For a full listing of September 2023 events listings see the August 31 issue at https://www.warner.lib.nh.us/library-info/library-news/.

NEXT ISSUES: Submit your news and OCTOBER scheduled events to Newsletter@library.warnerNH.gov by Tuesday Sept. 26, for the Sept. 28 issue.

This Weekend!

• Senie Hunt Project at MainStreet Warner Stage Fri. Sept. 22 at 6:30-8:30 pm
• Half price sale at Historical Society barn sale, 9 to 12 on Saturday 23rd.
• Kearsarge Food Hub's 3rd Annual Community Fair, a free harvest event at 11 West Main Street on Sept. 23 from 11-2pm. This is a free, family friendly event featuring live music, games and activities, scavenger hunt with prizes for kids, fairy land, community art, and local food from Sweet Beet Café.
• Killeen McGowan's Buttonwood Shop next to the former Warner Pharmacy space will have its "Grand" opening Saturday 9/23/23.
• Harvest Moon Festival Sun. Sept. 24, 10:00am – 4:00pm Mt Kearsarge Indian Museum 18 Highlawn Rd, Warner. A family day of nature presentations, hands-on crafts, and Native foods for sale. (See also workshops under "museums" section)

Coming Soon

Forest Succession Guided Hike at Bradford Bog Headwaters in Bradford, 10 am Tues. Sept. 26 sponsored by Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust.

Selectboard news: "The Town Administrator position will be open [to applicants] this week, with a new job description and a process for interviewing, by committee. Warner’s Town Administrator, Diane Ricciardelli, is moving to a new position [in Newbury], and we are grateful that she stayed with us to get a full Select Board in place before announcing her departure. A committee is being formed to interview qualified candidates to make their recommendations to the Select Board so that we can quickly fill this position. As always, the town’s business, fire/first responders, highway and police have not missed a beat, and will not, as we move forward."

Tax Collector's Office will be closed on Monday, September 25, 2023.

Planning Board Mon, Sept. 25, 7pm – 8pm

Select Board Meeting Tues. Sept. 26, 6:30 – 7:30pm

Precinct Commissioners Wed. Sept. 27, 3:30 – 4:30pm at Precinct office

Warner River Local Advisory Committee Wed. Sept. 27, 7:00 – 9:00pm at LIBRARY

Annual Historical Society Public Mtg at Town Hall Thurs. Sept. 28, 5:30pm -end

Budget Committee Meeting Thurs. 28 Sept. 2023, 7:00 pm

Planning Board Meeting Mon., Oct. 2, 7:00 – 10:00pm

Town Agendas (with Zoom Link) can be found at https://warner.nh.us/agenda/

The updated listing of Town Officers has been uploaded to the Town website: https://Warner.NH.US/TownOfficers.pdf

The Supervisors of the Checklist will hold a meeting on Fri. Oct. 6 from 7:00pm – 7:30pm in the Town Hall. Please note:  This is the last time to change your Party for the upcoming Presidential Primary Election.

You may change your Party affiliation anytime during the Town Clerk’s normal business hours up until October 6. Other changes, including registering to vote, may also be made to your voting registration at this meeting or with the Town Clerk

Are you interested in or impacted by natural disasters and severe weather events? Participate in the Town’s Hazard Mitigation Committee meetings to update the 2019 Warner Hazard Mitigation Plan, held remotely via Zoom Webinar and at the Warner EOC (Fire Station), 148 West Main St on Wednesdays, starting September 27, 2023, from 9:30-11:30 AM (Zoom login below).

Dates: Wednesday, Sept. 27, Oct. 11, Oct. 25, Nov. 8, and Nov. 29 2023, from 9:30-11:30 AM: To Join by Computer/Laptop/Tablet/Smartphone - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89983294118. To listen by telephone, dial (toll call) US: +1 (929) 205-6099 or +1 (301) 715-8592. Webinar ID: 899 8329 4118. More meetings will be scheduled through spring 2024. 

Contact Ed Mical, Warner Emergency Management Director, at (603) 748-0560 or emd@warnernh.gov for more information and check the Town Meeting Calendar and webpages at http://www.warnernh.gov/ for updates.

Proposed Legislative bills: You can see the NH House’s 2024 LSRs at https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/lsr_search/LSR_Results.aspx For now the actual wording of a bill is not available so you won’t always know exactly what the intent of the LSR is until later on in the season. 

Reed's North will be starting Sunday Brunches on October 1, 10 am to 2 pm. Regular menu after 2 pm, and Reed's Acoustic 4 to 7 pm. (Chaz Proulx this week)

This is the final week open as The Kitchen Warner. Stop by for lunch this week, 11:00 - 3:00, Wed - Sun! If you need catering services, big or small contact Steve at www.portsmouthcatering.com. All Kitchen gift cards will be honored by the new owners.....Drum roll.....The new owners as of next week will be... The Local! Yes, They're Back (in The Kitchen/ FootHills space)! Watch for updates at www.facebook.com/TheLocalWarner

NH Telephone Museum is looking for someone to fill the Executive Director role.

2nd Shredding event: Shred your papers at NEWPORT's Sugar River Bank, Sat. October 14. 10 am - 1 pm. "Free," but donations to the Newport food pantry accepted.

Music on MainStreet Warner Stage:

Friday, September 22, at 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM The Senie Hunt Project

Thurs., Sept.29 @ 6:30 Category 3 (Val Blachly, Ted Blachly, Jim Barthelemy)

Art: Bill Balsam - photographer - Newmarket Road and Mimi Wiggin - oil painter - Howe Lane will be participating in the Open Studios tour October 7 & 8, sponsored by the Center for the Arts, New London. Hours are: 10-4 both Saturday and Sunday. Look for the Open Studios signs on Route 103 west going towards Bradford. Mimi will have prints, coasters and notecards as well as oil paintings. Brochures and maps for the event can be picked up at Post Office, Sugar River Bank and MainStreet BookEnds.

Mimi Wiggin's art show at the Bar Harbor Bank (next to the New London Inn), on the theme of Mount Kearsarge, will be up for the months of September and October. The hours are: Monday thru Friday 11-4.

If you missed the Free public showing last week of the movie "The Quiet Epidemic" about Lyme Disease diagnosis and treatment in the US, followed by a Q&A with Dr. Lynn Durand and Lyme disease patient and tick ecologist Kathie Fife, catch up by yourself:

The DVD is available at the library to borrow, or you can find it at Apple TV or Amazon Prime. Kathie Fife will give her excellent Tick Talk on Sat. Sept. 23 at 10 am at Webster Town Hall, and she and Dr. Lynn Durand will present a program October 18 at 4:30 pm at Gilford Public Library about Lyme disease ecology and Lyme health.

Follow facebook page www.facebook.com/GetTickedOffinNH for other information!

"Warner Wednesday" October 4 is Pillsbury Free Library evening at Reed's North. A portion of profits from food sales will benefit the library. Come any time after 5 pm for a fun night including "Banned Books Bingo" (free) at 6, 6:30 and 7, participate in a raffle, or you can just order take out to support reading!

Banned Books Week is October 1-7, 2023. Start reading one now (if you dare)!

Book and Bake Sale at Warner Fall Foliage Festival, Sat. - Sun. October 7 & 8, 9am - 4pm to benefit the library and the Warner Fall Foliage Festival fund.

To Volunteer to help prepare, sell, or pack up, sign up at https://bit.ly/FFFbooksale.

Please hold off on donated books, audio books or DVDs - until Sept 30- Oct. 5

Condolences to Jane Broadrick and family on the loss of William Broadrick, who passed away September 10, 2023. Family and friends are invited to a celebration of Bill's life at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, Sept 23 at Wesley United Methodist Church, 79 Clinton Street, Concord NH. Obituary.

Jack Noon is part of the “local channel” YCN News for Sept 14, 2023 in a segment about the Old Sutton School House restoration project. https://ycnnow.com/2023/09/14/yankee-chronicle-for-9-14-23-presented-by-the-kearsarge-regional-school-district/ the episode starts with School district news, start of the School Year, Hiring, Bus Situation, and Priorities for the year from Superintendent Winfried Feneberg.

Neil Nevins, Andy Jeffery and Meg Whitmore talked about “Feed Kearsarge” an initiative of the Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, in and August 25, 2023 episode. https://ycnnow.com/2023/08/25/feed-kearsarge-of-knp/

Warner Fall Foliage Festival

Warner Fall Foliage Festival is Fri. Oct. 6 to Sun. Oct. 8!

Volunteer 2 or more hours to help Warner Fall Foliage Festival 2023 on SignUp.com: https://signup.com/go/RMEmyKU or email warnervolunteering@gmail.com and be entered for prizes once for every 2 hr shift, AND each volunteer gets an exclusive t-shirt.

https://wfff.org/volunteer/ to see the types of activities or find the signup link.

Join the mailing list for the latest updates on Festival events. https://wfff.org

WFFF Parade Theme is “Favorite Songs, past and present.” Start your float now!

Music and performances: https://wfff.org/entertainment/

Schedule https://wfff.org/events/ Festival Brochures are coming soon!

5K race (9 am Saturday Oct. 7) registration https://runsignup.com/warner5k

Kids’ 1 Mile Fun Run (9 am on Sun. Oct. 8). signup.com/go/jjtziYX (Each gets a t-shirt!)

Ice Cream eating contest! Sign up at Velvet Moose Ice Cream Shoppe 603-456-2511.

Tee shirts from previous years will be sold during the festival for just $5.

There are NO admission fees to ANY of the events or shows such as the oxen pull and woodsman's contest, or music at the MainStreet Warner Stage.

Parking is $10 per vehicle, in designated lots. Consider it a donation for all the good events and to benefit Warner activities! Saturday and Sunday a $25 bracelet lets you ride Amusement rides AS MANY TIMES AS you WANT! ($20 on Friday, "local night"!)

"Booster" raffle tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20; Prizes are donated by the crafters and will be on display in the town hall during the Festival.

MainStreet Warner, Inc. will open up the Mainstreet Lodge (white building near Simonds) to the public 6-8 pm Friday and will set up a tent as part of the Festival with information about the renovations and their plans for making it a community space again.

PIES FOR A PURPOSE will on the front lawn, helping raise money for the community kitchen renovation process. Please sign up to donate a pie or your time during this fun festival.

Library Book Sale volunteer sign up is at https://bit.ly/FFFbooksale. (This link works!). A portion of book sale income goes to the festival fund. Sorters get first dibs on books! Donations of books in excellent condition accepted Oct. 2-5 (SMALL boxes!).

The Library's Circle of Friends has teamed up with Simonds Elementary School for a NexTrex recycling program that will keep plastic out of the landfill and result in a beautiful bench for the school if we can collect 500 pounds of plastic, or roughly 40,500 bags in 6 months. Only clean, stretchy plastic is being collected, like saran wrap, bread bags, newspaper and produce bags. No hard or crinkly plastic. We are well on our way already to our goal! Drop your bags in the collection bins at the library (lower level by the elevator), or in the main entrance of the school. Use this as a chance to notice how much plastic could be diverted to recycling or avoided! More at https://nextrex.com/view/educate

NHDES wants your input on the development of a new electric vehicle (EV) charging grant program. Register for an October 4^th listening session: 12pm session

7pm session You can also comment in advance online: submitted via this form This is not for suggesting particular EV charging sites or asking questions about the program.

• NHDES’ VW-funded RFP for EV charging.
• basics of the NEVI CFI Community program and NEVI Standards and Requirements

Simonds School students need you! Kearsarge Regional Elementary schools are starting a Mentor program in partnership with Winsor County Mentors. Training for MENTORS is starting soon. Please Sign up to be a mentor! Mentors will meet with students at school one hour/wk during the school day. Call: 802-674-5101 email: info@wcmentors.org.YOUR mentoring can build a child’s confidence, reduce anxiety, and assist a child in learning how to overcome obstacles and challenges.

WYSA is selling candles made by local candlemaker CandleTree Soy Candles to raise funds in support of our local youth sports programs. Choose from among their many seasonal and specialty scents, or bring the smell of the field indoors with a special "Game Day" candle. https://go.rallyup.com/wysa23/Campaign/Details. Ends Sept. 23.

Kearsarge Youth Hockey registration for 2023-24: www.kearsargehockey.com.

Sign up now for the Kids’ 1 Mile Fun Run at Festival (9 am on Sunday October 8). Register at https://signup.com/go/jjtziYX (Each runner gets a t-shirt!)

Granite VNA is offering Flu shots at MainStreet BookEnds (16 E. Main St.) Wed. Sept. 27 starting at 12:30 pm. https://www.granitevna.org/content/flu-clinic-warner-927

For more information, call (603) 224-4093, ext. 85815.

Current wish list for Warner food pantry:

Plastic shopping bags (or paper bags with handles or large fabric tote bags) for packing.

Non-Food items: shampoo, conditioner, body wash, deodorant, poise pads (leak pads), adult pull ups (LR/XL), Adult drinks (Boost, Ensure, Glucerna),

Food: canned soups, beef stew, Hash, Tuna, Canned Chicken, Eggs, dairy (margarine or butter), yogurt, veg. oil, vinegar.

Non perishables can be donated at the MB box anytime. Or perishables can be donated at the food pantry Tuesday-Thursday from 10-4. Call ahead recommended. 603-456-2053. The Pantry is open Tuesdays 4-6 pm and Thursdays 11 am - 1 pm.

New Covid 19 vaccine boosters have been approved, and can be taken by anyone 6 months and older, even if you have not had a previous shot. www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/09/13/1198803134/covid-boosters-updated-vaccines-fda-cdc

FREE At-Home Covid-19 Test Kits can be picked up at the Library, and at Town Hall, courtesy of NH DHHS. Tests have been extended another 6 months. For businesses and non-profits, or parents who want youth size masks, ask us for boxes of masks.

Contoocook’s Neighbor to Neighbor group will be collecting Children’s fall and winter clothes at Countryside Community Church, 815 Main St., Contoocook from 8-10 am on Saturday 9/16 for a sale on October 14, 2023, 8am to 11 am. $5 for a bag of clothes or $1 per piece. Proceeds go to the Passalong program that helps foster families in times of emergencies.