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/

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This Weekend

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. Bake Sale at intermission.

Saturday, May 10 Warner Fish and Game Club Annual Children's Fishing Derby at FISH and GAME CLUB, 7 Bartlett Loop.

Registration starts at 6:30am, Fishing will begin from 8am - 2pm. Open to all kids ages 15 and Under. Kids' Games throughout the day. Prizes, refreshments. NH Fish and Game's Operation Game Thief trailer will also be there, as well as 4-H bb gun and archery ranges, and NH Trapper's Association.

May 11 Happy Mother's Day, to all who fulfill the "mothering" role in whatever way!

The KRHS Drama Club's spring production is dinner theater! tickets $15 including dinner and a show! Friday, May 9th and Saturday May 10th - Death By Dessert! Tickets now on sale: https://our.show/deathbydessertkrhs25 doors open at 6 pm

Rollins State Park on Mt. Kearsarge is OPEN for the season!

Parts of the lower section of the Rollins trail are still pretty wet. Park Office: 603-456-3808

Day Use Fees: Adult: 12 and over $4, NH Residents age 65 and over $0, Child: 5 & under - $0, 6-11, $2 (Also, the library has passes).

Congratulations to Frida Labbe who will be graduating in May from Keene State College with honors - Magna Cum Laude this weekend. She has also earned the Emily N. Frier Excellence in Philosophy award from the philosophy faculty in recognition of exemplary scholarship.

We are sad to learn of the passing of Cathy Louise Consentino, daughter of past resident Edith Rumrill. The family plans to hold a memorial event in Summer.

Coming Soon

The Warner Tax Office will be closed Monday, May 12, 2025. Tax payments may be left at the Town Clerk Office or in the Town Hall's secure mail slot on the front porch.

On Monday May 12, at 3pm: orientation session for new and returning volunteers for stream monitoring in the Warner River watershed. Starts at the Warner Town Hall before moving to a brook for some hands-on experience. More info: ConComMonitoring.pdf

Please contact Barbara Marty bmarty333@gmail.com with questions.

May 12-15 Bring your unwanted art and craft supplies and equipment to the library for an Art and Craft Supply Swap on Saturday. May 17. This is a free swap event and any remainders will be offered to teachers, and the Thrift and Craft Store in Concord.

Tuesday May 13

6:30pm Warner 4-H Club meeting is at Contoocook Creamery, Contact Susan Jenna, warner4hclub@gmail.com for more information..

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

Wednesday May 14:

1:30 pm The Library book discussion group Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs.

4:30-6:30pm Warner Historical SocietyBarn Sale preview Party.

7:00 – 9:00pm WYSA board meeting Wednesday, at the Library.

Friday May 16 Blood Drive, United Church of Warner, noon to 5 pm.

See below for Town Committee meetings and School events, children's programs, etc.

Spring Into Warner Saturday, May 17, 2025, 9am - 3pm

Warner's 17th Annual Arts Celebration. Arts & craft demonstrations, music, farmer's market, Pony rides, puppies, garden supplies, book sale, face painting, kids' crafts, and much more. Event Poster, Map and Schedule at https://kearsargechamber.org/  and around town.

Warner Historical Society, Barn Sale open, 9am-1pm.

Pillsbury Free Library Craft swap, 9:30-1:30, Story time 10:30, Pixie houses all day!

Warner Area Farmer's Market: art and craft vendors, all along Main Street 9am - 2 pm!

Family Closet Thrift Boutique, 10 - 1pm at Community Center

WYSA fundraiser 5K Color Run (Price Drop! $20 to Register now) Check-in 9am, run starts at 10 am at Riverside Park! Bring your own white T-shirt.

Garden supply fundraiser by the Warner Democrats 10-2 on the lawn at Family Tree.

KCPA dance performances inside Town Hall, 10am - noon

MainStreet Warner Lodge (Church St.) Giant Book Sale to support scholarships.

Mt Kearsarge Indian Museum open 10am - 4 pm, including a special talk at 1 pm on Women’s Traditional Lakota regalia currently on display, and the importance of Powwows.

NH Telephone Museum: open 10 am - 2 pm. 20th anniversary cake at Noon!

Rug hooking demo on the porch, and local artists Mimi Wiggin, Lucinda McQueen, Katherine Cayer & Beth Conners on the NHTM lawn!.

Book Signing with Matt Esenwine and art with illustrator Jamey Christopher at MainStreet BookEnds, 1 pm.

Wine Tasting at Warner Public Market and specials at Yankee Farmer's Market!

Music at Cafe One East and Velvet Moose Ice Cream Shoppe.

Many Thanks to host businesses Brown Family Realty and Cafe One East for lawn use!

7:30 pm new songs with the Luggnuts at MainStreet BookEnds Gallery.

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 by June 4, 2025.

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

Current Flood Hazard Zones: https://warnernh.gov/tow/downloads/FloodHazardZones.pdf

It's Tick Season! To prevent diseases from ticks, check yourselves, children and pets often and use repellent or clothing spray, wear light color clothes, tucked in. Information about the 5 diseases carried by NH ticks at https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/programs-services/disease-prevention/infectious-disease-control/tickborne-diseases.

Information about prevention for you and the kids at https://tickfreenh.org/

Attached tick? You can get it tested at https://www.tickreport.com/.

Find other local and Library news and events later in this newsletter

All dog license renewals were 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, to update Town records.

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Arts, Music, Games, etc

Reed's North: Trivia, Thursdays 6-8 pm

Tavern Night Now SUNDAYS 4-7 pm. (Not May 11 Mother's Day), Sun. May 18: Jimmy Howe, but also Sat. May 17, 6-9 pm: Wayne St Jacques, previously booked.

Thursday May 29 Debut Performance of Warner Underground Comedy (in the new event space under Reed's North (The Depot) featuring Steve Bjork (and Warner's own Jody Sloane. Tickets www.simpletix.com/e/warner-underground-comedy-tickets-215469.

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

Rec League Softball Umpires Needed Immediately! WYSA Softball has a wonderful opportunity for you to earn great pay for officiating 12U games at our own Riverside Park. Patch preferred, but not necessary with experience. 

Home games are several Monday evenings and Saturday mornings and early afternoons during the months of May and (early) June. 

If interested, please contact the Softball Director at softball@warnersports.org High School players are encouraged to apply as this can also count toward community service.

Indoor Pickleball at Simonds on Mondays and Fridays at 6:30 - NOT May 12. Last day May 19. Use TeamReach app. WarnerNHPB, code WPB21 for updates.

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.

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.

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/.

We have Library passes for free or reduced admission to:

New! New England Aquarium, to May 31, 2025 for 1/2 price entry - 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

At the MFA starting May 10: The Visionary Art of Minnie Evans. 16 works.

https://mfa.org/exhibition/the-visionary-art-of-minnie-evans

Ending June 22: Landscape and Labor Dutch Works on Paper in Van Gogh’s Time https://mfa.org/exhibition/landscape-and-labor. See it along with the Van Gogh exhibit: https://mfa.org/exhibition/van-gogh-the-roulin-family-portraits.

At the Museum of Science in Boston https://www.mos.org/visit/exhibits:

Perception playground: a brand-new interactive exhibition, and Triceratops: a 65-million-year-old fossil, discovered in the Dakota Badlands in 2004. One of only four nearly complete Triceratops on public display in the world. Get half price with our passes.

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

Sewing machine - for use in library or at home (and we have many colors of Thread!)

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

Engine code reader (to determine check engine light cause)

Selfie Stick (donated by Ralph Elwell)

Kill-a Watt meters (measures electricity used by your appliances)

Telescope (Donated by NH Astronomical Society)

New Children's Items in our catalog:

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

MISS SUE IS ALL SET WITH METAL ALTOIDS-TYPE TINS. THANK YOU TO ALL!

Pokemon Club will meet Tuesday May 13, 3:15-5:00. Miss Sue picks up kids at Simonds, home schoolers can be dropped off at the library. Register with Miss Sue and Mrs. Grimes.

This weekend! Saturday May 10th at 4:00PM. Come enjoy the humorous adaptation by Kathryn Schultz Miller of Kid Frankenstein. The entrance fee is a donation to the food pantry and there will be a bake sale at intermission.

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 May 17, 10:30am . That is Spring into Warner weekend and the last Saturday story time until the fall.

Spring into Warner is May 17-18. Miss Sue will have a story time on the Saturday at 10:30. Craft time will follow.

Also, materials will be provided outside to build a pixie/gnome house!

The 2025 Flume (grades 9-12) Award winner is…The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz

There was a three-way tie between Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli, The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander and We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammond for runner-up.

The 2025 Isinglass (grades 6-8) Award winner is…Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King.

There was a tie for runner up between Impossible Escape by Steve Sheinkin and The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

Warner Historical Society Annual reading of Frederick Douglass' speech, "What, to the slave, is your 4th of July?" Would you like to read a portion of this important speech June 28, at noon in Warner? Contact 603-456-2437 or info@warnerhistorical.org.

Barn Sale shifts available this summer are Tues,12:30-4:15pm and Sat. 8:30am- 12:15pm.

NH Telephone Museum MAY - Oct. hours: Tuesday thru Friday 10 am to 4 pm and Saturdays 10 am to 2 pm. The Firefighters Museum is open Saturdays: purchase a Warner Fire Dept challenge coin!

Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum in May-Oct, the museum is open daily: Monday - Saturday 10am - 4pm, Sunday noon- 4pm with the last admission at 3:00pm for all days.

MKIM are already gearing up for this year's powwow, Saturday, July 12 and Sunday, July 13! If you are interested in volunteering and helping out with this very special event, there are still plenty of spots to sign up for. Check here to see how you can help.

The Warner Democrats are holding a garden sale on May 17th from 10-2 on the lawn by Family Tree Medical Center. Donations of houseplants, seeds, seeds you have started to grow already, gardening tools and the ilk (books, gloves, etc...) can be left on the porch at 32 West Main Street (the one with the little pigs). Perennials from gardens will not be sold due to concerns about spreading jumping worms.

Area Business and Farms

New farmstand startup at 191 Schoodac Rd. has peonies, on the old table. Prices range from $15-25 depending on variety.

Warner Public Market is carrying yummy Hendricks Homemade baked goods.

Reed's North Wednesday Events: May 14 French Night, May 21 NH Telephone Museum Fund Raiser, May 28 Cruise Night is back

Trivia every Thursday — Last Thursday of the month is Music Bingo.

Honeycomb Salon has relocated to what was formerly the Warner Pharmacy at 11 East Main St.(603) 456-3336. Open NOW but Grand reopening May 17.

Honeycombsalon603@gmail.com or FB https://www.facebook.com/hairbykatee/

Also sharing the space is The Barber On Main (Sarah Richos) By appointment only: 603-496-9866 Mon-Thur 5-7 pm and Sat.8am-2pm

FEED Kearsarge's "Tray It Forward" Want to plant a vegetable garden, but you're not sure how to get started? Order free seedlings by May 16, and on May 30 pick them up at either Sweet Beet Market or Colby Sawyer College. You can also request to have the seedlings delivered to your residence. Click on FEED Kearsarge Tray It Forward to order, to donate, or for more information.

Trinity Bible Church in South Sutton, NH invites children entering K- 5th Grade to join us for Vacation Bible School from June 23-28 from 9am-12pm. The camp is free of charge- we hope you can make it! Link below to sign up-

https://trinitybiblechurchmyanswerscom.myanswers.com/wonder-junction/

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 Bug spray, Sunscreen, Raisin Bran, Cream Corn, and egg cartons.

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.

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553264195575

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

Warner Connects NH, is looking for a person, or persons, to run the operations of their Family Closet Thrift Boutique. The current shopkeeper is retiring in June and a good replacement is needed. As a non-profit, the thrift store is vital in supporting the operation of the Warner Area Food Pantry financially. Contact Patty familyclosetwcnh@gmail.com.

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.