephanie Schell is the contact, at 603-469-3201 or [email protected].

Bottles show up on the calendar twice

The November 13 bottle-painting session falls a little over two weeks before a change at the Lebanon Solid Waste and Recycling Facility. Starting December 1, 2026, the facility will stop accepting glass for recycling because no recycling markets are available. The town's October 27 notice says that from that date, bottles and jars go in regular trash. Glass shouldn't go in recycling bins or be brought to the facility's recycling area.

The same notice says the change "DOES NOT affect our curbside recycling program." Plainfield contracts with Casella Waste Systems for curbside trash and zero-sort recycling every two weeks. Carts need to be at the curb by 7 a.m. on pickup day, and the Town Office can tell you which day is yours. The town's Recycling & Waste page links to the current-year pickup calendar. For questions about other materials, the notice points to Lebanon's What Goes Where? guide.

Evenings out, from Flickinger Auditorium to trivia night

Kimball Union Academy has two performances on its calendar. The Dance Showcase is Friday, November 13, at 7 p.m. in Flickinger Auditorium, and the Flick Gig is Friday, December 4, at 7 p.m. Check the KUA performing arts page for updates before you head over.

Poor Thom's Tavern is open Tuesday through Saturday from 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday is trivia night, and you need a reservation, which you can only make by phone at 603-469-3400. The tavern is closed on Thanksgiving, and it also closes on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. This year Thanksgiving falls on Thursday, November 26. That makes Wednesday, November 25, the last tavern night before the holiday, one day after the farm's final pickup.

You'll find more about the town on our Plainfield neighborhood page. Our earlier piece on Meriden village covers more of what's on that side of town.

If one of those baseball photos turns out to show your house in the background, or the holiday party gets you thinking about how your home in Plainfield has changed over the years, LIVE UV LIFE would be glad to hear about it. Lori and the team can also put together a free home valuation whenever you'd like to know what that history is worth today.