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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 945 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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Budget Committee meeting
Thurs. Oct. 20, 7pm 2023 budgets
Come see how the budget is created!
Town committees... Meet at Town Hall and often also on ZOOM. Links on the
(also openings on the road crew.)
Ballot Counters are needed for the upcoming November General State Elections. Counters start the process at 7 p.m. and stay until every Ballot is counted. Counters must be registered Warner voters, If willing to count, email kathy.carson50@gmail.com with name and address as listed on the voter list.
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Road work is slowing traffic on Plains Road and Schoodac Road for the next week or so. Also, line work continues on Rte 103 going from the Roundabout towards Bradford.
Warner Fire Rescue's Annual Turkey Raffle Nov. 19, 7-9 pm. A great community social event. Sponsors and prizes welcomed.
Warner Parks and Rec are having their fall Adopt-A-Highway trash pickup on Monday, Oct. 17 from 10-finish starting from Bagley Park on Route 103. All are welcome to help. Drivers, be watchful!
Vegetable Ranch Fall Fest Sunday Oct 16, 12-4 pm 433 Kearsarge Mtn Rd Games and prizes, Live music (Scott Solsky), Local vendors food and produce for sale, pumpkin pie and carved pumpkin contest: https://Bit.ly/3RP8RmM
The New England College Center for Civic Engagement will be sponsoring a Meet the Candidates Forum on Monday, October 17 for the six candidates running for the Merrimack District 8 State House seat. Five of the six candidates have confirmed their participation. The district includes Warner, Bradford, and Henniker.
Held at Simons Center Great Room, 98 Bridge Street, Henniker. All welcome.
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The American Red Cross urges donors of all blood types to give blood or platelets now to ensure lifesaving blood remains available for patients in communities impacted by Hurricane Ian. TOMORROW in Warner! (Next week in Hopkinton.)
United Church of Warner Friday, October 14, 2022 11:30 AM - 05:00 PM
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Condolences to Harry Heselton and family on the loss of his son Harold last week.
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Warner Fall Foliage Festival |
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Although not gathering its largest size crowd, the Re-boot of Festival after a 2-year Covid hiatus appeared to be very successful for both vendors and visitors.
The Pillsbury Free Library's Fall Book Sale made over $2350 during Fall Foliage Festival. The Library Board will vote Tuesday on donating 15% to the Festival.
Winners of the 2022 WFFF parade Fantastical Tales of all Time
1st Gear Up Homeschoolers - Our Favorite Stories
2nd Warner 4-H Club - Fantastic 4-H Froggy Tale Express
Adult Organizations
1st Warner Agriculture Commission - George Orwell's "Animal Farm"
2nd Kearsarge Trail Snails - Snowmobile: Bombardier's Dream Machine
3rd Warner Mini Bike Club
Business Division
1st Rhapsody Farm - Peter Pan
2nd Sweet Beginnings Daycare - Goldilocks & the Three Bears
Non-motorized Division
1st Nemec Family & Friends - Greek Myths
Family & Friends
1st Amelia Gardner & Jo - Stuart Little
2nd Courser/Swahn Family - Charlotte's Web
Family Organizations
1st Kearsarge Conservatory of the Performing Arts - Wizard of Oz
Best Use of Fresh Foliage of the entire parade
1st Amelia Gardner & Jo
2nd Warner 4-H Club
3rd Rhapsody Farm
The Kitchen Warner reports: ...80 lbs of pork shoulder, 80 lbs of burger meat, 50 lbs of pork belly, 280 bao buns, 16 gallons of clam chowder and enough turkey breast roasted off to buckle a camel. It was fun!
WYSA lemonade stand: Because of your generosity - and Reed's North for donating supplies - we raised nearly $1000 to help continue our local sports programs. Reeds also stepped up and donated extra cups when we ran out! The stand was completely operated by local high school students who were using their volunteer hours.
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Anyone interested in assisting with Stream Monitoring should attend the training. Training has been scheduled for Saturday, October 15th at 2 pm. If possible, bring waders or rubber boots. The training should take slightly more than two hours. We will meet at the French Brook crossing along North Rd.
Available online: A Homeowner’s Guide to Septic System Maintenance.
Do you know how to access your septic system’s records to determine your system’s size, age and location? The DES OneStop has the details for most systems in its database for septic systems. Go to: https://www4.des.state.nh.us/SSBOneStop/.
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Sports, Youth Clubs, Daycare |
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Central New Hampshire Preschool Childcare in Warner!
WYSA fundraiser! Raffle tickets for a MasterBuilt Gravity series charcoal grill / smoker combo, $950 value, and donated by Cyr Lumber in Davisville. Tickets $5 each or 5 for $20 from the soccer snack shack or by emailing Lindsey at lindzly(at)aol(dot)com.
The winner will be announced Oct. 23.
Halloween plans! Warner Trick or Treat will be October 31 from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. Please use extreme caution whether you are walking or driving. Please use flashlights and/or wear reflective clothing.
Simonds School students' costume parade will be Monday October 31 starting from the school at 2 pm and walking to the Library crossing and back. Come to wave and smile (in costume if you want!)
NH Telephone Museum's fall homeschool series continues next Tuesday, October 18, 10-11:30 am. We will be constructing tetrahedron kites, making paper airplanes and gliders with ailerons, and studying the power of the pyramid!
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Music, Crafts, History, and Museums |
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Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum is holding a Workshop Saturday, November 5 from 11 am to 1 pm to learn the basic zig zag technique of quill work. This workshop will be taught by Dan Shears and all materials will be provided.
Fall 2022 Indian Museum Online Auction fundraiser will be Nov. 4-13, 2022.
Warner Historical Society's End of Season Barn Sale this year is Saturday October 15, 9am - noon.
Spooky Stories Sunday Oct. 30, 3-5 pm at the Lower Warner Meeting House, 225 E Main St. (some stories may not be suitable for young ears!). Share a spooky story or just come to enjoy all the creepy stories new & old. Dress warmly! Cosponsored by Hopkinton HIstorical Society.
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The Kitchen Warner is now open for Friday & Saturday Dinners 4:00-8:30 pm (last call for food at 8:00)
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Warner Public Market is participating again in @nofanewhampshire ‘s Share the Bounty Weekend! This weekend, October 15th + 16th, 10% of all our sales will go to NOFA-NH’s 2023 Farm Share Program.
Donations raised will help provide low-income New Hampshire residents with discounted farm shares in 2023.
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Help us out! Send your news to Newsletter@library.warnerNH.gov! |
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Warner Connects NH Food Pantry and Community Resource Center News
Fuel Assistance opens Nov. 1 and benefits have increased 20% over last year. You can still qualify if your heat is included in your rent. Also, this year, the state offers a lump sum payment for those applicants who are over the qualifying income limit. Applications available at WCNH and CAP offices. Call 603-456-2053 for more info.
Emergency wood available for pick-up at WCNH or delivery, if needed. Call 603-456-2053 for details.
The United Church of Warner is taking orders for Thanksgiving meals. Order forms are available at WCNH during Food Pantry hours (Mon.-Thurs. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.).
The Thursday Vegetable Cart wraps up the season this week. Our thanks to Amelia Gardner (and crew) from Farmsteads of New England for a summer of fabulous eating!
Don't know what to do with your plastic grocery bags? Drop them off in the plastic bag collection bin outside the Food Pantry tent! We thank you in advance!
Family Closet Thrift Boutique is OPEN 10:00-4:00 Wednesdays and Saturdays Winter and all seasons GEAR; $1 rack of clothes, winter outdoor wear, sweaters, boots and more.
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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.
Merrimack County and three other counties' risk is 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: 74.6% 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. (& Sun.10/9)
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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Meet Donald Murray
by Roger Robbins
Donald Murray was a writer's writer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing; he was writing coach for the Boston Globe; his books on writing process influenced a generation of students and teachers; his classes at the University of New Hampshire were a joy. With his memoir, My Twice-Lived Life, you get to meet Donald Murray.
So, get comfortable, pick up this book of bite-sized chapters (each a good conversation) and visit with Don Murray. Let him share his thoughts with you on getting older, on looking back on life, on appreciating the little things you barely notice.
My Twice-Lived Life starts with Murray's massive heart attack in the late 1980s. He takes you to the hospital, lets you see how he felt and what he experienced. Murray had learned combat readiness on the battlefields of Western Europe during World War II. Now, he was in a different fight, watching for the next heart attack, when "the elephant would again place his foot on my chest and lean down."
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Sixteen-year-old Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They are not love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she has written. One for every boy she has ever loved—five in all. When she writes, she pours out her heart and soul and says all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her eyes only. Until the day her secret letters are mailed, and suddenly, Lara Jean’s love life goes from imaginary to out of control.
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Miss Sue's News (for Kids) |
New Children's Items in our catalog:
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The Halloween books and DVD's are out and available to borrow. If you don't want to purchase a costume, there are some nice books on making them and masks. Also, Miss Sue has a Die Cut machine with a mask pattern that will be easy for you to make masks. (Thursday story time on October 27 we will also be making masks)
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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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The next after school craft will be Wednesday, Oct. 19, 3-4pm. call or email to register. |
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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 Lawn and Fall Foliage Festival!
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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. 9-4 on Sat. Oct 8!
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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