NH School Funding Fairness Project Presentation, "School Funding and Property taxes 101" Monday, May 22, 6:30 – 7:30pm at Warner Town Hall. "Learn about how New Hampshire downshifts the cost of public education funding on to property taxpayers; how this system creates huge disparities in tax bills town to town, and in the quality of education students receive. This is an hour-long presentation open for Q&A at the end."  

To be sure they prepare enough materials and statistics relevant to your location, there is an optional preregistration for this or other dates and locations HERE. More at https://fairfundingnh.org/. Relevant recent news: May 5, 2023 Plaintiffs Show State’s Failure to Fund Education as ConVal Trial Concludes 

Memorial Day ceremonies will be held on Monday May 29: All welcome.

Meet at American Legion Post (next to Reed's North) at 9 am; proceed to the soldier's monument for a wreath and Salute; then to Pine Grove Cemetery for a wreath, Salute and Taps; then to to the bridge over Warner River for wreath, Salute and Taps.

For more information contact Post 39 Commander Charlie Trowbridge 603-456-2992.

Spring into Warner is Saturday, May 20! 15th Annual Arts celebration and opening day for Warner Area Farmer's Market. This event is held outdoors along Main Street, 9 am to 3 pm, with performances by Kearsarge Conservatory for the Performing Arts inside Town Hall and Museums open for exhibits, huge Farmer's Market, free crafts at the library, Barn Sale, etc. 9 am - 3 pm, Rain or Shine. see below!

Map and Schedule are at https://KearsargChamber.org

See interview with Katharine Nevins at ycnnow.com/2023/05/13/2023-spring-into-warner/

Warner Historical Society's annual Barn sale fully opens Sat., May 20, 9 am - 3 pm during Spring into Warner. Then starting May 23, Tuesdays 1 to 4 pm and Saturdays 9am to 12 pm. Donations accepted on back porch.

Warner Democrats 3rd Plant sale will be Saturday, May 20, 9 am - 1pm during the annual Spring into Warner event. To donate plants, bring them Saturday 8:15-8:45 am during setup or Friday May 19 to David & Emma Bate's porch on West Main St.

Yankee Farmer's Market: farm store will be open Saturday, May 20, 9-4. Try free samples, meet & feed the animals, and enjoy fun farm activities! 

Kearsarge Conservatory of the Performing Arts will hold their usual

Free Preview performances and a 50/50 Raffle inside Town Hall on Saturday May 20:

Ballet Preview 10:00-10:45 am Alice in Wonderland/ Tribute to the Beatles' Music

Rollins State Park MAY be open for the WEEKEND May 20, 9-4 pm if road and parking conditions are good. https://www.nhstateparks.org/find-parks-trails/rollins-state-park still says "The upper parking lot on mountain is extremely wet so the auto road remains closed." but the phone message at 456-3808 says they "hope to be open by May 20."

Open full-time starting Memorial Day Weekend. Hours are 9 am - 4 pm. Gates close at 6pm: last car up at 4pm & all cars out by 6pm."

Remember that the Library has day passes for NH parks but can only issue to one group a day - and you may need to reserve a space at some parks on busy days! www.nhstateparks.org/planning/schedule-and-fees/operating-schedule

Congratulations to Rose Jansen of Warner who has been hired as the new Hopkinton Library Director. www.concordmonitor.com/New-library-director-in-Hopkinton-51010497

Reminder: Sunday May 21st at 3:00 pm Memorial Service at the New Hampshire Telephone Museum for John V. Brannon Jr. who passed away April 15, 2022.

Gofundme update: $2,813 has been raised of the $5,000 goal to help with funeral expenses for Lindsey Greenlaw: https://www.gofundme.com/f/lindsey-greenlaw

Those who have bats inhabiting their properties can help monitor summer colonies by contributing citizen science to the New Hampshire Bat Counts Project, a partnership of the state’s Fish and Game Department and UNH Cooperative Extension. Volunteers can help monitor populations by conducting “emergence counts” at roost sites on their properties. https://www.nhpr.org/ https://wildlife.state.nh.us/surveys/bats.html

Kearsarge Conservatory of the Performing Arts (KCPA) ANNUAL CAR WASH FUNDRAISER Saturday May 27th 9:00 am-12:00 noon DownTown Warner! Come and get your car washed by a bunch of beautiful Ballerinas! For more information check out our Website: www.NHPerformingArts.org 

KCPA SPRING SHOW June 3rd and 4th 2:00 pm Matinee. "A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES. Act I ALICE IN WONDERLAND BALLET" set to the London Symphony Orchestra Music of The Beatles. Act II VARIETY SHOW set to our favorite original Beatles Songs. More information and online tickets: www.NHPerformingArts.org 

To celebrate the opening of The Boys & Girls Clubs of Central New Hampshire, Early Learning Center in Warner, all are invited to an open house on Wednesday, May 31st, from 6:00-7:30 pm at the center at 49 W. Main St. in Warner.

At this time, the center is open from 8am to 4:30pm and only serving toddlers until another staff member is hired. They plan to be open from 7am to 5pm and serve infants and toddlers from six weeks to three years of age. Further information about enrollment and job openings can be found at nhyouth.org.

If you have kids, live in Warner and use Facebook, there is a FB group "My kids are growing up in Warner" you can join. For Sports, join WYSA (Warner Youth Sports Association). facebook.com/WYSAyouthsports and https://warnersports.org/

McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord is seeking volunteers to help build the first piece of the Science Playground on THURSDAY, MAY 25th!!

No experience, tools, or equipment required. www.starhop.com/science-playground

Boys & Girls Club News: Applications for summer camp are out! For more information ask your club member or reach out to Justin at jbleakley@nhyouth.org.for more information.

Simonds School annual Read-A-Thon was a huge success! Students raised $1,938.80 for the PTO to support our school community after reading at total of 39,668 minutes.

YMCA Registration is open for for swim lessons at Bradford (French's beach) July 10-21 and Sutton (Kezar Lake) July 31-Aug 11 GraniteYMCA.org or 603-228-9622

Yankee Farmer's Market is hiring a Farm Retail Store Associate! More details and to apply, on website: https://yankeefarmersmarket.com/pages/jobs

Magdalen College is seeking a Catholic professional to serve in a full-time role as Executive Assistant and Events Coordinator. This position provides administrative assistance to the President as well as planning events. https://magdalen.edu/employment/. Contact corlowski@magdalen.edu for information and application details.

Ensemble Music class registrations are under way at Plugged in Music Lesson Studio on Main St. (at Velvet Moose building).

Rock band, Folk rock band, Songwriting band, Blues jam, Acoustic folk, Horn band/funk band, Jazz ensemble. Meetings would be weekly for 1 hr 15 min. pluggedinstudionh.com

Bagley Pond Perennials located at 648 Pumpkin Hill Road will be open starting May 27 for the season every Friday and Saturday 9am until 3pm. bagleypondperennials.com

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The Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum is open for the season Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm and Sundays from noon to 4 pm. Guided tours are offered at 10:30 am and 1:30 pm daily pending staff availability (Sundays 1:30 pm only).

The NH Telephone Museum 4th Phriday event: Friday, May 26th, 7 pm. BESSIE’S STORY "Watching the Lights Go Out" is an inspiring story about a charming, brave chocolate Lab who gradually loses her eyesight. Bessie and her human, author Thomas Farmen will be here to share their amazing story and life lessons. Suitable for all ages. You can arrive at 6:30 to wander the gallery: Members FREE, non-members $5.

The Museum is now on Summer hours, Tues through Sat. 10 am - 4 pm.

The Warner Food Pantry, 49 W. Main Street, is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Tray It Forward vegetable seedling trays will be delivered to the Pantry on Tuesday May 23. There is still time to order your tray. Please sign up on the sheet attached to the white board inside the Pantry tent.

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 www.211nh.org.

There are still four well water sampling test kits available at the library for sampling your own well water for submission to NH DES (drop off in Concord).

Find the most recent audio and ebooks purchased for Overdrive:nhdbooks.blogspot.com

Punching The Air by Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam

Runner Up: The Cat I Never Named by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess

A whole new list of nominees will be ready next week, for 2024 voting!

Runner Up: 3 Way Tie! Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe,

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Lyimide

A whole new list of nominees will be ready to read next week, for 2024 voting!

This is the fist novel in a new series about magic, monsters, truth, and lies.

Spice Road by Maiya Ibrahim

Magic tea, and a run-away horse set the stage for this epic novel. Imani is a 17 year old, knife wielding warrior who needs to help protect her city from monsters, all while trying to keep her sister safe and find her traitorous brother on the other side of the Forbidden Wastes!

"Inspired by the real life story of C.R. Paterson & his family." jacket

The Davenports by Krystal Marquis

"The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to."

NEW: End of the Federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) Declaration

Testing, vaccines etc. after May 11: COVID-19 at-home tests may not be covered by insurance because Insurance providers will no longer be required to waive costs or provide free COVID-19 tests. Use CDC’s No Cost COVID-19 Testing Locator

FREE At-Home Covid-19 Test Kits can be picked up at the Library, and at Town Hall, courtesy of NH DHHS. Tests are good until October 2023. For businesses and non-profits, or parents who want youth size masks, ask us for boxes of masks.

Warner's new COVID-19 cases reported: 0 since Thursday 5/11/23. Total so far 793 as of 5/18/23 www.wmur.com/article/covid-19-cases-nh-town/37155089#. (Updated Thursdays). Note that reported numbers do not reflect all cases due to home testing.

CDC covid-19 county data site https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view.

CDC guidelines for isolation and quarantine:

warner.lib.nh.us/warner-events-calendar, nh365.org, visitnh.gov, kearsargecalendar.com nhhumanities.org/programs/upcoming, centerfortheartsnh.org Arts calendar

facebook.com/NHMusicCollective/,