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, at 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

Tuesday for the Thursday pm issue (in case of staffing or Internet issues!)

See past issues or SUBSCRIBE at https://library.warnernh.gov/news-and-events/

This Weekend

August is National Civility Month

Thurs. Aug. 20, 5-8 pm Music at The Local: Andrea Paquin;

Sat. Aug. 22, 10:30 am Poetry reading group at MainStreet BookEnds

Sat. Aug. 22 at 11 am at the library: Information Event on behalf of The Borgen Project, an innovative nonprofit that battles extreme global poverty at the political level. The host, Shea Dickson, is a Political Affairs Intern and recently promoted Regional Director of the organization, and a Warner resident.

Sun. Aug. 23, 10 am Old Meetinghouse annual Church Service. (Lower Village)

Sun. Aug. 23, 4-7 pm Music at Reed's North: Jimmy Howe

Every Weekend:

Warner Area Farmer's Market, 9 am - 1 pm. Local produce, baked goods, art, music.

Family Closet Thrift Boutique 10 am - 4 pm (also on Wednesdays)
Warner Firefighters' Museum most Saturdays, 10am to 3 pm

NH Telephone Museum Sat. 10-2 more info below.

Barn Sale 9-noon, Warner Historical Society (also on Tuesdays 1-4 pm)

Summer exhibit (Warner in Winter) at Upton Chandler House museum10 am --1pm.

Sat. and Sun. Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum: see info below.

Warner Indoor Flea Market every Sat. 8am to 3pm and Sun. 8am to 2pm

Coming Soon

Tues. Aug. 25, 5-8 pm Fundraiser night at The Local for Warner Historical Society.

Aug. 25, 5:30 pm Classic Car night at Reed's North

Thurs. Aug. 27, 5-8 pm Music at The Local: Jamie Hughes

Fri. Aug 28, 6-8 pm Concert at MainStreet Warner Stage: Talking hearts.

Sat. Aug. 29, 2- 4pm Navajo Weaving talk at Mt Kearsarge Indian Museum
Free - Registration is required. Register here.



Sat-Sun. Aug. 29 & 30 10 am-4 pm Muster Field Farm Museum Farm Days

Aug 30, 4-7 pm Music at Reed's North: Don Bartenstein.

Sept. 1, School starts! (but no school Sept 4 & 7)

Sept. 7, Labor Day holiday. (Library closed Saturday Sept. 5 also).

AARP presentations coming to the Library: Registration links coming soo:.

• Sept. 19 at 10:30 am: Medicare 101
• Sept. 26 at 10:30 am: Social Security 101

Sept. 26, 10-3 Harvest Moon Festival, Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum.

Warner People / in the Media

Condolences to family and friends of Allison "Allie" Mock who passed away Aug. 14.

Obituary. A graveside service will be held Sat., Sept. 26 at 11:00 A.M. in New Waterloo Cemetery, with a celebration of life reception to follow at the Warner Town Hall.

Pumpkin Blossom Farm's new lavender beverages are now available at local businesses! Find locations at https://www.drinkpurpl.com/find-us-in-stores

Paul Lakevicius has been appointed as the new KRSD School Board rep. for Warner in place of Matt Esenwine who has moved out of Warner. Patrick McGowan is our other Rep.

This week the Warner Historical Society dedicated the "Judy Courser Book Loft" at the Barn Sale building. Family members and the community gathered to honor her for a long history of helping out in the town of Warner. Jim McLaughlin made the sign.

Concord Monitor: 8/15: Community news by Kathy Carson.

InterTown Record 8/18/26 Online or at the library: Exit 9 Housing project by Ray Carbone; Outside insides by Linda Magoon; What's in our food? by Barbara Lassonde; Kearsarge names Michael Bennette Superintendent; Warner Neighbors by Kathy Carson.

The Messenger (free online and Market Basket).

News items/ events for the Town columns of the InterTown or Concord Monitor can be sent to Kathy Carson at Townnews.Warner@gmail.com as well as to this newsletter.

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!

Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event: Sept 12, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM at the

Town Sand Shed, 190 Rt 103 West, Warner. (next to the Transfer Station). This is your chance to dispose of old fuel, gasoline, kerosene, OIL based paints and stains (no latex), strippers, and solvents, adhesives, varnish, pesticides, herbicides, pool chemicals, household cleaners, and polish. Questions? 603-456-3303 or talk to Varick at the TRS.

The Supervisors of the Checklist will meet in Public Session on the 2nd floor of the Warner Town Hall on Friday, August 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. Any person on the checklist who has not voted in an election for the past five years (since November 2020) must re-register to remain on the checklist to qualify to vote in the upcoming elections. The Supervisors have sent notice letters to these voters at the address previously provided. At this meeting voters may register before the elections.

Sample ballots are available to view on the Town Notices page: Sample Ballots

The New Hampshire State Primary is Tues. Sept. 8 at the Warner Town Hall. Voting hours are from 7 AM - 7 PM. If you need an absentee ballot, please use the links on the NH Secretary of State website at www.sos.nh.gov/elections/absentee-ballots.

Any registered voter who would like to help as a Ballot Clerk, or counter, contact the Town Clerk. Requirement is being a registered voter in the Town of Warner. The hand count of cast ballots is at the Town Hall at the close of each election. Ballot Counters do need to stay until finished, which depends on the voter turnout. Usually 2-4 hours.

Contact Town Clerk Michelle Courser or Kathy Carson at kathy.carson50@gmail.com.

Job openings: Town of Warner is seeking

• Dept of Public Works: 3 positions. Call 456-3366
• Parks and Recreation Commission is seeking a winter Ice rink maintenance attendant. Contact Parks@warnernh.gov

To apply please send a completed application - with letter of interest and resume via mail or email to: SelectBoard@WarnerNH.gov.

The Town of Warner is accepting sealed bids for the sale of the following items:

• 2004 Mack CV712 Granite Dump Truck
• 1998 Freightliner FL60 Fire/Rescue

Bids must be received by 4 PM on Tuesday August 25, 2026. Full details on information on how to place bids can be found in the official Invitation to Bid document.



The Town of Warner has a vacant position on the Budget Committee. Volunteer Form: Volunteer_Interest_form.pdf The position will run until 2027 March Town Elections.

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!

Hurry! We are pausing our subscription for the winter: New England Aquarium discount coupons for 4 ($20/person), only available (weekdays) until Sept. 4. We will renew next summer, or possibly in January.

Services: the Library now offers FAX service. $1 first page, $.20 each other page, in addition to copies, wifi, privacy booths and computers.

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

• Mt. Washington Observatory: Free Observatory Tours and Auto Road one rider free available all summer.
• The Fells in Newbury (John Hay Estate)
• NH State Parks: Free admission for 2 adults and 4 children.
• New England Aquarium discount coupons for 4 ($20/person), weekdays to Sept. 4
• Children's Museum of NH in Dover, 1/2 price (4 people once per day)
• Museum of Science in Boston, all year, for 1/2 price entry!
• McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center Wed - Sun. 10:30 AM – 4 PM and vacations.

For show schedules, check starhop.com/planetarium. Borrow our pass!

• The MFA (Boston): www.mfa.org/exhibitions: discounted to $15 adults, $10 youth.
• Currier Museum of Art 1/2 price with pass.How to Build a Usonian Automatic in the Welcome Gallery, just steps inside the Currier. Book a tour of the Frank Lloyd Wright houses soon!

SEE the FULL LIST and more details at: https://library.warnernh.gov/services/passes-2/

NH Teen Book Award List books:

The 2027 list Flume and Isinglass books list here: available for reading!

Find and reserve new adult items on our catalog lists: June 2026 July 2026 August 2026 (also see images in our Instagram and Facebook!)

Several kids haven't picked up their projects yet from the summer program. Miss Sue has them all bagged up for you. Please come by as soon as you can. Thank you!

Preschooler Story times every Thurs. at 10:30 am with Miss Sue: stories, songs, finger-plays, and a craft. Note: usually in the children's room, but every 2 weeks it will be outdoors at the NH Telephone Museum parking lot across the street, weather permitting: Next on Sept. 3.

Saturday Story times monthly at 10:30am: Next will be September 12.

New Children's Items in our catalog: June, July, August and we have STEM KITS.

Fall Soccer via WYSA for pre-K to 5th grade - registration is open - program runs Aug 21 - October 16. SIgn up at https://warnersports.org/current-programs questions about divisions, schedules, or volunteer coaching? email president@warnersports.org.

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

Book Groups Around Town

News to Use

Learn how to repair and maintain old wooden window sashes: www.nhpreservation.org/events-calendar/window-workshop-sept19

New Hampshire Food Waste Generation Study is Now Available

www.nhrecycles.org/news/2026-nh-solid-waste-legislative-session-recap

Reminder: TDS is discontinuing its email service effective October 21, 2026. https://tdstelecom.com/tds-email-faq.html. Anyone wishing to continue to use a TDS email account must sign up with the new hosting provider between NOW (active), and Sept. 30, 2026, or find a new email. The link to sign up/ sign in is: https://tds.everymail.com/myaccount/#/login (start by putting in your current TDS email and login, it will guide you to set up an account.) Beware of Scams: call TDS if you have questions. the real email reminder comes from e.tdstelecom.com.

If you change your email, remember to update any accounts that use the TDS email for multi-factor authentication. Remember to sign up any new address for our newsletter!

Roadwork on Rte 127 details at NH DOT website. NH Traffic: newengland511.org/

Fires and air quality map https://trailsmoke.net/

Water Quality map: www.des.nh.gov/water/healthy-swimming/healthy-swimming-mapper

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Kearsarge Chamber of Commerce upcoming brochure printing: Content is due 9/12/26 which includes: new or updated ads, listing updates, new members. Become a member!

Brochures are planned to be ready by Oct. 7. Just in time for Warner Fall Foliage Festival.

Charlie Macs Pizza is now offering online ordering for customers.

Lavender lemonade, developed by Pumpkin Blossom Farm in Warner is now available online and in stores. pumpkinblossomfarm.com/product-page/purpl-lavender-lemonade

Reed's North: Trivia every Thursday. Hosted by Competitive Edge Trivia. Teams of 2 to 6. Play for fun and prizes. Come early to get your seat -- usually a full house.

Reed's Music Sundays 4-7 pm: 8/23 Jimmy Howe, 8/30 Don Bartenstein.

Other: 8/25  Classic car night 5:30pm.

The Warner Area Farmers Market has a weekly raffle! Win a $15 voucher to use at any vendor you choose the next time you attend the Warner Area Farmers Market!

Eating local foods may help avoid food-borne illnesses! (and it saves energy too).

Registration is open for classes at The Jerome Institute in Warner.

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

Warner Fall Foliage Festival Volunteering sign ups are open! Do your part for this important Community event! Visit https://Signup.com/go/jtzVUCi

Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum HOURS: Daily Mon-Sat 10 am - 4 pm and Sun. Noon - 4, with tours at 10:30am and 1:30pm. The library has passes!

2026 Exhibit: Language as Strength honoring the remarkable Diné (Navajo) Code Talkers, whose unbreakable code played a vital role in World War II.

Aug. 29 at 2 pm: free seminar with Diné (Navajo) master weaver and author Lynda Teller Pete exploring the history, artistry, and cultural significance of Navajo weaving. An internationally recognized textile artist, educator, and author, Lynda brings generations of knowledge and tradition to this presentation. Register here.

Warner Historical Society Fundraiser at The Local, Tues Aug. 25, 5-8 pm

10% of food and beverage sales and take-out orders benefits the society. 50/50 Raffle!

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. Barn Sale open Tuesdays, 1-4 pm and Saturdays from 9- noon. The museum exhibit "Warner in Winter" is open Tuesdays from 1 pm – 4 pm and Saturdays from 10 am - 1 pm until mid-October at Upton Chandler House Museum.

NH Telephone Museum May thru October - Tuesdays thru Fridays 10-4 and Saturdays 10-2. The last admission is a half hour before closing.

Warner Firefighters Museum is OPEN most Saturdays, 10 am - 3 pm.



Kearsarge Trail Snails Meeting: 2nd Fri. of every month @ 6:30pm (590 Schoodac Rd).

American Legion There is no Post 39 meeting in July or August. The next meeting is in September. (usually 2nd Tues. at 7pm).

The Warner Fish and Game Club meets the 4th Wednesday, Bartlett Loop.

Family Closet Thrift Store is clearing out summer items to make room for the fall/winter store refresh! If you’ve started sorting through your closet, feel free to set aside any cold weather clothing now and please bring them in September.

Warner Area Food Pantry

Wish List: Cereal (variety), GF Pastas, Spaghetti Pasta, Spaghetti Sauce (jar), Jams/Jelly, Rice Boxes (variety), Snack Bars (Kind, protein, Laura, etc), Protein Drinks (for our seniors), Dry Cat food.

Pantry Client Hours: Facebook

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

warnerconnectsnh.org

Drop off items during office hours or leave items in the outside cupboard. Thank you! Office: Tues.& Wed. 10-1pm.

Family Closet Thrift Boutique

Wed. and Sat. 10am-1 pm 603-456-2183 familyclosetwcnh@gmail.com

Belknap-Merrimack County Community Action in Warner New hours and location:

Thursdays, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm at new location at Senior Housing office, 26 North Rd. WARC@capbm.org. Phone (not yet connected): 603-456-2207.

Welfare Office - hours by appointment: Contact Molly Loz, Human Services Director at Warner Welfare office 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.

Follow 71 year old Warner resident Kay Shuster on her bicycle ride from Oregon to NH to raise funds for Food For Thought NH. You can follow her journey at kaybikes4kids.com

AARP presentations coming to the Library: Mark your calendars!

Sat. Sept. 19 at 10:30 am: Medicare 101, Sat. Sept. 26 at 10:30 am: Social Security 101

More Arts, Music, Games, etc

MainStreet Warner Stage summer concert series. Free (donations accepted for park events). 6-8 pm. Aug. 28, Talking hearts.

Writer's Group: online first and third Tues. of the month on ZOOM: register at https://forms.wix.com/f/7310701228889997828

NH Authors' Directory, at nhauthors.com, created by area author Heather Turner.

Reed's North: Music SUNDAYS 4-7 pm, see listing in Business section.

Trivia Thursday. Hosted by Competitive Edge Trivia. Teams of 2 to 6. Come early!

Newbury Summer Concert Series at The John Hay Estate at the Fells. $35

Open Mic at Cafe One East the 2nd Tues. of each month. 6:30-8pm. Door opens at 6 pm.

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

Aug 27, Jamie Hughes .

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/

Outdoors and Sports

Marsh flies swarm your beach day? File a greenhead report of when and where.

It’s football registration time…Soccer sign ups are still open!

https://warnersports.org/home ages Pre-K/K (ages 4 & 5) through Grade 6

WYSA (Youth Sport) NEWS: See www.warnersports.org.

Warner Parks and Rec Dept: https://www.facebook.com/WarnerParksAndRecreation

Local sports news and signup www.warnerparksandrec.com/

Pickleball at Tennis Courts at Riverside: Wed. and Fri. and 2nd & 4th Mondays 5:30 pm, Sun. 8-1. See/add attendance on TeamReach: WarnerNHPB, code WPB21.

Library Trustee meetings include the Monthly Board Meeting on the third Tuesday of mo month (at 6:30 pm). 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 website.