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, Library.WarnerNH.gov/contact-us,

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

Please submit news events to newsletter@library.warnerNH.gov by

Tues. February 10 for the February 12 issue!

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This Weekend

Weather closings: Saturday Snow? The library will announce on Facebook and on www.wmur.com/weather/closings if we are closed. Or you can call ahead 603-456-2289.

NH Telephone Museum is open Fridays 10 am-4 pm and Saturdays, 10 am-2 pm

Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum open Fridays and Saturdays 10am-4pm.

Friday, Feb. 6 Red Cross Blood Drive 12-4:30 PM United Church of Warner Fellowship Hall. Sign up https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/ Blood donors NEEDED!

Friday Feb. 6 Book Group at 4 pm at the bookstore. Discuss 'The Measure' by Nikki Erlick. www.facebook.com/events/1929316971799217

Friday 2/6 and Saturday 2/7 Winter Carnival newlondon.nh.gov/recreation

Sat. Feb 7, 9:30-10:30 am. Crochet lessons in the Library with Susan Jenna, and come make valentines cards. All ages (parents please assist with under- 8's)

Feb. 7, 10:30-11:30am Poetry read-aloud group 1st Saturdays at MainStreet BookEnds

Feb. 7, 2 pm NH Humanities Program “Late in Arriving,” by Steve Taylor, Warner Town Hall. Free. How electricity changed rural New Hampshire life. Cosponsored by Pillsbury Free Library and Warner Historical Society. Books, bake sale, library tote bags for sale.

Feb. 7, 4:30 PM Communion In The Parish house Chapel, United Church of Warner.

Feb. 7 Music with Wayne St. Jacques, 6-9pm in The Depot

Feb. 7, 4pm, Bradford Town Hall Theater: experience the life of a Revolutionary War soldier, in celebration of America's 250th anniversary. Live reenactors, musket drill, etc.

Feb. 8, 9 am to done - Ice day harvest at Kezar Lake and Muster Field Farm -all weathers

Feb. 8, 4-7 pm. Reed's North Super Bowl watch facebook.com/reedsnorth

Coming Soon

Mon., Feb. 9, 6:00 – 7:00pm Warner 4-H Club at United Church of Warner.

Tues. Feb 10 Open Mic at Cafe One East

Feb 10 and 12: Budget hearing on 2026 budgets, Warner Town Hall

Wed. Feb. 11, at 1:30 pm Library book discussion group : The Lost Bookshop.

Feb. 12 Neurodoodling: Meditative Patterns & Playful Designs - with Sandy Bartholomew 10am to 12pm at 428 Main St, New London.

Thurs. Feb. 12, 5-8 PM Ian Archibold at The Local. thelocalwarnernh.com/events

Thurs. Feb. 12 Warner Underground Comedy is back! Celebrate Valentine’s Day with dinner and laughs with Boston Headliner Mark Riley, Tim McKeever and Jolanda Logan. $50 Dinner 6:30, show at 8:30 pm. Reservations needed.

Fri. Feb. 13: Kearsarge Trail Snails Meeting: 2nd Friday of every month @ 6:30pm

Sun. Feb. 14 Cookie walk fundraiser at Upton Chandler House Museum.

Sun. Feb 15, 4-7 pm Music with Gus & Jean at Reed's North.

Monday Feb 16 Presidents' Day Holiday:

KRSD SCHOOLs will be in session but NO Boys and Girls Club.

Closed: Post Office, Town Offices, Library, Banks, Federal offices.

Tues. Feb. 17 Chinese New Year - Year of the Horse! Chinese food at Reed's North.

Warner People / in the Media

Condolences to family and friends of David Hartman who passed away in January: (Obituary not yet available). David was a selectman, and an active member of the Warner community for decades.

Also to family of Tom Riley, passed away Sunday Feb 1. Services will be Friday Feb. 6 at St. Theresa Parish in Henniker. Viewing at 10am with a Mass at 11:00am. Obituary

Several articles and letters in the InterTown Record this week. available at the library.

Articles about Warner: The library clips and saves news by and about Warner people. Please clip Warner items in the Union Leader, Boston Globe or other sources for us!

Last chance Friday: The Warner Housing Survey deadline has been extended to Friday Feb. 6, 2026. The second Warner Housing Committee (aka the HOP Grant 2 Committee) would love to hear from you with regard to new NH State housing laws. (Accessory dwellings, etc). https://SurveyMonkey.com/r/WarnerHousing2025

Town of Warner is seeking

• Human Services Director. https://warnernh.gov/tow/downloads/jobs/jobdesc-HumanServices.pdf.
• Deputy Tax Collector to assist and support the Tax Collector. Part time, stipend position.

To apply please send a completed application - https://warnernh.gov/tow/downloads/Employmentapp.pdf, letter of interest and resume via mail or email to: SelectBoard@WarnerNH.gov.

Proposed Zoning Ordinance Changes

There are proposed changes to the Zoning Ordinance that will be voted on, Tuesday of Town Meeting in March. Download the proposed changes.

Declarations of Candidacy: List of candidates soon, at warnernh.gov/

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!

Kearsarge School District

The Kearsarge Regional School District is accepting preschool applications for the 26-27 school year for KRPS New London and Bradford. The lottery for full day spaces will occur on March 16. Apply https://bit.ly/krsdpreschool

News to Use

Languages of love: Our online language program Transparent Language Online has ASL (American Sign Language) and over 100 other languages. Surprise a loved one with a few new words! Free to use with your library card. Ask staff how to access this resource.

It's that time of year again! Back by popular demand, "Blind Date with a Book" may help you discover a new "love" and freshen up your reading life!

Grab a wrapped book, check it out and take it home. Staff can let you know if you have already borrowed it, at check out.

Put your name in the basket for each book read, for a chance to win some Candy! Drawing will be Saturday March 7 at noon.

Many new DVDs and books added this month! Find and reserve new adult items on our catalog lists: January 2026, February 2026 (and images in Instagram and Facebook!)

New Children's Items in our catalog: January, February and STEM KITS,

IRS tax forms: Seem to be delayed for NH libraries this year. Available at www.irs.gov/. Library staff can help you print them. For other assistance try https://nhtaxhelp.org/

For an appointment with AARP tax helpers in Contoocook (Hopkinton Library) call 211.

Winter activities! Borrow our Puzzles or Games, or a pass to a Museum!

Museum and Parks passes for free or reduced admission are available:

• Museum of Science in Boston, all year, for 1/2 price entry!
• McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center Wed. through Sun., 10:30 AM – 4 PM.
• For show schedules, check starhop.com/planetarium. Borrow our pass! includes Special First Friday events and Sky watches.
• The MFA (Boston): www.mfa.org/exhibitions: Chinese patchworks, Modern Art, etc.
• Currier Museum of Art 1/2 price with our passes. special exhibit Embellish Me: Works from the Collection of Norma Canelas Roth and William Roth.

Back by Popular demand:

• New England Aquarium 1/2 price- starting when the coupons arrive next week.

Just arrived: Children's Museum of NH in Dover, 1/2 price (4 people once per day)

Full list and more details at: https://library.warnernh.gov/services/passes-2/

Going on a trip or to a special gathering? You can borrow our Selfie Stick with Bluetooth connector to use for a group photo or wide view!

See other handy items in our "Library of Things" collection including Kill-o-Watt energy meters , DVD players, CD and VHS players, a code reader, a Radon monitor and puzzles! Need a sewing machine? Use ours! You can even book time in the meeting room to use it instead of lugging it home.

Find the most recent OverDrive/Libby audiobooks and ebooks. Try free digital magazines!:

Miss Sue is collecting empty seed packets for a summer project. Please bring in empty flower or vegetable packets you may have. Also, any food magazines of any type would be great too.

Valentine's Day Come in and get some valentines day books or movies. Fun to have on these cold winter days.

Family Crochet AND CRAFT days are continuing! Saturdays, through February. 9:30-10:30am in the library meeting room with Sue Jenna of Warner 4-H Club. Come learn, or help others - adults welcome too! Come make Valentine cards!

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

Saturday Story times Monthly at 10:30am: Feb. 21, March 21, April 18, and May 16.

New Children's Items in our catalog: November, December, January and STEM KITS.

There is a new kit, just added, all about Magnets. Come check it out!

Reminder that POKEMON club will be meeting Tuesday, February 10th, 3-5:00 in the Children's room. Let Mrs. Sue know and Mrs. Grimes if a Simonds student. Snack provided.

Warner and NH Legislators

The 2025 NH legislature is in session!

To comment on a Bill, 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

For more Information on our elected officials, how to contact them, and how to watch or comment on legislation in NH or Congress has been placed on our new website to save space: https://library.warnernh.gov/local-info/legislative-representatives-for-warner-n-h/

Reed's North special menu/events: Feb 8 Super Bowl watch party,

Tues. Feb. 17 Chinese New Year - Chinese food & party

The Local's new website includes events, specials, full menu, and online table reservations: https://thelocalwarnernh.com/

Alprilla Farm bulk buy orders /CSA

BUY LOCAL! Many local businesses are listed at /kearsargechamber.org/page/members

https://www.facebook.com/Buttonwood.shop https://www.mainstreetbookends.com/

Kearsarge Trail Snails Meeting: 2nd Friday of every month @ 6:30pm

Meetings take place at Jason's barn (590 Schoodac Road in Warner).

NH Telephone Museum Jan.- April Hours: Fridays 10-4 and Saturdays, 10 am-2 pm

The New Hampshire Telephone Museum Revo Casino and Social House! Charitable Gaminge nights end February 9 at the Revo Casino located in Keene

Warner Firefighters Museum is CLOSED for the winter.

Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum HOURS: through April, the Museum is open Fridays and Saturdays 10am-4pm, with tours at 10:30am and 1:30pm. The library has passes!

Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum Snow Snake Games on Saturday, Feb. 21 from 10am-2pm. The museum will be open, hot cocoa and smores.

Warner Historical Society The 15 W. Main Street Office is open 1 to 4pm Tuesdays and by appointment. info@warnerhistorical.org or leave a message at 603-456-2437.

Cookie walk Sunday Feb. 14 at Upton Chandler House Museum.

Saturday Night Communion In The Chapel at United Church of Warner. at the back entrance of the Parish House, The first Sat. every month, at 4 PM. - Feb. 7, March 7

Every Sunday at 10 AM: Worship services.

More Arts, Music, Games, etc

Poetry read-aloud group 1st Saturdays at MainStreet BookEnds 10:30-11:30am

Crochet in the Library with Susan Jenna, and OTHER crafts of your choice will continue Saturdays, 9:30-10:30 am. All ages including adult (parents requested to assist with under- 8 yr olds).

Reed's North: Music SATURDAY Feb. 7 Wayne St Jacques 6-9 in The Depot,

SUNDAY 4-7 pm Feb 15 Gus & Jean. CLOSED Sunday Feb. 22 for staff party.

Sat. Feb 28 Karaoke at the Depot (under Reed's): 7 - 10 pm

Warner's Writer's Group First Tuesday of every month 6:30-7:45 PM (Mar. 3) at Pillsbury Free Library (Frank Maria Meeting Room), Enjoy an hour+ of dedicated writing time.

Open Mic at Cafe One East is the 2nd Tuesday of each month. Door opens at 6 pm.

The Local: Music most Thursdays 5-8 pm. https://thelocalwarnernh.com/events

Other Event listings online : https://library.warnernh.gov/news-and-events/, nh365.org, visitnh.gov, kearsargecalendar.com nhhumanities.org/programs/upcoming, centerfortheartsnh.org Arts calendar, facebook.com/NHMusicCollective/

Can't finish your free downloadable audio book from Libby before it times out? Check your Borrowing time (it may be set at 7 days instead of 14) and/or speed up the narration!

 https://help.libbyapp.com/en-us/categories/borrowing-renewing-returning.htm

"tap Borrow. On the confirmation screen, tap the loan period next to "Borrowing for..." if you want to change it. Then, tap Borrow again to check out the title."

 https://help.libbyapp.com/en-us/6008.htm

To speed up the narration: https://help.libbyapp.com/en-us/6048.htm

Family Closet Thrift Store

Will be reopening Feb. 4. 603-456-2183 familyclosetwcnh@gmail.com

Warner Area Food Pantry

www.warnerconnectsnh.org

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

Pantry Client Hours: Facebook

TUES. 4-6 pm & THURS. 11:00am- 1:00 pm.

Free legal help: www.603legalaid.org/

Homeless or need tax help? Call 211

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 - hours by appointment: Contact Warner Welfare office at 603-456-3004 or 456-2298 x1229, or email help@WarnerNH.gov. Urgent? Dial 211

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

Outdoors and Sports

Ice Rink at Bagley park: facebook.com/WarnerParksAndRecreation

Local sports news and signup www.warnerparksandrec.com/ or Warnersports.org/

Indoor Pickleball at Simond's: Mondays and Fridays 6:30-8:30pm. Use TeamReach WarnerNHPB, code WPB21 for attendance. If fewer than 4 sign up in the app, by 2pm it may be cancelled for that date unless comments in app indicate it's on.

Two New London groups play Sundays at Colby Sawyer College, sometimes Fridays.



Volleyball: Simonds School gym, Tuesdays 6:30-8:30 pm.

February 13-16 is the NH Audubon's Society Backyard Winter Bird survey. This statewide participatory science project invites you to watch and report the birds visiting your backyard, helping track winter bird populations across New Hampshire. Whether you count for 15 minutes or all weekend, your observations matter. www.birdcount.org

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 Library, and on the Warner Events Calendar. Approved minutes are published on the Trustee Minutes page.

MANY thanks to all who have donated to support the library in the past year or as a result of the Annual Fund campaign. If you lost or did not receive a letter and envelope you can pick one up at the library, or simply use a method described below. Thank you!