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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 972 Subscribers! Tell your neighbors about subscribing!
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For reliable delivery, it helps to add newsletter@warner.lib.nh.us address to contacts.
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TOWN OF WARNER Public Hearing
Tuesday - December 20, 2022 at 6:30 pm Lower Meeting Room - Warner Town Hall - 5 E Main St
Gift of Land on N Village Rd, Map 09 Lot 028, 16 Acres
Owner’s intent is that it be annexed to abutting town owned Chandler Reservation property.
If Gift is Approved then an article will be presented to voters at Town Meeting, March 15, 2023. (per RSA 31:95-2, Acceptance of Personal Property Donated to Town)
Ground Water Committee
IT’S YOUR WATER! Join the Warner Groundwater Protection Committee for a public meeting on Tuesday, Dec 13 from 7:00-8:30 pm in the Warner Town Hall’s Lower Meeting Room. Learn about our groundwater resources and what we can do to protect our drinking water. Get the facts, ask the questions, and let us know what you think about protecting our groundwater now. Can’t attend the meeting? Join us on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85745877967. for more information on the Warner Groundwater Protection Committee: https://WarnerNH.gov/gpc
Budget Committee meets December 15. at 7 pm to look at the entire Town Budget. (Also on Zoom)
Town committees... Meet at Town Hall and often also on ZOOM. Links on the
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During emergencies, the Warner website is updated with a front page emergency banner. Additional updates are provided as needed. This information is also sent to the Warner Alerts mailing list which is a very low volume list.
Public notices are published on the town website and are sent to the Warner Notices mailing list. This is a moderate volume list.
Holiday Hours: Town Clerk’s office will be closed Thursday, Dec. 22 thru Monday, Dec. 26th. Transfer Station is closed Sunday, December 25. All Town Offices including the library are closed Monday, December 26.
Viewing of Decorated trees in Town Hall is open until January 3 between 9:30am and 7:00pm Mon- Saturday and 9:30 - 4:30 on Sunday, or later in the evenings when there is a meeting in the building.
Apologies for a link last week to a teesyprint site that we have been informed is a scam order site.
If you placed an order you may want to call your credit card company and block any charges from that site and watch your card's usage.
Holiday season is a time many hacks and scams happen. Keep an eye on your online accounts for orders or delivery addresses that are not yours! The library's Amazon account was hacked a few years ago on Christmas day by someone who ordered a computer, delivered to Florida! It was a big pain to correct and change accounts.
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The Annual Meeting for the Festival Membership will be held on Wednesday, January 11 at 7 PM in Town Hall. This is where the Membership will hear of the funding recommendations of the Funding Sub-committee and vote on whether or not to accept the recommendations. This is also a time to provide feedback, offer suggestions, ask questions, etc... Festival Membership includes anyone who lives in Warner or anyone who was a part of the Festival.
The Festival Board has several open spots for key roles. The roles of Board President, Volunteer Coordinator and Secretary are open. There are other Board roles to fulfil other tasks that come about in the course of planning for the Festival. Anyone who is interested in these roles, or wants to know more information, can contact the current Volunteer Coordinator, Beth Lukaitis, at volunteerwfff@aol.com.
The Annual Membership meeting is the time when new Board members are appointed. There is a very real risk that if the current openings are not filled by the Annual Meeting, this will be the final meeting of the WFFF. Get involved!
Volunteers are the key to a successful Warner Fall Foliage Festival. Success is turned back to the community in terms of grants awarded. Prior recipients include the School District, the Rail-Trail, the Library, Mainstreet Warner Stage, etc..
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It's That Time of Year! (updated) |
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See business section for Christmas tree info! Also Helping Hands section. |
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Magdalen College Polyphony Choir's December 2022 Tour. In The Bleak Midwinter will be presented in five states and seven cities. The 20-voice ensemble’s festive concert of sacred music for Advent and Christmas includes works by Byrd, Palestrina, Victoria, Darke, Todd, and others ranging from the 15th century to the present day, capped off by familiar carols for all present to sing. https://magdalen.edu/concert/
Free & open to the public, at some of the most beautiful churches in New England!
New Hampshire locations: Friday, Dec. 9 at 7:00 PM: Sacred Heart Church, Laconia
Sunday, Dec. 11 at 6:30 PM: Immaculate Conception Church, Portsmouth.
3rd Annual Waterloo Bridge Neighborhood Carol Sing
6:45 PM Dec. 22 at the bridge (rain/sleet date---the next starry or lightly snowing evening) Lyric sheets will be available, but please bring your favorite to share. A flashlight is a helpful item! Questions? Email Kendra--kdubbs@mcttelecom.com
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WYSA 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 students are required to take a lesson as part of the package; optional for older students. Register at www.patspeak.com/Plan-Your-Visit/Lessons-Rentals/Learn-to-Ski-Ride-Program.aspx Contact Glen Moyer, 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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Kearsarge Conservatory of the Performing Arts presents THE WIZARD OF OZ at Kearsarge Regional High School Friday, December 16 at 7:00 pm & Saturday, December 17 at 2:00 pm. Tickets available at the door or online @ buy.tututix.com/kcpa. $20 Adults, $18 Children. More info at www.NHPerformingArts.org
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Help us out! Send your news to Newsletter@library.warnerNH.gov!
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Seasonal Warner Area Business |
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Holiday Barn Sale and WHS swag store at the Warner Historical Society's Upton Chandler House Museum, 9 am to noon on SUNDAY Dec. 11, and Saturday Dec. 17. Decorations and housewares for the holiday season!
Christmas trees are available on the lawn at Cafe One East and also from Pine Hills Tree Farm in Sutton, 48 Shadow Hill Rd. in N. Sutton. Trees, wreaths, and Christmas time experiences! Danielle Bee of Warner will be selling dried flower ornaments there. Five Acres Garden Center and Aubuchon also have trees.
Cider, apples, gifts, restaurant and cut your own trees while supplies last at Gould Hill Farm in Contoocook. . https://gouldhillfarm.com/ Weekends only, to Dec. 23.
Expanded shopping hours at MainStreet BookEnds:
Tues. thru Fri. ~ noon to 6 pm
Saturday Dec. 10 and 17 ~ 10 am to 7 pm
Saturday Dec.24 ~ 10 am to 4 pm
Books, Toys, Games, Cards & Gifts & GALLERY of Local Art
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NHTM Hours change for December (Tues. 10 am - 4 pm and Sat. 10 am to 2 pm.).
NH Telephone Museum Winter Homeschool Series: Explore Morse code on our working telegraph, examine rebuses, decode secret messages, dial phonewords, learn the phonetic alphabet, read Braille, and more! Wednesdays 10-11:30AM January 11, February 8, March 8, 2023. Parents - $5/Children - $8. Includes a pass to visit the museum. Online reservations REQUIRED. Only 12 students per class. Ages 6-12. This is not a drop off program; parents must accompany their children for the duration of the program.
Monthly Craft Circle - Saturday, December 10, 2022 Our last craft circle of the year will take place on Saturday, December 10th from 1 pm to 3 pm. Bring a craft project to work on in the company of fellow crafters. See a list of all MKIM Events at the following link. MKIM Events
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Red Cross blood drives Friday, December 9, at United Church of Warner, 43 East Main Street, 11:30 AM - 5:00 pm. Make an appointment: www.Redcross.org.
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church 354 Main St. Hopkinton, Wed. Dec. 28,1:30 - 6:30 PM
Granite VNA will offer several in-person and online health education programs over the next few months. https://www.granitevna.org
Warner Connects NH Food Pantry and Community Resource Center News
Toys For Tots kicks off Monday, Dec.12 and runs through Thursday, Dec.22. WCNH is a distribution site for the program. Please Note: You don't need to be a WCNH client to get toys for Christmas. Anyone needing assistance with Christmas gifts may utilize this program. However, appointments are required. Set up an appointment by calling 603-456-2053. Books in as-new condition also available!
The WCNH Children's Holiday Shopping program is Saturday, Dec.17 and Sunday, Dec.18 at the Food Pantry. The free program is for children who want to select gifts for their parents/siblings/teachers. Gift wrapping is included! Shopping hours: Dec.17 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Dec.18 from 12-noon to 2 p.m. Please note: Masks are strongly encouraged to keep everyone safe and healthy!
The Capital Regional Christmas Holiday dinner vouchers will be available for pick-up this Saturday, Dec.10 from 10 a.m. to 12-noon in the WCNH upper parking lot. Questions? Call 603-456-2053.
Items needed: The Food Pantry is in need of donations of the following items: laundry detergent, dish detergent, paper towels, toilet paper, deodorant, shampoo, toothpaste and toothbrushes. Please drop off donations in the tent or during Pantry hours (Monday-Thursday 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.). We Thank You!
Family Closet Thrift Boutique is OPEN 10:00-4:00 Wednesdays and Saturdays. Now including toys and games until December 21.
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The Library's Annual Fund Appeal letters will be arriving in mailboxes next week. We are thankful to the generous donors in the past two appeals, who have made it possible to add services and make building improvements beyond what tax appropriation covers.
Freebies! Stop by and look, then put your name in to win a drawing for free items:
Desktop computers - with Windows 10 (not upgradable): we are upgrading to newer, faster models that can run Windows 11. Keyboard and mouse, and monitor included. We won't lie - they are a little slow on startup,.but perhaps better than none? We have 9 Windows 10 desktops and ONE Windows laptop.
50" flat screen TV with stand. It has developed a few lines in the image but has HDMI ports and other modern features.
Furniture: two study desk/ carrels, and a double sided tapered shelf unit that fits paperbacks, DVDs or Game boxes but not most hardcover books.
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Have Fun and Reduce Waste, Too! |
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Another successful sew and Take session last week making re-usable fabric gift wrap bags to jazz up gifts! Photos HERE
Next up: Crochet, anyone? if interested in attending, helping, donating yarn for beginners, or coming to work on your own project in teh company or others, call 603-456-2289.
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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. Vaccines 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
DECEMBER HOURS: Only open Tues.10 - 4pm and Sat. 10am - 2pm
Book ahead!
The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester currier.org is open.
Winter: groups by appointment.
The John Hay Estate at The Fells
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Glee From The North Pole
by Roger Robbins
On Christmas morning, our dreams came true. O, Yule! O, Santa! O, Sears Roebuck!
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A girl's quest to find her father leads her to an extended family of magical fighting booksellers who police the mythical Old World of England when it intrudes on the modern world.
There is only ONE DAY LEFT to nominate your books for the 2024 short list for the two NH Teen Book Awards! New Hampshire teens in grades 7-12, teachers, and librarians can nominate books they are (or they know teens are) enjoying. Fiction and Non-fiction titles are accepted. Nominated books must have been published no earlier than September 2021 to be eligible for the 2024 award. If the book you'd like to nominate is part of a series, it must be able to stand alone, meaning the reader doesn't need to have read other books in the series to understand what is going on.
To nominate a title, please fill out the form below. Currently, nominated titles will be considered for the 2024 Flume and Isinglass Awards. Nominations will be accepted through December 9, 2022.
Isinglass books are books for students in 7th and 8th grade. Flume Books are for 9th-12th grade.
To see current nominations or to give your input on books currently nominated:
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Miss Sue's News (for Kids) |
New Children's Items in our catalog:
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J.K. Rowling has written a children's Christmas book, "The Christmas Pig". Miss Sue just read it and it is a wonderful story. J.K. did not disappoint, another one that can't be put down! |
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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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Planning ahead for the winter holiday school break/vacation. Miss Sue will have many games/ manipulatives and a larger selection of legos readily available to keep the kiddos busy. Come by to get out of the house and get some good books!! |
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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 Thurs. 6-8
Coming Soon
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Reed’s Acoustic
Sun. Dec. 11, 4-7pm Colin Nevins of Warner
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Craft Circle at Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum Sat. Dec 10, 1-3 pm. Bring a project!
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Barn sale: holiday items at Warner Historical Society SUNDAY Dec 11, 9 am - noon.
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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. Copies available at the library!
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Barn sale: holiday items at Warner Historical Society Saturday Dec 17, 9 am - noon
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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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