Library 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

You can request books / contact us by phone 603-456-2289, online,

or from the catalog at https://pillsbury.nhais.bywatersolutions.com/

Sent to over 1070 contacts! "only" 65% opened last week! (did you open YOURS?)

See past issues or subscribe at https://www.warner.lib.nh.us/library-news.

NEXT ISSUES: Submit current news and events April 15 for April 17 issue!

This Weekend

THIS Saturday April 12, Annual Indoor Flea Market and craft sale library fundraiser at Warner Town Hall, 9 am to 2 pm! A great way to spend a rainy day browsing for gifts for Easter, Mother's Day, or yourself! Bake sale, raffle items, crafts, antiques and assorted treasures. Baked good donations welcome, and volunteers appreciated to help set up Friday April 1, 1-3pm or help pack up at 2 pm Saturday, April 12.

Easter pop-up shop: lavender-inspired gifts and springtime surprises and snacks. Perfect for Easter baskets, host gifts, or a little self care treat. Friday, April 11, 10:00am to 4:00pm, Saturday, April 12, 10:00am to 4:00pm. 393 Pumpkin Hill Rd.

Children's and maternity clothing sale, Sat. April 12, 8 -11 am St. Andrews' Church, 354 Main St, $5/bag Hopkinton. Drop off clean children's shoes and clothing donations April 4-11, NO equipment or toys. Crib blankets welcomed. Benefits Hopkinton Food Pantry.

Another winter photo by Karinne Heise for your enjoyment in Northern Woodlands

Some may remember Mary Cloues, wife of Edward Cloues. Mary passed away March 13. 2025 in PA Obituary

Coming Soon

Red Cross Blood Drive Thursday April 17, 12-4:30 pm at United Church of Warner.

In honor of Earth Day, Sat. April 19, we have programs for you!

The Spring Bike Check-up is returning 10am -12pm on the Lawn of Cafe One East, hosted by Arlon Chaffee and friends.

In the Library, 10-12, bring your loved but sick lamp for Lamp repairs by Jim McLaughlin and at 10:30 am bring your preschooler to Saturday Story Time by Sue.

AUTHOR Andru Volinsky: Time change: Sat. April 19 at 12:30 pm Last Bake Sale: The fight for fair school funding. MainStreet BookEnds gallery.

EASTER EVENTS at the United Church of Warner - ALL ARE WELCOME!

Good Friday Service, April 18 at 6:30 PM

Sunrise Service, April 20, 5:30 AM, 178 Burnt Hill Road; light breakfast and coffee available afterwards at the church.

Easter Morning Worship, Sunday, April 20, 10 AM

Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday April 19 at 1:00 pm for kids up thru 5th grade, at Double Clear Farm, 244 Schoodac Rd. Register by 12:30 pm (home schoolers welcome). Free. Farm animals to visit, eggs to find and games to play. No Dogs, please! Middle school or High School students needing volunteer hours can reach out to Cathy (800 eggs to hide). 

Find other local and Library news and events later in this newsletter (children's programs, Bicycle Clinic, lamp repair, etc)!

Arts, Music, Games, etc

The Local: Music Thursdays 5-8 pm Team Trivia Nights: Weds. at 6 pm.

Reed's North: Tavern Night : Saturdays 6-9 pm. April 12: Will Hatch, 4/19 Colin Nevins

Sunday April 13: Couples Paint and Sip

Trivia, Thursdays 6-8 pm

Open Mic at Cafe One East: 2nd Tuesdays, 6-8 pm hosted by Peg Chaffee.

Art exhibit: The Carrolls: Four Related Visions, through April 19, at two villages Art Society gallery, 846 Main St., Contoocook. Thurs through Sun Noon to 4 pm David M. Carroll, Laurette Carroll, Sean Carroll, and Riana Frost.

Select Board Rules of Procedure have been posted at

https://warnernh.gov/tow/downloads/selectmen/SelectBoard-ROP.pdf

Public information meeting: Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 6:30 pm

PRELIMINARY FLOOD PLAIN MAPS update: 90 DAY APPEAL OPEN. Any owner or lessee of real property in Warner who believes their property rights will be adversely affected by the proposed flood hazard determinations may appeal to the Town of Warner.

The appeal data must be submitted to FEMA by the Town of Warner during the 90-day appeal period. The appeal period ends on June 4, 2025.

To view the preliminary flood maps please go to: https://hazards-fema.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=5852ea902db44e55bfce395799315f9c

Notice of Public Hearings

Tuesday, April 29th, 2025, 6:00 pm Warner Town Hall, To Hear Public Input on:

• Request and expend funds from the Highway Equipment Capital Reserve Fund to lease/ purchase a loader and backhoe.
• The Warner Conservation Commission (WCC) expenditure of $9,755 from the Conservation Fund to cover unanticipated costs associated with the enlargement of the Blue Moon Berry Farm conservation easement on Tax Map 10; Lot 30-1

All dog license renewals are due by April 30. Late fees start in June, and Civil Forfeitures will go out at the end of June. Rabies shots need to be up to date. Please contact the Town Clerk's office if you no longer have your dog, so that we can update our records.

Cameras and accessories: Do you have old photographic equipment lying around the house taking up space? The library will be collecting used photo equipment from April 9 to 21, to be taken to the Vermont Center for Photography (VCP) in Brattleboro for their Photo Thrift Store. Donations may include film and digital cameras, movie cameras, tripods, enlargers, darkroom equipment and paper (please no chemicals), camera bags and almost anything related to photography.

Sales from the Store help to fund VCP’s mission to promote the photographic arts through exhibitions and education.

In Warner, recycling earns $$ and reduces tipping costs, especially Metal, Aluminum, Mixed paper, corrugated cardboard, Plastics #1 and #2 (clear/green and laundry/milk).

Bring to the Transfer Station https://learn.eartheasy.com/articles/plastics-by-the-numbers/.

National & State library funds update: (see previous issues for previous news)

Maine's State Library is the fourth to lose access to approved federal funding, and their Attorney General is one of 20 in a lawsuit to prevent shuttering of the IMLS. So far, NH has not been notified of a cancellation of funds. However, the national contract with the service that helps collect Library data from each state was cancelled last week. Data collection is one of the mandated services of the IMLS.

We have Library passes for free or reduced admission to:

New! New England Aquarium, Jan. - May 2025 for 1/2 price entry with dated vouchers.

New! Museum of Science all year, for 1/2 price entry!

McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center starhop.com

The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester currier.org 1/2 price

Museum of Fine Arts in Boston: www.mfa.org/exhibitions Discount

Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum Free

New Hampshire Telephone Museum Free

NH State Parks Free

See our Museums & Parks webpage for pass details. To reserve one, call 603-456-2289

Our Library of Things: Did you know you can borrow a

Telescope (Donated by NH Astronomical Society)

Selfie Stick (donated by Ralph Elwell)

Kill-a Watt meter (measures electricity used by appliances)

DVD /CD player - plugs in by USB cable for use with your laptop.

Sewing machine - for use in library or at home.

Friday, May 2nd at 7:00 pm An Evening with Local Authors and Artists featuring

Author/Artist Sandy Steen Bartholomew, Author David Elliott, and Author Jesse McNeil at the Pillsbury Free Library (upstairs) Sponsored by The Circle of Friends of the PFL

Saturday, May 10 at 4 PM "Kid Frankenstein", a play by the Library's Book Nook Theater Group at Warner Town Hall. Admission price is a donation for the Warner Food Pantry.

Craft and Art supplies and tools: In May, bring your unwanted art and craft supplies and equipment to the library for an Art and Craft Supply Swap at Spring into Warner, May 17.

Are you seeing ALL of this newsletter? In some emails or devices, the text is clipped or partly hidden, and you may see a note like "Continue reading" The bottom of the newsletter has Notecard images so if you don't see that, you're MISSING OUT!

New Children's Items in our catalog:

February, March, April and STEM KITS or NATURE KIT backpacks

Preschooler Story times with Miss Sue: stories, songs, finger-plays, and a craft - in the Children's Room. Every Thursday at 10:30 am

- and for working parents, Saturday April 19, 10:30am and May 17.

April is Poetry month. Come in, browse and enjoy some wonderful poetry. Miss Sue has a fantastic poetry section (811 in the non-fiction area).

The winter story on the Story Walk has now been taken down. The podiums have been repaired from the winter wind damage. Little Home Bird is now the current book.

The next After School Craft is Tuesday April 15, 3-4:15pm. Local author Matt Forrest Esenwine will be joining us in reading some of the poems in his recently published anthology A Universe of Rainbows. Call to reserve a spot for the craft.

Are you a teen interested in reading and reviewing books for the Teen books section? Stop by the library on a Monday or Tuesday to talk to Casey!

April is when teens vote for their favorite Flume (Gr. 9-12) & Isinglass (Gr. 6-8) books! Vote online or in the Library! Flume 2025 Voting form, Isinglass 2025 Voting Form

Warner Historical Society If you are interested in helping with any of the events throughout the season, please contact WHS 603-456-2437 or info@warnerhistorical.org. Barn Sale shifts available throughout the summer are Tuesdays, 12:30 - 4:15 pm and Saturdays from 8:30 - 12:15 pm.

MainStreet Warner Inc. is NOW ACCEPTING BOOK DONATIONS for a "COLOSSAL USED BOOK SALE" at Spring Into Warner, Saturday May 17 on the lawn of the MainStreet Warner Lodge. ~ All sales help fund the Jim Mitchell Scholarship. Please leave book donations at MainStreet BookEnds in small to medium boxes.

NH Telephone Museum April Open dates: Tuesdays and some Saturdays 10 am - 4 pm

The Firefighters Museum is open on Saturdays in April from 10am to 3pm.

This is your chance to purchase the Warner Fire Dept challenge coin.

Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum in April, the museum is open Fridays only, 10-4, with tours at 10:30am and 1:30pm. Check the new website design!

MKIM membership: Renew now or Join by April 30, 2025 and be entered into our drawing (Shopping Spree in-store or online). First Prize: $100 Second Prize: $75

Area Business and Farms

Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum recently hosted a Business After Hours Kearsarge Area Chamber of Commerce event, a networking event attended by 25-30 local business owners. Watch for more events, and consider joining the Chamber! https://kearsargechamber.org/

Sophie & Noah Courser-Kellerman of Alprilla Farm in Warner have opened sign-ups for their vegetable Winter CSA Share which runs Oct-March, sign up now to power the farm through a season of growing! More info at www.alprillafarm.com/join-our-csa

warnernh.gov/job-openings/ Highway Dept., Police, Transfer Station.

Still Hiring School Bus Drivers for KRSD. $26.00 per hour. https://bit.ly/4f0FiLd

BUY LOCAL! From local businesses such as those below and others listed at https://kearsargechamber.org/page/members

Other Event listings online : warner.lib.nh.us/warner-events-calendar, nh365.org, visitnh.gov, kearsargecalendar.com nhhumanities.org/programs/upcoming, centerfortheartsnh.org Arts calendar, facebook.com/NHMusicCollective/

Family Closet Thrift Store Open Weds and Saturdays 10am-4pm 603-456-2183.

Volunteers needed, includes at-home jobs.

Spring clothing now being accepted.

Warner Area Food Pantry. www.warnerconnectsnh.org.

Wishlist: The Food Pantry needs Diced Tomatoes, Canned Pineapple, Dry pasta (not elbows, or spaghetti), Egg cartons

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Drop off during office hours only, Tues.-Thurs. 10-1pm. Thank you!

Pantry Client Hours: TUESDAY 4-6 pm & THURSDAY 11:00am- 1:00 pm.

Office Hours: Tues - Thurs., 10am - 1pm.

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Belknap-Merrimack County Community Action hours in Warner at 49 W. Main Street. Tues. and Thursdays, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm or call 603-456-2207

Welfare Office Thursdays 1-4 pm on the 3rd floor of the Community building. Contact Peter Flynn, Warner Welfare officer at 603-456-3004 or 456-2298 x1229, or email help@WarnerNH.gov.



If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, call 988 to talk and/ or request help.

AA Meetings: Weekly Sat. 7:00 – 8:00pm, Mon. 6:30-7:30pm, and Wed. 7:30-8:30 pm at the United Church of Warner. nhaa.net/meetings/warner-group

Volunteer to help with the 6th Annual Tray it Forward by signing up through KNP's Better Impact volunteer registration portal. Better Impact Member Application. for help reach out to Volunteer Coordinator, Beth at Bethg@KNPNH.org or call her at 603-317-5900 x 2.

Food pantry fundraiser: O'Halloran Group Annual Ultra 1k to fight food insecurity in the Sunapee Region. Complete a 1k walk or run anytime during the entire month of May. 100% of proceeds benefit: Kearsarge Lake Sunapee Food Pantry, Newport Food Pantry, and Warner Connects NH Food Pantry. Sign Up at ultra1k.com Cost is $10.

File IRS taxes online - https://directfile.irs.gov/ Tax forms at the Library, or www.irs.gov/

Free 5-week grief group counseling course with Chaplin Mark Williams will be hosting. Every Tuesday from April 22 to May 27 from 1-3pm at 75 Chestnut St. in Franklin. Small-group sessions provided in a supportive environment to discuss loss and identify coping skills that can aid in the grieving process. To register call 603-934-3454 or email cmurray@franklinvna.org.

How to watch or express your views as NH laws are proposed and discussed:

Senate calendar, House Calendar (use arrows to move to other dates). Click on a calendar item to see details, find a link to join on Zoom, watch the YouTube live stream. Senate Livestream and recordings: www.youtube.com/@NewHampshireSenate

House Livestream and recordings: www.youtube.com/@NHHouseofRepresentatives

Warner's NH Legislator contact pages: https://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/ NH Senate District 07: Senator Dan Innis

NH House Reps: District 8 Tony M Caplan, Eileen S Kelly, Stephanie R Payeur

Governor Kelly Ayotte governorayotte@governor.nh.gov

Executive Councilor Karen Liott Hill www.council.nh.gov/district-2/councilor-liot-hill

To speak at a committee hearing, or to register a position without speaking, look up the bill number and meeting date, then go to the House testimony page or Senate testimony page Bill search General Court home page. www.gencourt.state.nh.us.)

US Congress Rep, District 2: Maggie Goodlander: https://goodlander.house.gov/

House Live Stream and calendar https://live.house.gov/

US Senators: www.senate.gov/states/NH/intro.htm Maggie Hassan & Jeanne Shaheen

Senate calendar and webcast: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/legislative_home.htm

Congressional transcripts and summaries at www.congress.gov/congressional-record

Library Trustee meetings include the Monthly Board Meeting on the third Tuesday of each month (at 6:30 pm, in person). Trustee meetings are posted 24-48 hours in advance online and at the USPO and Town Hall, on the Warner Events Calendar. Approved minutes are published on the Trustee Meetings page.