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NEW Hours!
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 871 Subscribers! Tell your neighbors about subscribing!
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If you missed some newsletters, find them or subscribe at warner.lib.nh.us/library-news Check your "social" or "promotions" email folders. If you are subscribed, it helps to add the newsletter@warner.lib.nh.us address to your contacts for reliable delivery.
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Warner Fire Rescue alert: due to the dry conditions there is a red flag warning: Please No Outside Burning including seasonal permits
Interested in filling a Board of Selectman vacancy until March? (Clyde Carson is now the Finance officer) Contact Town Hall.
The Library and Town Offices will be closed Monday May 30 for the Memorial Day Holiday.
Town committees... Meet at Town Hall.
and often also on ZOOM. Links on the
All Town of Warner email addresses (warner.nh.us) are now @WarnerNH.gov. (but NOT the library).
Town website address will be changing soon to https://WarnerNH.gov. The old URL will continue to work also.
The Warner Democrats' May Meeting will be Sunday, May 29th at Jim Mitchell Park, 3 PM. Free childcare provided.
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Have you been wishing you could do something to help the people of Ukraine? You can! Pillsbury Free Library and United Church of Warner are working together to collect humanitarian donations for the people of Ukraine. Donations can be dropped off at the Church Parish House on Fridays 4pm to 6pm through June 10th.
New Hampshire's One-Room Rural Schools: The Romance and the Reality by Stephen Taylor, Wednesday May 18, at Warner Town Hall, 7 pm. Free Humanities program. Hosted by the Warner Historical Society.
Save the date! for a Warner Community Meet and Greet Potluck/ gathering at Riverside Park, Sunday July 10, Noon to 4 pm. With so many new residents and few chances to gather and chat in the last two years, Dee Sargent has reserved Riverside Park on July 10, 1-4 pm for a gathering of anyone who wants to chat with other Warner residents. Bring food to share or just your own food if you prefer. Please contact Dee if you want to help (such as make posters, provide or set up tables for food, or provide plates etc.) 603-568-0692 Deesarge53@gmail.com
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The S&W Sports Bike Swap in Concord is taking donations and consignments May 13 from 11:00 to 6:30 and then the swap is May 14 from 9:00 to 5:00 and May 15 from 9:00 to 1:00. People who put a bike in the swap get either 100% of the selling price as store credit OR they get 75% of the selling price in cash with the other 25% going to Central NH Bicycle Coalition. CNHBC invests in bike infrastructure and education in and around Concord, including helping the rail trail.
The Flat & Furious 5K series kicks off at 6 PM on Thursday May 19th at Bagley Field in Warner. Choose to run or walk! See https://clsrt.org/5k/ for the dates and locations of all the 5K's. $25 to register. Proceeds go to maintaining the Concord-Lake Sunapee Rail Trail.
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Two local Authors will be speaking at MainStreet BookEnds on the terrace at Spring into Warner on Saturday May 14. David Elliott at 11 am and Matt Forrest Esenwine 1 pm. Each has new works to share. |
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Two local bird photos for your enjoyment by Warner artist Mimi Wiggin: Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Baltimore Oriole.
Do you know your local Invasive plant species and how to deal with them? Join a free information walk with Riley Pierce along the Depot St. Warner River Rail Trail starting at the Library at 2:30 pm Saturday, May 14 (at the end of Spring into Warner) Free.
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Celebrate the Arts - THIS WEEKEND! |
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Lots of fun and chances to buy food and gifts at 2022 Spring into Warner on Saturday, May 14, 9 am to 3 pm on Main Street in Warner (outdoors except for Museum visits). Artists and craftspeople, dancers, musicians, and other performers all welcome. Season's opening of Warner Area Farmer's Market on Town Hall lawn, Used book sale, Museum tours and Exhibits, Pony rides, Pixie house creation, Music, art activities,etc. Map and schedule, Some participants are:
Warner Area Farmer's Market: super-sized opening day with many craft vendors.
Concord-Lake Sunapee Rail Trail and WarnerConnects information outside Cafe One East.
KCPA dance demonstrations in Town Hall, 10am - 12pm.
Patterson's Woodworking, Purple Lotus Treasurez and Warner Democrats plant swap fundraiser (from 9-2) in front of Brown Family Realty and Family Tree offices. People can bring any extra plants they have, and take any plants they want. Cash donations also welcome.
Family Closet Thrift Boutique will hold a Big Jewelry Sale 9:00-2:00, at 49 West Main Street.
Warner Historical Society: Make a paper basket & shop buy a Mount Kearsarge tee in front of the Upton House or Visit the Barn Sale & shop at Courser Farms at the Main St House
At the Library: Sand Art activity provided by United Church of Warner, yarnscapers and woodworkers in front, and make your own Pixie House on the Depot St. side.
Warner Public Market: Sip and Learn free wine tasting, and wooden spoon carving demo by Lee's Spoons.
Muralist Jyl Dittbener will be painting panels outside NH Telephone Museum, which has a new exhibit on Alexander Graham Bell. Art, wood and leather work, soaps and herbal remedies will be for sale nearby.
Pony Rides by Fun with Ponies (for a fee) will be held at the NHTM parking lot.
New art works and Local authors will be featured at MainStreet Bookends. Beeline LLC will be selling natural skin care products outside.
A used Book sale to benefit the Jim Mitchell Scholarship, and a Gear up Homeschoolers kids craft will be held on the Lodge lawn (near Simonds School).
Other attractions include multi-family yard sales an open Art studios, Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum.
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GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION at the NH Telephone Museum, Friday May 26, 6-7 pm Hors d'heuvres, bagpipes! Please note that although free, RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED. Just sign up from the website. The gathering is followed by a talk by Ted Zelewski, Mind on Fire: an intimate history of Alexander Graham Bell.- please reserve a seat ($5 fee.)
The Nature Discovery Center on Highlawn/Pattee Rd in Warner is looking for volunteers and New Board members! Museum season begins June 4.
Clean-up day will be on Sat. May 21st at 1 pm. bring brooms, dust rags, and dustpans. Dress warmly as it can be cool inside! Some bottled water and snacks will be available for everyone. Contact Sandra Martin 603-822-2334. https://ndcnh.org/
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Congrats to Charlie Mac's Pizzeria for once again being voted NH Magazine 2022 Best in NH Pizzaria for the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region!.
New! Fridays 12-6, Saturdays 10-4
Reed's North Sun. May 15 4-7 PM
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HELP WANTED: Looking for a line cook or cooks, Wed thru Saturday shifts 9:00-4:00 (can be flexible with the shift times too)
DISH HELPER Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat day shifts 12:00-4:00
SERVERS Summer positions opening up! Apply to Mike, gifunctions@yahoo.com
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Warner Connects NH Food Pantry and Community Resource Center News
Still taking orders for free vegetable/herb seedlings via the Tray It Forward program. Seedlings arriving at the Food Pantry May 25th for pick-up or delivery, if needed. Call 603-456-2053 to order.
Every month, almost 340 households receive help from Warner Connects NH, including weekly food supplies and other needed resource assistance. Monetary and food donations from the community make a huge difference and are gratefully received. Currently, the Food Pantry needs pet food (cat & dog/can & dry), and reusable plastic/paper grocery bags for food delivery.
Family Closet Thrift Boutique will hold a Big Jewelry Sale during Spring into Warner, on Saturday May 14, from 9:00-2:00, at 49 West Main Street.
There will be many other specials throughout the store, including women's gowns, men's pants and spring jackets. Regular store hours will be open until 4pm.
Now accepting jewelry donations, costume or other, through Wednesday May 11, to add to the sale. All proceeds support Warner Connects Food Pantry and Resource Center.
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HELP US keep the newsletter going! SEND Warner news to newsletter@warner.lib.nh.us! |
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Covid 19 cases are creeping up still. Merrimack County is now rated as MEDIUM risk by the CDC County Check Tool (based on hospitalizations and deaths, not total cases). "People with symptoms, a positive test, or exposure to someone with COVID-19 should wear a mask."
CDC guidelines for isolation and quarantine:
If you have health insurance through an employer or Marketplace, your insurance will pay you back for 8 at-home tests each month for each person on your plan.
FREE at- home rapid tests available from https://www.covidtests.gov/ A second order is allowed. Tests can also be bought at NH Liquor stores.
Vaccination data:
Warner: 67.5% fully vaccinated, 75.5% at least one dose.
Merrimack County (CDC) over age 5: 72.7% fully vaccinated, 88.1% at least 1 dose.
To get a COVID-19 vaccine: vaccines.nh.gov or call 211. You can also schedule a vaccine through your doctor's office. Vaccinations for Covid-19 are FREE, and available for ages 5 and up. Second boosters available for ages 50+.
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Plan ahead for Summer vacation!
For NH Museum links and info about library passes, visit
Current exhibits include:
Summer hours: OPEN 10 am - 4 pm Tues. through Sat. New Exhibit: Alexander Graham Bell.
The Nature Discovery Center, located alongside the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, will reopen Saturday, June 4, at 10:30 AM.
Volunteers needed!
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by Roger Robbins
Most authors gone 200 years are relegated to some dusty Anthology of the Nearly Forgotten and Awfully Obscure. Not Jane Austen. She is more popular than ever.
Take a Look:
It is said fame lasts 15 minutes. Jane Austen has that beat - by centuries!
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Magazine Highlight:
If you need a weekly magazine fix, look for The New Yorker on our shelves! This weekly magazine includes everything from crosswords and cartoon captioning contests to journalism, fiction, essays, and critiques of the newest books, movies, music, and plays. Issue pictured: May 9, 2022
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For decades, the Mais and the Nguyens have been at odds, having owned competing, neighboring pho restaurants. Bao and Linh have resolved never to befriend each other, for fear of pushing too far and bringing on undue heartbreak. But when a chance encounter brings Linh and Bao closer, sparks fly . . .
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From May 12 to May 18, the 2 Free SYNC Audiobooks are:
This story is a contemporary retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice story with Afro-Latinx characters. Pheus is a charming boy from the Bronx who often serenades the local neighborhood girls. When he spends time with Eury, a disturbed girl who survived Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, he learns she is haunted by spirits.
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A privileged Johannesburg student falls head over heels for a girl from the other side of town. The only problem is that she is Black and he is white and they live in apartheid-torn South Africa in 1976.
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Miss Sue's News (for Kids) |
New Children's Items in our catalog:
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T he Baba Yaga play was a HUGE success! Pictured here are a few cast members presenting Laurie at the Warner Area Food Pantry with 132 items and $166.00! Bravo to all!!
The bake sale fundraiser for the library had its 15 minutes of fame, making just over $250.00!! THANK YOU to the Circle of Friends and parents for baking!
Thursday, May 19th, 10:30 am, Joanne Randall will be reading her second "Largo" book at storytime. He's an adorable turtle! Miss Sue will have songs and a craft as always. Inside if rainy, BookEnds patio lawn if nice. Bring a blanket to sit on.She will have copies to purchase if you'd like.
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Storytimes with Miss Sue, every Thursday at 10:30 am - stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. It's back to being held in the Children's room.
May is Miss Sue's "Teddy Bear" month. There are lots of bears to see and love in the library. Thursday, May 26th, is the annual Teddy Bear picnic, 10:30, bring a "lovey" and a blanket to sit on. In nice weather we start at the library and parade to the book store patio. There is a "regular" storytime and craft and songs. Then we picnic together. Sign up with Miss Sue to bring something for the picnic. (If Rainy, it will be held inside the library.)
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Every Week
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Library Story Time Thursdays 10:30 am
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Trivia night: Tuesdays at 6-8 pm at Reed's North Restaurant.
Coming Soon
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Other Online Event listings: Things to do or view
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Tuesday evening Library hours return! The library is now staying open until 8 pm on Tuesdays (but not Thursdays) as of May 3. To keep within budgeted hours, we have dropped the Wednesday morning hours (now opening at 1 pm) - but keeping Monday mornings, 10 am to noon, for now.
Covid protocols at the Library: We are no longer holding returned items in quarantine, so they can be returned inside when we are open, instead of placing them in the Book Drop slot outside. Masks are now optional but encouraged, during library visits unless/until Covid numbers rise again. Curbside pickup is an option for anyone.
Thanks for helping us provide safe space for our most vulnerable residents, of all ages!
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Library Trustee committees meetings include the Monthly Board Meeting on the third Tuesday of each month (at 6:30 pm, in person), and various Committee meetings, some that meet monthly, vary in time.
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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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