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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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Warner Town Offices and Departments, U.S. Post Office and Sugar River Bank, will be closed on Thursday, November 24, 2022 in observance of Thanksgiving Day. The library will be closed Thursday 24 but open on Saturday Nov. 26.
**Due to the holiday, this newsletter will be minimal or not published next week so keep this one handy for event dates! **
Select Board Budget Work Session
Mon., Nov. 21, 7:30 AM
Planning Board Work session: Capital Improvements Program requests, etc.
Note: Comet LLC housing project application has been withdrawn.)
Select Board meeting
Tues. Nov. 22, 6:30 pm
Volunteers Needed: The Town is seeking volunteers for a newly created Corridor Committee. The committee will review information regarding a possible connection between the downtown village and the Intervale commercial district (I-89 Exit 9). Please fill out the volunteer form if interested.
Town committees... Meet at Town Hall and often also on ZOOM. Links on the
Wondering where your tax bill is? The bills will be later than usual (same as many other NH towns). Once mailed you have 30 days to pay before being late. Feel free to pay before the deadline to assist with Town cash flow!
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Warner Fire Rescue's Annual Turkey Raffle This Saturday!
Nov. 19, 7-9 pm at the Fire Station. This is a fun community night with chances to win turkeys, hams, gift cards and other prizes. Cash prize raffle tickets can also be bought at Sugar River Bank.
Community Fish Fry dinner - Magdalen College, 511 Kearsarge Mtn Rd
5:00-7:00 pm Friday November 18
Kids 5 and under eat free. Ages 6-12 $8. Ages 13+, $15. 603-456-2656 for info
Next date: January 13 (none in Dec.)
KRSD School Board Meeting
No School - November 23-25 and Early release (Parent meetings) Nov. 21 & 22.
The Kearsarge Regional School District have announced the District will expand its preschool program to a second location in the 2023-2024 school year.
The District will use Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds to purchase a modular building that will be placed on site at Kearsarge Regional Elementary School at Bradford. More at www.facebook.com/KearsargeSAU65/
Help (still) Wanted! The Department of Public Works is looking for a CDL driver, a building and grounds maintenance person, and an all around laborer. Please contact DPW Director Tim Allen at 603-456-3366. Application form HERE.
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If you are walking near or around woods make sure you are wearing orange, same with your pet! It is deer hunting rifle season. https://nhfishgame.com/
Love to decorate for the holidays? Join with the Library's Circle of Friends to decorate the library, indoors and out, on Monday, November 28 at 1 pm, with Tuesday 29 as a back-up snow date. Hot or cold cider for all helpers!
See business section for Thanksgiving food and Christmas tree info! Also Helping Hands section for Holiday food vouchers.
Family fun and local Shopping!
Plans are under way for a return of the Warner Hometown Holidays event,
Saturday, December 3. This is what we know so far:
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Festival of Trees Display inside Town Hall (starting Dec 3, until after Dec 25)
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Holiday Farmer's Market in Town Hall (lower level), 9 am to 2 pm.
- Artisans at the Upton Chandler House Museum on Main St. 10 am to 4 pm
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The Gingerbread Man performed by Kearsarge Conservatory of the Performing Arts at 11 am in Town Hall (free).
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Mr. and Mrs. Santa among the Trees in Town Hall, arriving 1:30 pm, Photo opp. (cookies provided by The Kitchen).
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Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum will be open 10 am to 4 pm including the gift store. There is also a snow snake craft that day for those who have signed up.
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MainStreet BookEnds Gallery and book store: extended shopping hours that day 9 am to 9 pm and Holiday Children's book readings in the Gallery by the fire - no schedule as well as toys, art, cards, books and other gifts to buy. Warner children’s author David Elliott will be signing his books 11 am to 12:30 pm, and Warner children’s author Matt Forrest Esenwine will be signing his books from 2 - 4 pm. Other authors may also be present.
- The Pillsbury Free Library will have a winter stories story time at 10:00am and a make and take craft from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm. Refreshments and Open House from 11:30-1. Come see our new HVAC system! The library closes at 2 pm.
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The Family Closet Thrift Boutique is opening early from 9am-4pm: donate a non-perishable, non-expired food items, receive a $5 shopping voucher to use in the store that day and a free stuffed animal (while supplies last). For the holidays, find new and lightly used toys, games, puzzles and children books.
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The Warner Connects Food Pantry will host an Open House from 10 am-12pm. Stop by or take a quick tour and see your donations at work.
- The NH Telephone Museum is planning a 'Polar Express' themed day, which includes a train set-up in their special exhibit area, hot cocoa and marshmallows and a special polar express scavenger hunt 10 am-4pm. Regular admission fee.
Caroling (on Dec. 3):
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Gear Up Homeschoolers will be singing at Town Hall around 12:30 pm, with hot beverages available for a donation, then will move to Pillsbury Free Library (Depot St. side), then back to Town Hall (around 1:30).
- 5:30 pm - Caroling on the lawn of the MainStreet Warner, Inc. Lodge (behind the monument) with Peg Chaffee and Cheryl Sager.
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Magdalen Choir will present “A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols” on Saturday, December 3 at 7:30pm at the College campus on Kearsarge Mtn Rd. The service is free and open to the public.
Food! Available at The Kitchen Warner, Reed's North and Charlie Mac's Pizzaria!
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WYSA announces that signups are open from now until December 15 for the 5 week Skiing and snowboarding program at Pat's Peak. Any child age 6 and up living in the Kearsarge Regional School District area is eligible to participate. Sessions are 4 to 6:30 pm on Thursdays beginning January 5, 2023. Lessons begin at 4:30, followed by free ski time. Elementary age students are required to take a lesson as part of the package; this is optional for older students. Register at www.patspeak.com/Plan-Your-Visit/Lessons-Rentals/Learn-to-Ski-Ride-Program.aspx Questions? Contact Glen Moyer at baldeagle03251@yahoo.com.
Winter Parking Ban: The Town of Warner's Parking Ordinance is in effect and states that no vehicle may be left on any street, road, or highway in the Town of Warner between the hours of 12:00 a.m. midnight and 6:00 a.m., from November 1st until May 1st of each year. Any vehicle found to be in violation of this ban will be towed away at the owner’s expense."
New Hampshire on Skis Friday, December 9, 5:00 pm (VIRTUAL)
Take Scandinavian and Austrian immigrants, the Dartmouth Outing Club, the Cannon Mountain Tramway, the muscular Christian, amateur tinkerers, and Professor E. John B. Allen. Cover it with snow and shake, and you have all the makings of a unique New Hampshire history. Professor Emeritus of History at Plymouth State University, John Allen is historian for the New England Ski Museum in Franconia and the author of several books about ski history, including Traveling the Old Ski Tracks of New England (late 2022).
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Warner Artists and Performers |
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Angela and Kevin Tarleton are performing in "43rd St." at Newport Opera House this weekend November 18-20. Miss Angela plays Miss Ina Sutton a "SPEAKEASY" singer and Mr Kevin plays Clancy the Cop. The Show is set in the "Roaring 20's". It's a real "toe tapper" and a lot of fun. https://mailchi.mp/148294caccb5/mn2lszpccg
Warner resident Denise Green and long-time friend Terri St. Laurent will fill the Warner Historical Society’s Upton Chandler House Museum with art THIS weekend. Terri specializes in photography, watercolors, and acrylics. Denise is primarily known for her watercolors, but also works with pastels and has “a couple of really fun acrylics” for this show. The weekend begins with an opening reception on Friday November 18, 5pm-7pm. The show is open Saturday November 19, 10am-4pm and Sunday November 20, 11am-3pm. The museum store will be open with new tee shirts featuring original artwork by Denise Green of the Dalton covered bridge in Warner.
Jody Sloane is presenting her comedy act at Claremont Opera House November 26 at 7:30 pm. Tickets available online or at the door. Warning from Jody: " strong language".
A Holiday Farmer's Market will be held Sat. Dec. 3, from 9 am to 2 pm in Town Hall.
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Shout out to Wanda Young Anderson for making and donating a large number of fabric reusable tote bags to Warner Connects NH to use for food deliveries.
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Seasonal Warner Area Business |
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Thanksgiving Food Orders! You have choices...
The Kitchen Warner will offer KUNG FOOD night Wednesday before Thanksgiving again!
House made crab rangoons, chicken fingers, steak on a stick, pork fried rice, egg rolls, char siu pork, pot stickers, dumplings, scorpion bowls, etc, etc.
Order early!
Also, we are working on a Sunday BREAKFAST menu.....starting very soon!
Thanksgiving Pies, sweet breads and dinner rolls can be ordered from " The Schoolhouse Cafe" crew. Call 603-748-1513. Prices can been viewed on Facebook
Pies (large) $34.75, cheesecakes (large only), assorted wicked sweets platter, cheesecake sampler, sweet and regular breads, and homemade cranberry compote! Full menu and prices at the bakery and on Facebook. All pre orders must be paid for in advance. No delivery available. Open Tuesday 2-5 and Wednesday 8-2 for order pick ups and last minute needs. The cafe will not be open during these days. Grab and go items will also be available such as sweet breads, cookie kits, cranberry compote.
Closed Thanksgiving weekend.
Christmas trees will be available on the lawn at Cafe One East and also from Pine Hills Tree Farm in Sutton, 48 Shadow Hill Rd. in N. Sutton. Grand opening November 25 at noon. Trees, wreaths, and Christmas time experiences! Danielle Bee of Warner will be selling dried flower ornaments there. Five Acres Garden Center will also have trees.
Holiday Barn Sale and WHS swag store at the Warner Historical Society's Upton Chandler House Museum, 9 am to noon on Saturdays Nov. 26, Dec. 11, and Dec. 18. Decorations and housewares for the holiday season! (Dec. 3 is the Artisans sale)
Boys & Girls Club - Warner. Two full-time positions open at a new daycare center in Warner. Extensive benefits package. Temporarily offering a sign on bonus of $500.
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NHTM Hours adjusted on November 1 (reducing to Tues.and Sat. only for Nov-Dec.).
For Native American Heritage Month the Indian Museum will be open weekends in November (Saturdays 10 am to 4 pm and Sundays 12 to 4 pm), Saturday Dec. 3, 10 - 4, and at other times by appointment. No charge to visit the Gift Store!
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Sugar River Bank will have their Warner Christmas Project wishlist tags set up by Monday, for anyone who wants to help purchase gifts for needy children in Warner.
Red Cross blood drives: St. Theresa’s church in Henniker Friday 11/18 from 12:30pm till 6pm. To sign up go to www.Redcross.org.
Warner Connects NH Food Pantry and Community Resource Center News
If you signed up for a Thanksgiving meal parcel from The United Church of Warner, pick-up is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 21 from 3-5 p.m. at the Church parking lot.
The annual Christmas Capital Region Holiday Program is accepting request forms through Nov. 30 (available at WCNH during Food Pantry hours). NOTE: The program is for Warner residents only and forms MUST be submitted no later than Nov. 30 (no exceptions). The program this year is a voucher to Market Basket for a one-time purchase from Dec.10 -Jan.31. For more info call 603-456-2053.
Medicare Open Enrollment help is available via a partnership between WCNH and Health Market Connect, a federally funded program offering free, unbiased, marketplace health insurance assistance to NH residents. Call WCNH at 603-456-2053 to schedule an appointment with a Certified Community Healthcare Navigator.
Family Closet Thrift Boutique is OPEN 10:00-4:00 Wednesdays and Saturdays. We are now accepting toys and games until December. All toys and games should have complete pieces and be clean and in working order.
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The whirlwind of work for installation of new heating and cooling equipment at the Pillsbury Free Library has ended except for a few last patch-up details. Thank you for your patience! Stop in to see how our new "mini-split" ductless units blend right in.
Want to create a unique memento gift from your old slides, negatives or photos? The library has borrowed a digitizing Scanner from the NH State Library which can create digital images from slides and negatives or from printed photos. Save to your flash drive, email or upload, or print your family memories!
Or simply use the preview function to figure out what is ON those slides! No cost to scan. Printing at the library is 50 cents per color page.
Do Winter's dark evenings, cold and/or bad weather or health limit your ability to visit the library? Remember we can arrange to deliver items to you! Let our staff know what titles or types of book, magazine or DVD you are interested in and we will get them to you! call 603-456-2289 or contact us through the website https://www.warner.lib.nh.us/contact/.
Do you know someone this would help? Please let them know!
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A reminder that there are two "Privacy Booths" available for private online or phone conversations for work, tutoring, classes, telehealth, or simply a less distracting workspace. Chromebooks are also available to use. You can reserve a time by calling ahead, or simply walk in and see if one is available.
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Have Fun and Reduce Waste, Too! |
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Warner 4-H Club and the Pillsbury Free Library are teaming up to provide "Sew and Take" activities for all levels of ability. Volunteers Susan Jenna and Marcia Moyer (and others) will provide help with basic sewing skills on portable sewing machines. These FREE events will be at the library.
Thursday December 1 at 6:30 pm: Make re-usable fabric gift wrap bags to jazz up gifts! Spaces limited. Sign up required. Register at https://forms.gle/RyavPm5TDpHS5zf67 or call 603-456-2289
Photos from our first session for creating Tote Bags:
These activities will use donated fabric and materials, to make useful items that also reduce plastic and other waste! Thank you to those who have donated fabric! (Tote bags need 1 yard). Thread also accepted! Ideas for future projects to offer? Call us!
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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 5 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. Walgreens also is offering help.They 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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Note that reported numbers do not reflect all cases due to home testing.
CDC guidelines for isolation and quarantine:
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For NH Museum links and info about library passes, visit
Nov. 1 to 12/31/22, Only open Tues. and Sat. 10 am - 4 pm
Book ahead!
The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester currier.org is open.
Open on weekends in November. and on Sat. Dec. 3, 10 am to 4 pm.
The John Hay Estate at The Fells
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A Slim Volume, A Joyful Treat
by Roger Robbins
"One Christmas" sees Buddy forced to visit his father in New Orleans. Buddy wants to stay in Alabama with Sook, but he goes and learns a different lesson about family. In "The Thanksgiving Visitor", Buddy is harassed at school by a bully. Sook's solution: invite awful "Odd Henderson" to Thanksgiving dinner!
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Master spy Twilight is the best at what he does when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions in the name of a better world. But when he receives the ultimate impossible assignment--get married and have a kid--he may finally be in over his head! Twilight has his work cut out for him procuring both a wife and a child for his mission to infiltrate an elite private school. What he doesn't know is that the wife he's chosen is an assassin and the child he's adopted is a telepath!
Love this manga? We have the first three volumes!
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Miss Sue's News (for Kids) |
New Children's Items in our catalog:
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Just a reminder that there are games that can be checked out. Especially with many days home from school because of Holidays and winter weather, they would be something new and fun to keep everyone happy! Teen and older level games are also available! |
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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. There is no story time next Thursday, Nov. 24th, it's Thanksgiving Day!
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The library is decorated for Thanksgiving and all the turkey day books are out and available for borrowing. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
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Every Week
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Library Story Time Thursdays 10:30 am
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Family Closet Thrift Store 10 am - 4 pm Wed. & Sat. at Warner Community Center.
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Trivia Night at Reed's North every Thursday 6-8 (Closed Thanksgiving!)
Coming Soon
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Reed’s Acoustic
Sun. Nov. 20, 4-7pm Mike Preston at Reed's North
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Fish Fry Fri. Nov. 18, 5-7 pm at Magdalen College. Public welcome.
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Turkey raffle and fun at Warner Fire Rescue, Sat. Nov 19, 5-7 pm. Fire Station on Main St.
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Warner Hometown Holidays Sat. Dec 3.
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PFL Book Group Wed. Dec. 14 at 1:30: Thanksgiving by Janet Evanovich &/or The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
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Other Online Event listings: Things to do or view
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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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