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NEW Hours! (May 2022)
Mon. 10 am -12 & 1- 5 pm
Tues. 9 am - 12 & 1 - 8 pm
Wed. 1 - 5 pm
Thurs. 9 -12 & 1 - 6 pm
Saturday 9 am - 2 pm
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The library is open for walk-in use. Masks and distancing encouraged.
You can also borrow books by phone 603-456-2289, email, or by placing holds from the website catalog at warner.lib.nh.us
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Community News From Your Library |
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We now have 939 Subscribers! Tell your neighbors about subscribing!
You may need to click "See more" at the bottom to see ALL the news!
For reliable delivery, it helps to add newsletter@warner.lib.nh.us address to contacts.
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From Town Moderator Ray Martin
I would like to thank all the Warner citizens who participated in the State Primary on September 13th. Thanks to all the hard work and attention to detail, the reconciliation of votes, ballots and voters was spot on. I would like to especially thank Michelle Courser and Darcie Buskey of the Town Clerk's Office for all their work before and during the election. Kathy Carson did a great job of contacting and scheduling the counters. Ben Frost survived his first election as Assistant Moderator. I would also like to recognize the voters of Warner for 38% turn-out for the election. Ray Martin.
Town committees... Meet at Town Hall and often also on ZOOM. Links on the
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Warner Skateboard Park Grand Opening Sat., Sept. 24, 11am-12pm
Riverside Park, 40 Riverside Lane.
Raffling off 3 Skateboard. Free t-shirt for the first 10 kids, Free swag keychains & stickers All from the American Ramp Company.
Come and see the new ramps and enjoy some refreshments.
Flu Shot Clinic by Granite VNA for ages 3 and older at Jim Mitchell Community Park (next to MainStreet BookEnds store) Saturday, Sept. 28, 12:30-2:30pm Masks Required. Free for certain Insurances including Medicaid and Medicare B (bring your ID card). For more details call 603-224-4093 ext. 85815 or graniteVNA.org/FluClinics.
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Fall Foliage Festival and Library Book Sale! |
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The Warner Fall Foliage Festival is October 7,8,9. Starting Friday night, October 7th with the Midway rides and food, continuing Sat and Sunday10/8 and 10/9 with music, crafts, rides, parades, races, and food. Check https://wfff.org/ (No brochures this year).
KCPA Performance Company ART IN MOTION AND FRIENDS performs at Festival Sat. October 8, 2:00 pm by Sugar River Bank. Dance, singing and theatre arts with a special “sneak peak” from their upcoming WINTER SHOW THE WIZARD OF OZ.
Sign up to volunteer, meet neighbors and make new friends! The Festival raises funds for Town organizations and community needs, and depends on volunteers to help set up, work the Info Booth, assist with parking, selling raffle tickets, trash collection, etc...See https://wfff.org, or email volunteerwfff@aol.com.
The theme for the WFFF parade this year is "Fantastical Tales of all Time". Message Jenny Courser on FB for info or to register a float. The Parade is Sun, Oct. 9 @ 1:00pm
Contact Andrea woodlawnpet@gmail.com for more information or to volunteer.
The Pillsbury Free Library's Fall Book Sale will be held Saturday and Sunday, October 8 and 9, from 9 am to 4 pm during Fall Foliage Festival.
Donations of clean, boxed books and DVDs will be accepted between October 1 and 6 during open hours. PLEASE use SMALL boxes that can be used for display. Book sale Volunteers needed: call 603-456-2289 or sign up at signup.com/go/RwzdbEJ
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Photo by Mimi Wiggin.(we forgot to include credit last week)
The Warner Conservation Commission is seeking volunteers interested in collecting water quality and stream health information in select streams throughout town. For more information and contact information see: Jody Sloane at jodysloane@gmail.com. Training will begin early October. Additional information is available in this PDF about Wild Brook Trout Monitoring.
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Sports, Childcare, School News |
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Central New Hampshire Preschool Childcare in Warner!
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Rosemary "Posy" Beal Chandler, 87, died Tues., Sept. 13, 2022 at Pine Rock Manor. Friends may call at the Chadwick Funeral Home, 235 Main Street, New London, on Sat., Oct. 15, 2022 from 1-3 P.M. Memorial contributions may be made to Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, 18 Highlawn Road, Warner. Obituary
Habitat For Humanity is active in Warner and needs your help to create safe, affordable housing in partnership with those in need and to make shelter a matter of conscience with people everywhere.
Volunteer to help renovate a home in Warner for a worthy family. We still need people who are comfortable working on a roof this coming weekend Sat. and Sun., Sept. 24 and 25, and could also use two more volunteers next weekend Sat. and Sun., Oct. 1 and 2.to help build a landing.
7 am until 4 pm each day. Come for all or part of a day. Lunch and refreshments served. Email marktierney58@gmail.com for more information or sign up. Next Project: stripping and replacing the roof of a trailer in Henniker, October 15-16.
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Open Studio/Sale at Mimi Wiggin Fine Art on Sat. & Sun. October 1 & 2 from 10 to 4 both days. Original oil paintings, prints, notecards, marble coasters and more.
Ceramics and watercolors by Susan Beere are on exhibit and for sale at Warner Public Market for the next month.
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Music, Dance, History, and Museums |
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Gourd Burning workshop at Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum. Sat. Sept. 24 from 1-3 pm. $60 for members or $65 for non-members. Limited to 12 participants. Register.
Fri. Sept. 27 book discussion and signing. The invention of Miracles by Katie Booth.IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL EVENT 7 PM Reservations HERE
DRAG QUEEN BINGO! WED. SEPT. 28 - Family Friendly Fundraiser. A sparkling Drag Queen replaces the traditional bingo caller for a night of jokes, fun and laughter at New Hampshire Telephone Museum Lower Meeting Room 7 PM.
Admission: $15 [includes one card]; Each add'l card - $5
Warner Historical Society Annual Meeting and Program Thurs. Sept. 29 at Warner Town Hall. Meeting at 7pm and Program at 8pm – Free & open to the public.
Program: Returning North with the Spring: Retracing the Journey of Naturalist Edwin Way Teale Presenter: John Harris.
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Be Earth Friendly - and Save $$ |
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Buy used items or donate your items to re-home them:
Families in Transition Outfitters Thrift Store and Clothing/Household Donations
Learn about accepted items and donation locations and times at: fitnh.org/outfitters. They do not accept furniture donations or do any kind of pickups.
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First annual Family Gear Swap, Sat. Sept. 24, 9 am-2 pm at Warner Town Hall.
Recreational, Camping, Travel and Sports Gear for all ages.
Sell your gear or find some deals for your family, make a little money on your unwanted gear or donate to the Family Closet. You do not need to be present for the sale.
Items can be dropped at the Town Hall on Thurs. 9/22 or Friday 9/23 from 3 - 6 pm.
Register your contact info at dropoff and your items will be tagged. Please price them.
VOLUNTEER HELP needed! Please contact Patty.
Pick-up Saturday, 9/24, at the end of the sale unsold items and a check for sold items from 2:30-4:30pm at the Town Hall. To make other arrangements for drop off or pick up, or other questions, Contact Patty Anderson at familyclosetwcnh@gmail.com or call 603-456-2183 or text 603-560-6143.
This is a fundraiser for Warner Connects NH Food Pantry and Resource Center.
Electric Car Expo! Sat. Sept 24 in New London (free) all-electric cars and plug-in hybrids will be on-site, including the BMW X5, Chevy Bolt and Volt, Toyota Prius and RAV4, and of course Tesla Models S, X, 3 and Y. Some drivers will even be offering test rides! Outdoor exhibits will feature E-Bikes, electric lawn and garden equipment, plus rooftop and backyard solar panels.
Sponsored by New London Energy Committee, Granite State Solar, ReVision Energy, Rocky's Ace Hardware and Kearsarge Climate Action.
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Warner Public Market has little pumpkins from Kearsarge Gore Farm - good for making pies or to add to your autumn decor.
Courser Farm on Schoodac Road: full size Pumpkins and Gourds are ready!.
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The Kitchen - Dinner coming Sept. 30,
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Help us out! Send your news to Newsletter@library.warnernh.gov! |
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If you are currently homeless or at risk of homelessness, please contact 211NH by dialing 2-1-1 or (866) 444-4211. 211 NH is a helpline that serves as the primary entry point for people experiencing a housing crisis (https://www.211nh.org/).
Warner Connects NH Food Pantry and Community Resource Center News
The weekly Farm Stand Cart is winding down for the season (two more weeks). Fresh local produce is still being offered free to all at the upper parking lot Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. A big THANK YOU to Amelia Gardner and Farmsteads of New England for bringing this amazing service to the Warner Connects community.
Volunteers Needed! Drivers needed to pick up USDA bulk food (1-2 times monthly) and local fresh produce orders (weekly). Also, volunteers to help serve Food Pantry clients Monday - Thursday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.. Call Susan Morrison, Volunteer Coordinator at 603-456-2053 for more info.
Family Closet Thrift Boutique is open Wed and Sat. 10 am - 4 pm. Fall and Winter clothing and accessories being accepted. LIMIT of 2 tall trash bags per visit. Volunteers needed!
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Free COVID and Flu VACCINES! New COVID-19 boosters target the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants - available for people aged 12 years and older..
vaccines.nh.gov. (pharmacies that have been doing Vaccines -or schedule a vaccine through your doctor's office. Vaccinations for Covid-19 are FREE.
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Covid Home Test kits: many insurance plans will cover up to 8 tests per month per person. CVS has it set up on their website to order test kits. They can run them through your insurance and then you can pick them up in store.
Expiration dates on some COVID tests have been extended - check the updates.
Do a Google search by brand. Look again later for extension updates.
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Covid 19 Merrimack County and three other counties' risk is still at MEDIUM in the CDC County Check Tool (based on hospitalizations and deaths, not total cases).
CDC guidelines for isolation and quarantine:
Vaccination rates: NH Towns (WMUR) Warner: 68.4% fully, 75.9% one or more dose.
Merrimack County (CDC) over age 5: 75.2% fully vaccinated, 89.9% at least 1 dose.
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We have PASSES for you!
For NH Museum links and info about library passes, visit
The John Hay Estate at The Fells
All exhibits have been "refreshed" with different items and arrangements. Current exhibit: Gee's Bend Quilts
Summer hours: OPEN 10 am - 4 pm Tues. through Sat.
Exhibit: Alexander Graham Bell.
The Nature Discovery Center, located alongside the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, is open Saturdays at 10:30 AM - 4 pm & Sundays 1-4 pm.
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None Better: Biographer Robert Caro
by Roger Robbins
For almost 50 years, Robert Caro has written 4 volumes (with a 5th pending) on the life and times of Lyndon Johnson. His achievement is breathtaking: stellar history and a series of riveting novels all rolled into one.
Robert Caro is meticulous. He spends nearly ten years on each volume, reading thousands of documents, conducting innumerable interviews, visiting relevant sites. He even moved to the Texas Hill Country to better understand Lyndon Johnson and his people.
Caro writes slowly. First drafts are handwritten; succeeding drafts are typed on a Corona Electra typewriter before being prepared for modern printing. Robert Caro feels the author needs to interact carefully with each written word, to get the right feeling across to the reader. Caro says, "you can't forget that you're telling a story."
And such powerful stories. You begin on page 1. Suddenly, you're on page 50, and you don't remember turning a page. Must-reads!
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In a single moment, everything changes. Seventeen year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall riding along the snow-wet Oregon road with her family. Then, in a blink, she finds herself watching as her own damaged body is taken from the wreck...
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Miss Sue's News (for Kids) |
New Children's Items in our catalog:
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These 10 books are this year's group of "Ladybug" Award nominees. They are available to read in the library, and Miss Sue will be reading them at story time. Until she has read all 10, they will not be able to be checked out. In mid to late November you can vote for your favorite and then the books will circulate again.
Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains will hold an informational meeting at Pillsbury Free Library Thursday, October 13th at 5-6:00PM, For more Info: msupan@girlscoutsgwm.org
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Preschooler Story times with Miss Sue are held every Thursday at 10:30 am - stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft.
This program is held in the library's Children's Room.
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Wednesday September 21st was the first after school craft of the school year, based on Minecraft. The full house of 24 kids had a fun time making some amazing creations. Miss Sue is already planning for next month! Look for the paper to come home from school in the 2nd week of the month. You have to sign up every month, first come, first served. It's the only fair way for Miss Sue.
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Every Week
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Library Story Time Thursdays 10:30 am
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Warner Farmer's Market, Sat. 9 - 1 Town Hall
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Barn Sale, Sat. 9-12 and Tues. 1-4 at Warner Historical Society.
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Family Closet Thrift Store 10 am - 4 pm Wed. & Sat. at Warner Community Center.
Coming Soon
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Other Online Event listings: Things to do or view
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On September 20, 2022 the Library Trustees held a public hearing and accepted bequested funds from the estate of Warner resident Carol M. Pletcher. Carol's family attended and graciously shared information about Carol's appreciation of the library. The $100,000 received can be used for any library purpose.
Library Trustee meetings include the Monthly Board Meeting on the third Tuesday of each month (at 6:30 pm, in person) Various Committee meetings, some that meet monthly, vary in meeting schedules.
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Your Donations Keep Library Services Strong! |
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Contributions to the library may be donated online, mailed to P. O. Box 299, Warner NH 03278 or put in the book drop! Contact us if you have any questions.
Stained glass theme "Thank You" cards (3 for $5), or other non-specific library stained glass cards (5 for $10), pictured here.
Call 603-456-2289 to arrange for pickup.
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