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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 with no mask.
You can also borrow books by phone 603-456-2289, email, or by placing holds from the website catalog at https://warner.lib.nh.us
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Community News From Your Library |
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Road Sweeping will continue as weather permits.
Budget Committee - Town Hall
Thursday, May 4, 7:00 – 8:00pm
Agricultural Commission Meeting
Monday, May 8, 7:00 – 8:00pm Town Hall
Mink Hills Recreation Committee
Monday, May 8, 7 – 8:00pm at Library
Road Committee (at Highway Dept).
Wednesday, May 10, 7:00 – 8:00pm
Drainage for Old Pumpkin and Pumpkin Hill Rd & Road renaming Class V roads
Zoning Board Meeting
Wednesday, May 10, 7:00 – 8:00pm
Trustees of Trust Funds
Thursday, May 11, 6:00 – 7:00pm
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The Planning Board is seeking the names of those interested in representing Warner on the Board of the Central New Hampshire Regional Planning Commission (CNHRPC)
Sugar River Bank has announced a change in Friday hours starting on May 5: Friday afternoons all lobby and drive-up windows will close at 5 pm except the Newport drive-through which will close at 5:30 pm.
Work on the Bridge carrying NH 103 over I-89 Northbound by exit 8 includes traffic lights on Rte 103 - expect delays.
Kearsarge Regional School District
2023 & 2024 Calendars available HERE
Kindergarten and New Student registration can be done online: Details
Warner 4-H Mon, May 8, 6:30 – 7:30pm
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Kearsarge Regional Middle School news - On Friday, April 28, the District received word of a fuel oil spill in the Kearsarge Regional Middle School's boiler room. More info is available on the Notices Page.
If you are interested in serving on the Planning Board’s Housing Master Plan Advisory Committee, please email Janice Loz at landuse@WarnerNH.gov or send a letter to Land Use Office, Town of Warner, PO Box 265, Warner, NH 03278.
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The annual Kids' Fishing Derby will be held Saturday, May 6 at Children's Brook on Pumpkin Hill Rd/ Bartlett Loop. Registration begins at 6:30 am at the Warner Fish and Game building, The Fishing Derby runs from 7 to 11 am with cash prizes for biggest fish, smallest fish, first to catch 5 fish limit, youngest and oldest participants (under 16). Hot dog or hamburger and cold beverage provided. 50/50 raffle.
Join the Warner Historical Society for a Mother's Day Bouquet Bar on Saturday, May 13th from 2-4PM Build your own bouquet! $35/pp. Please RSVP to Molly Wyeth at molly.e.wyeth@gmail.com or by phone at 603-344-3045 by May 1st. Only 5 spots left! |
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A new Games group organized by Kira meets Monday May 8 at the Library, 1-5pm for intro/ organizational session and Saturday May 13, 12-5pm. Looking to continue on Saturdays or another time depending on people's schedules. Bring your favorite games or use what others bring.
Kira will bring the source books for 5th Ed D&D in pdf, a PDF of BESM which is an Anime style TTRPG, Magic the Gathering decks and 5 pre constructed decks, and the following games: Joking Hazard, Trial by Trolley, What do you meme, New Phone Who Dis. Food is allowed in the Meeting space so feel free to brink snacks!
Storytelling on Film: A Screening of Lost Boundaries (1949) Presented by Larry Benaquist, Professor Emeritus of Keene State College. Wed., May 10, 5:30-7:30 pm at Red River Theatres, Concord (FREE). The Library has the 1947 book!
Based on the true story of Dr. Albert Johnson, a Black man and his family who passed as white in early-20th- century Keene - until they didn't. Lost Boundaries illustrates New Hampshire's complicated history of racial passing. This was a groundbreaking Hollywood film that depicted how this family dealt with discrimination and segregation.
Interested in this topic? Read The Personal Librarian, by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray, about Belle da Costa Greene who, in her twenties, is hired by J.P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his new library. Belle is a black woman who must pass as white in order to keep the job she loves.
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Graveside Services are Friday May 5 at 11 am at Sunny Plains in Bradford.
Emma Bates is on the new episode of INK & PEAT podcast talking about website design for authors.
An article by Rebecca Courser about Warner resident Prince Hastings, a Black laborer and musician in 19th Century Warner, 26 April 2023 in the Concord Monitor:
Sunday May 21st at 3:00 pm there will be a Memorial Service for John V. Brannon Jr. at the New Hampshire Telephone Museum (in the common room downstairs). John, who passed away April 15, 2022 was an active volunteer at the Indian Museum and The Nature Discovery Center. The Indian Museum honored him as Volunteer Of The Year in 2019. The Warner Community is invited to honor his memory and celebrate his life at this celebration hosted by his surviving daughters Angela Tarleton and Michelle Gosnell.
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Yankee Farmer's Market buffalo farm is selling wintered buffalo manure by the bucket (self serve), or loaded by the tractor (1.5 yards) by appointment on Saturdays.
Kearsarge Beekeepers Association will meet Saturday, May 13, 9:00am – 12:00pm at Warner Town Hall.
Woodlot Management and climate program: May 15 at 7 pm, in-person and Zoom at the Library. UNH Cooperative Extension Forester Matt Kelly will talk about how forests sequester and store carbon, the current state of carbon credit market programs in New Hampshire and the idea of managing forests for carbon resilience. Thank you Jody Sloane for organizing this.
Warner Democrats 3rd Plant sale will be Saturday, May 20, 9 am - 1pm across from the Warner Town Hall during the annual Spring into Warner event and opening day of the Warner Farmer's Market. 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.
Please read the alert from UNH Extension about the Asian jumping worm HERE and check plants. Suspected jumping worm sightings in NH can be reported at NHBugs.org.
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Charlotte's Web will be performed on Saturday May 6 at 4 pm at Warner Town Hall by the Pillsbury Free Library's Book Nook Theater Group. Price of admission is an item for the Warner Area Food Pantry. Refreshment sale at intermission will benefit the Library.
Community Reading of Charles Simic poems, "Come Closer and Listen" Sunday, May 7, 3-5 pm at Hopkinton Town Library. Each pre-selected reader will read one poem.
Family workshop on Saturday, May 13 at 10-11:30 am at the NH Telephone Museum! Listen with your child(ren) as the author reads The Colors of New Hampshire, watch a demonstration by the illustrator, and create a bookmark. Members FREE/Nonmembers $5 per person. Sign up at website: www.nhtelephonemuseum.org
Get ready for Spring into Warner on Saturday, May 20! Annual Arts celebration and opening day for Warner Area Farmer's Market. This event is held outdoors along Main Street, with performances by Kearsarge Conservatory for the Performing Arts inside Town Hall. To sell crafts or farmer's market items, or share your musical talents, sign up at https://KearsargChamber.org or contact the Farmer's Market. $15 for vendors, free for art/craft demos or musicians. A great networking event!
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YMCA Basic swim lesson Registration opened April 17 for levels 1-6 at Bradford (French's Beach) July 10-21 and Sutton (Wadleigh/Lake Kezar) July 31-Aug 11. Call 603- 228-9622 or register online Here (scroll down to July).
Baseball and Softball season has started! (weather permitting)
Sunapee-Kearsarge Inter-Community Theater (SKIT) Scholarships
Steven M. Mendelson Memorial Scholarship is open to all graduating seniors residing in the towns of Andover, Bradford, Newbury, New London, Newport, Springfield, Sunapee, Sutton, Warner and Wilmot, who have been active in the Arts and are planning on continuing their education at an institution of higher education. This year the application process has moved fully online. The application can be found on the SKIT Scholarship page at https://skitnh.org/about-skit/scholarships. All applications due by Monday, May 8, 2023.
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Warner Area Business & Jobs |
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President of MadgeTech, Norm Carlson, and sales rep Samantha Hagan are at the Space Tech Expo USA 2023 Conference in Long Beach California this week. Visit http://www.madgetech.com to learn about job opportunities and Norm's latest inventions, all made right here in Warner.
Soul Source is reopening May 5th with a fresh new look and new products in Bradford,
Circle K at exit 9 is hiring; come see the recently renovated space!
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Did we miss mentioning YOUR news? Help us out!
Send your news to Newsletter@library.warnerNH.gov!
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Sunday, May 7 is the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum’s 4th Annual Founders' Day in celebration of founders Bud and Nancy Thompson. The Dineh Tah' Navajo Dance troupe will give a cultural presentation and dance performance. Help MKIM appreciate our past and focus on the future; enjoy refreshments, music, raffles, and fellowship. Founders' Day Event Page
The Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum is in need of volunteers for the upcoming season: educators (tour guides) and gift shop helpers willing to commit to one 4-hr shift per week from now through October, including strong people who can help set up and take down tents, etc. for the Pow wow in July. Contact volunteer@indianmuseum.org. or call 603-456-2600.
The NH Telephone Museum will have its 2023 GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION on Friday May 5 [Cinco de Mayo] from 5:30 – 6:30 pm. a festive evening and unveiling of the 2023 Special Exhibit. Bring your smartphone...this year's exhibit will have you snapping a selfie! Members FREE Non-Members $15.00 which includes Hors d'oeuvres, and one complimentary glass of sangria. Walk-ins will be accepted.
NHTM will also hold the drawing for a BLUE MAN GROUP raffle at the event– details here – raffle tickets can still be purchased! $10 each or 3 for $25. You do not need to be present to win. Proceeds benefit educational outreach & collections care.
The Nature Discovery Center is looking for volunteers for the upcoming season. We welcome retirees, college-age students, and high school students. Please call Sandra Martin, director/founder, (603-822-2334) if you are interested in volunteering.
Located across from the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, Warner, the Nature Discovery Center opens for its 68th year on June 3, 2023, at 10:30 am. Hours will be 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM on Saturdays and noon – 4:30 PM on Sundays.
The Center is also looking for new Board Members. If you think you might be interested, please contact Sandra Martin at the number above. https://ndcnh.org
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For NH Museum links and info about library passes, visit
and Warner Firefighter's Museum,
Open Tues. and Sat. 10 am - 4 pm
2023 Grand Opening Friday, May 5.
The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester currier.org is open, Wed- Sunday. 1/2 price with pass.
MFA- Boston: For the promo-code "pass", to get a large discount, call us at 603-456-2289. mfa.org/
2023 season begins May 1st
The John Hay Estate at The Fells
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History Starts at Home!
by Roger Robbins
Sometimes, the best history starts at your feet. The most enthralling past
stories, the ones about people who lived near you, in houses visible from your front steps, are the most satisfying.
Pillsbury Free Library has a wealth of area histories you can borrow. Start Here:
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Teen Talk by Casey Milender |
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Try some fantasy fiction for fun!
"Jane and Allison have always been too quirky and different to be popular, but at least they've had each other. Then, after a hideous, embarrassing disaster, Allison comes to school transformed. Suddenly she has cute hair and clothes. She's fluent in Latin, she won't even speak to Jane, and within days she's stolen Jane's ex-boyfriend, Elton." Good Reads
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Or some realistic fiction if you prefer...
"for the first time, dependable, reliable Max steps back from his Mr. Perfect, straight-A life to see what happens when he lets go for a while. He learns quickly that his new approach to life won't bring all the answers, but it sure raises a lot of interesting questions." Good Reads
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Miss Sue's News (for Kids) |
New Children's Items in our catalog:
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Mother's Day is right around the corner- May 14th. Books are out to read to/with Mom, and there are many books to "create" something special for Mom.
NH Telephone Museum presents:
Spring Homeschool Series – Ride the Wave! Learn about sound and light waves through a variety of hands-on activities! Wednesdays: 5/10, 6/14 10-11:30 am. Members: $10 Nonmembers: $12.50 More & register: www.nhtelephonemuseum.org
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Preschooler Story times with Miss Sue are held every Thursday at 10:30 am - stories, songs, finger-plays, and a craft. This program is held in the library's Children's Room.
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Charlotte's Web is "coming soon to the theater near you!" SATURDAY, May 6th, 4:00 at the Warner Town Hall. Entrance "Fee" is item donations to the Warner food pantry. Please come and support our amazing young actresses. The show is about an hour and a half. There is an intermission with a bake sale by donation, to benefit the library.
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Warner Food Pantry hours are changing in May! Starting May 1, the Food Pantry at 49 West Main St. will be open Tues. - Thurs. from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Closed on Mondays.
The Food Pantry will once again be getting trays of vegetable seedlings at the end of the month, thanks to the annual Tray It Forward program. If interested, please sign up on the sheet posted on the information board inside the tent. Details to come on the vegetables included, pick-up dates, and support materials. Stay tuned!
Property tax relief for eligible low to moderate income claimants: You may be eligible if you own a homestead in New Hampshire subject to school taxes and have resided there on April 1 of the year for which the claim for relief is made and have a total household income of (1) $37,000 or less if a single person or (2) $47,000 or less if married or head of a New Hampshire household. Completed claims, Form DP-8, Low and Moderate Income Homeowners Property Tax Relief must be filed with the Department of Revenue Administration between May 1, and June 30. More info and forms at https://www.revenue.nh.gov/faq/low-moderate.htm. Forms are also available via the Warner Town Hall and the library.
There are still some well water sampling test kits available at the library for sampling your own well water for submission to NH DES (drop off in Concord).
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NEW: April 18 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized a second dose of Omicron-targeting COVID-19 vaccines for some groups. People aged 65 years and older can now receive a second dose of the updated "bivalent" booster four months after the first, while immunocompromised people can get an additional shot after two months.
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.
CDC guidelines for isolation and quarantine:
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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 Wed & Sat 10-4
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Trivia Night at Reed's North Thurs 6-8pm
Coming Soon
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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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