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Hours (for now)
Mon. & Wed. 10 am - 5 pm
Tues. & Thurs. 9 am - 6 pm
CLOSED for lunch 12-1.
Saturday 9 am - 2 pm
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The library reopened to walk-ins for short visits on June 28, 2021. You can also borrow books by phone 603-456-2289, email, or 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 861 Subscribers! Tell your neighbors about subscribing!
You may need to click "view entire message" at the bottom to see ALL the news!
If you missed some newsletters, find them or subscribe at warner.lib.nh.us/library-news Check your "social" or "promotions" email folders. If you are subscribed, it helps to add the newsletter@warner.lib.nh.us address to your contacts for reliable delivery.
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Warner Transfer and Recycling Station's compactor is now repaired and functional again! However, the TRS will be closed Easter Sunday, April 17.
Town committees... Meet at Town Hall.
and often also on ZOOM. Links on the
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Reminder from Warner Town Clerk: Dog registrations are due by April 30.
IRS tax forms - available at the library.
(closed on Friday) or at www.irs.gov.
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Easter Weekend and Beyond
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The "Annual" Indoor Flea Market and Craft Sale at Warner Town Hall is on Saturday, April 16, 9 - 2 (Easter Weekend). Table fees and raffle ticket sales benefit the library. Contact Nancy Ladd at the Library 603-456-2289 or pay online to book a table/space ($15). Registration is now online HERE.
Family Closet Thrift Boutique will have a $1 Sidewalk Sale on Saturday, April 16, 9:00am to 3:00pm (shop is open until 4:00). This is the same day as the Indoor Flea Market and Craft Sale at the Warner Town Hall. Shop for $1 an item or get 6 items for $5! To be held outdoors or indoors, depending on weather. Inside the shop will also have a color coded tag sale on regular merchandise.
Family Closet is at 49 W.Main Street in the Warner Community Center, only 2 blocks from the Town Hall. All proceeds support Warner Connects Food Pantry and Resource Center.
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Registration is open for an online Humanities-to-Go event
The Library is also offering limited spaces to view the program on large screen in the Meeting Room. Sponsored by Pillsbury Free Library, and Warner Historical Society
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The annual Children's Fishing Derby will be on Saturday, May 7, 2022 at the Children's Brook on Pumpkin Hill Rd. Children under 16 years of age can start registering at 6:30 am. The Derby is from 7 am to 11 am. Complimentary hot dog or hamburger, and a cold drink for all registered children. Cash prizes! Sponsored by Warner Fish and Game Club https://wfgnh.org S ee more on the poster at https://wfgnh.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/derby2022.pdf
WYSA opening day celebration for Baseball and Softball is back this year!
WYSA is looking for someone to come and offer face painting, and for raffle donations.
Date to be confirmed but possibly May 7 for this fun day for the whole family!
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Earth Day/ Month and Volunteering
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Join the Great Global Cleanup: April is "Earth Day/ Cleanup Month! When you are out walking, consider carrying a bag and gloves so you can pick up any trash you see.
Warner Parks & Recreation Spring Park Cleanup Saturday April 16 – 9am-12pm
Warner Parks and Rec Adopt a Highway -section of Route 103 in Warner, from Exit 7 to Farrell Loop. Spring cleanup April 18, rain or shine: meet at Bagley Park at 10.
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A Moose photo from Mimi WIggin, and a (not exactly wildlife) felted gnome Bunny for you!
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Warner Public Market's art sales section features local artist Jan Schaffer on their walls through mid May. Jan paints life around these parts, with scenes from Kezar Lake, beaver ponds, the Warner River, and the flora in between it all. More photos on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/warnerpublicmarket.
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How the Working Class Home Became Modern Tuesday, April 19, 12 - 1pm Zoom
Warner Public Market has organized an Improv Workshop taught by Marlina Bruner to light up your laughter brain. $15 Wed. April 20 at 6 - 9pm at the Pillsbury Free Library.
Spemki Nib8iwi - The Heavens in the Nighttime will be on Saturday, April 23 from 7-9 pm. This free program at Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum is in collaboration with the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center and will feature an Indigenous focus to star gazing. Dress for the weather and bring your own chairs. MKIM will provide hot beverages, s'mores ingredients, and the museum bathrooms will be open. Event Link
2022 Spring into Warner, will be held on Saturday, May 14, 9 am to 3 pm on Main Street in Warner (outdoors except for Museum visits). Artists and craftspeople, dancers, musicians, and other performers all welcome. Season's opening of Warner Area Farmer's Market on Town Hall lawn, Used book sale, Museum tours and Exhibits etc. Contact Warner Historical Society or Warner Area Farmer's Market for spaces at their locations, or Nancy Ladd at the Pillsbury Free Library for other Main Street spaces.
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HELP US keep the newsletter going! SEND Warner news to newsletter@warner.lib.nh.us!
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Warner resident Lisa Fantasia of Wicked Sweet Cakes And Treats reopened her bakery in the former Bradford Junction space on NH Rte 114 on April 9th. Congrats!
Looking forward to the cafe portion opening next month!
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Reed's North is back open but will be closed Sunday for Easter.
WED., April 20, 12 – 8 PM
Reeds' Sunday Music at 4 – 7 PM
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Federal mask mandates for public transportation (bus, train, air) has been extended to May 3. Free N95 masks are available at some major pharmacies, 3 per visit.
Covid numbers in Philadelphia have risen enough for reinstatement of indoor mask rules.
NEW CDC guidelines for isolation and quarantine have big changes:
If you have health insurance through an employer or Marketplace, your insurance will pay you back for 8 at-home tests each month for each person on your plan.
FREE at- home rapid tests available from https://www.covidtests.gov/ are still available. A second order is allowed. Tests can also be bought at NH Liquor stores.
Merrimack County is currently rated as LOW risk by the CDC County Check Tool (based on hospitalizations and deaths, not total cases). "People with symptoms, a positive test, or exposure to someone with COVID-19 should wear a mask."
Vaccination data:
Warner: 67% fully vaccinated, 75% at least one dose.
Merrimack County (CDC) over age 5: 72.1% fully vaccinated, 90.9% at least 1 dose.
To get a COVID-19 vaccine: vaccines.nh.gov or call 211. Vaccinations for Covid-19 are FREE, and available for ages 5 and up. Second boosters available for ages 50+.
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Helping Hands - Homes and Farms
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Warner Connects NH Food Pantry and Community Resource Center News
Registration is open to receive a free tray of vegetable seedlings at the end of May to augment your fresh produce this summer. Call 603-456-2053 to sign up.
Financial help for property taxes: submit by April 15
April 15th is the deadline to file for Elderly Exemptions, Solar Exemptions, the Blind Exemption, and the Veteran's tax credit. The application for all exemptions and credits is the PA-29 form, available in Town Hall and www.revenue.nh.gov/forms/exempt-credit.htm.
April 15 is also the deadline for property owners seeking tax relief for their historic agricultural structures. All New Hampshire towns and cities are authorized by state law (RSA 79-D) to grant property tax relief to owners of historic barns and farm buildings who can demonstrate the public benefit of preserving these structures. MORE
A housing resource information program run by Rachel Thomas, realtor and board member of Habitat for Humanity, kicks off on April 19 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Warner Connects NH and continues monthly on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. Call 603-456-2053 for more info and/or appointment.
Family Closet Thrift Boutique is open Wednesdays and Saturdays 10 am - 4 pm
See sidewalk sale above! Spring and Summer Donations are now being accepted.
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Plan ahead for School vacation!
For NH Museum links and info about library passes, visit
Current exhibits include:
Spring hours: OPEN 10 am - 4 pm Tuesdays and Sat. in March & April.
The Nature Discovery Center, located alongside the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, will reopen Saturday, June 4, at 10:30 AM.
Volunteers needed!
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by Roger Robbins
Browse the library's selection of celebrated New Hampshire poets:
Poets in Warner
Warner is the home to a number of outstanding poets, past and present, including Maxine Kumin, Poet Laureate and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
New adult books:
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Magazine Highlight:
To honor Earth Day on April 22nd and Arbor Day on April 29th, check out a copy of Mother Earth News magazine! This magazine gives you all the details on how to plant gardens, live sustainably, and help attract bees! Cover shown is April/May 2022 cover.
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Liz Lighty has always tried to avoid the spotlight in her small, wealthy, and prom-obsessed midwestern high school; instead she has concentrated on her grades and her musical ability, hoping it will win her a scholarship to elite Pennington College to study medicine--but when that scholarship falls through she is forced to turn to her school's scholarship for prom king and queen, which plunges her into the gauntlet of social media and leading to discoveries about her own identity and the value of true friendships.
You Should See Me in a Crown is nominated for the 2022 Flume Award! To be nominated for this award, it must be voted on by New Hampshire 9th-12th graders.
April is Voting month for Flume nominees.
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Senator Anthony Ruiz is running for president. Throughout his successful political career he has always had his daughter's vote, but this presidential campaign brings a whole new level of scrutiny to Mariana and the rest of her Cuban American family. Mari is in the middle of it all. How do you find your voice when everyone is watching-- and when it means disagreeing with your father publicly?
Running is nominated for the 2022 Isinglass Awards! To be nominated for this award, it must be voted on by 7th-8th graders in New Hampshire and must be a standalone fiction or nonfiction book. APRIL is Voting month for Isinglass.
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Miss Sue's News (for Kids)
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New Children's Items in our catalog:
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The Baba Yaga play is less than ONE MONTH away, May 7, 4 pm in the Warner Town Hall! The "entrance fee" will be a donation to the food pantry.
The Great Stone Face party was a blast! Who had more fun, the kids or Miss Sue??
Thank you to the parents for the yummy pot luck meal!
Votes were taken and "Brave Like That" is the winner here. Miss Sue submitted them and now we wait for the State results to name the winner for NH for 2022!
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Storytimes with Miss Sue, every Thursday at 10:30 am - stories, songs, fingerplays, and a craft. It's back to being held in the Children's room.
The next After School Craft is Wednesday April 20th. Please RSVP to Miss Sue and Miss Wendy at Simonds. This month the event is coordinating with Kearsarge Community Network dealing with resiliency and sustainability. Miss Sue will read " Stone Soup" by Marcia Brown and we'll make " easy soup in a jar" kits for everyone to take home, as well as for the food pantry. It's quite a "process" so if anyone would like to help out and can be in the Warner Town Hall, 3-4:00 pm, Miss Sue would appreciate the extra hands. Call 603-456-2289 or email to let her know.
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Happy Holidays to all! (Easter, Passover and Ramadan) Enjoy family time!
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Every Week
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Library Story Time Thursdays 10:30 am
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Trivia night: Tuesdays at 6-8 pm at Reed's North Restaurant.
Coming Soon
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Other Online Event listings: Things to do or view
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Covid protocols at the Library: We are no longer holding returned items in quarantine, so they can be returned inside when we are open, instead of placing them in the Book Drop slot outside. Masks are now optional but encouraged, during library visits unless/ until Covid numbers rise again. Curbside pickup is an option for anyone.
Thanks for helping us provide safe space for our most vulnerable residents, of all ages!
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Library Trustee committees meetings include the Monthly Board Meeting on the third Tuesday of each month (at 6:30 pm, in person now), and various Committee meetings, some that meet monthly, vary in time.
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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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