Editing Hanover, Massachusetts (section)

==Government==
[[Image:John Curtis Free Library, Hanover MA.jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{center|John Curtis Free Library [http://www.hanovermass.com/library/]}}]]
On the national level, Hanover is a part of [[Massachusetts's 9th congressional district]], and is currently represented by [[William R. Keating]].  The state's senior ([[Classes of United States Senators#Class I|Class I]]) member of the [[United States Senate]], elected in 2012, is [[Elizabeth Warren]]. The junior ([[Classes of United States Senators#Class II|Class II]]) senator, elected in a special election in 2013, is [[Ed Markey]].

On the state level, Hanover is represented in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] as a part of the Fifth Plymouth district, which includes the neighboring towns of Norwell and Rockland.  The town is represented in the [[Massachusetts Senate]] as a part of the Second Plymouth and Bristol district, which includes Brockton, Halifax, Hanson, Whitman and portions of East Bridgewater and Easton.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/legis/citytown.htm |title=Index of Legislative Representation by City and Town, from Mass.gov |access-date=March 9, 2007 |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929115141/http://www.mass.gov/legis/citytown.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>  The town is patrolled on a secondary basis by the First Barracks of Troop D of the [[Massachusetts State Police]], located in Norwell.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mass.gov/|title=Mass.gov|website=www.mass.gov}}</ref>

Hanover is governed by the [[open town meeting]] form of government, and is led by a [[board of selectmen]].  The town has its own police and fire departments, with active firehouses in Center Hanover and West Hanover.  The fire department operates the ambulance service, with the nearest hospitals being Brockton Hospital and South Shore Hospital in Weymouth.  There are two post offices located in town, near Hanover Four Corners and West Hanover, both along Route 139.  The town is home to the John Curtis Free Library, which was founded with the help of its namesake in the 1800s.  The library is a part of the [[Old Colony Library Network]].  Hanover is also the site of a [[YMCA]], near the mall.