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Saturday 9 am - 2 pm

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This Weekend

July 4 Pancake Breakfast: 7:30 –11:00 am United Church of Warner. 43 East Main Street, Warner. Plain and blueberry waffles and pancakes, scrambled eggs, home fries, baked beans, sausage, and beverages. $12 for adults, children 7 – 12 $5, six and under free. Supports the Warner Historical Society and the United Church of Warner.

Warner's Post #39 American Legion will also participate and will be offering membership renewal for Legionnaires, various flag sizes for sale, and an expanded raffle with cash prizes and many $25 gift certificates to local businesses.

PLAN AHEAD: Independence Day Closings, Local hours, etc

Friday July 4: Post Office, Banks closed.

Saturday and Sunday July 5 & 6, Warner Transfer Station CLOSED

Saturday July 5: Pillsbury Free Library Closed

July 4-7: Reed's North Restaurant closed

Warner Public Market closed July 4

Charlie Mac's Pizzaria: Normal hours for weekend.

Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum Closed July 4, Open July 5, 10-4 & July 6, 12 - 4pm

NH Telephone Museum Closed July 4, OPEN July 5

Farmer's Market is open Saturday 9am to 1pm.

Family Closet Thrift Boutique is open Sat. 10-4, Red White or Blue clothes 30% off



July 5 - 20 Lavender Fields Harvest Days will proceed as planned but U-Pick Lavender may be affected by the rain damage. Check website.

WMUR's Our Town will feature Warner Thu, July 3 at 9:00 PM on NHPBS or stream it online. Preview at https://www.facebook.com/NHPTV/videos/731639222606584

Opening Reception, July 12 from 12-2 pm for exhibit Dys-FUN-ctional: Creativity Beyond Convention / Art and Creatures by Sandy Steen Bartholomew. Two Villages Art Society, 846 Main Street, Hopkinton.

Warner Fish and Game Club will be presenting an award to [it's a secret] for years of dedication to The Warner Fish and Game club on Sunday July 20 at 9 am . All are welcome at The Warner Fish and Game Club, 7 Bartlett Loop, Warner.

Coming Soon

Tues. July 8 Concert, Saline Fiddlers Philharmonic 5-7 pm, MAinStreet Warner stage.

Tues. July 8 Open Mic night, at Cafe One East hosted by Randy Hencke 

Tues July 8: Am. Legion Post 39 meeting 7 pm meet in Hall on Kearsarge St. Extension

Thurs. July 10, 7 pm Meetinghouse Readings, in Canaan.

Fri. July 11, 5:30 - 7:30pm Native American Women Warriors: the first recognized all-female Native American color guard speak at Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum 6:30 pm.

Sat. July 12 9 am - 1 pm Warner Area Farmer's Market Kid's Market day: Come support our young neighbors! Music by Carl Beverly and 2 others on fiddle and banjo,

Sat - Sun July 12 & 13 Powwow at Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum 10 am - 4 pm

July 12, 12 - 2 pm Opening reception at Two Villages gallery: Sandy Steen Bartholomew.

Sat. July 12, 6-9PM free concert Kathleen Parks, The Ben Kogan Band, and Beecharmer at MainStreet Warner Stage (if Rain -Town Hall). Donations accepted for KCLT.

July 12 The Dobros, Bradford Meeting House, Bradford - 6 pm.

July 12 Naturally New England exhibit opening: 5–7 PM 58 Main St. Sunapee Harbor.

July 13 Reed's North Music Night: Don Bartenstein

Coming soon: Blue Moon Farm Blueberry picking!

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

The Warner Transfer and Recycling Station is no longer using outdoor bins!

After placing general trash in the compactor, park and Come on inside!

Place your recyclables in the labeled bins. Small batteries are also sorted by type!

It's "Plastic Free July"! How much can YOU reduce your plastic waste?

https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/take-the-challenge/

Notice of Decision about the 34 unit housing request for variance:

https://warnernh.gov/tow/meetings/minutes/zbanod/zbanod-20250625-ZBA_202505_Catch_Exception.pdf

An application for multifamily housing on Rte 103 East will be considered by the Planning Board on July 7, 7 pm. https://warnernh.gov/landusecases/#PeacockHill2

The Assessing and Building Department will be closed for training July 7 through July 10. The office will open from 8am to 5pm on Friday July 11. If you need assistance prior to Friday's hours, please note that emails and messages will be checked regularly and appointments can be made during early evening hours on those days. Email: Assessing@WarnerNH.gov ~ Phone: 603-456-2298 Ext. 3

A new Town web page shows all of the meeting documents by Committee group. https://warnernh.gov/mtgdocs, for example https://warnernh.gov/mtgdocs/?show=sel

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!

Warner Historical Society Barn Sale is open on Saturdays 9-12 and Tuesdays 1-4pm.

Upton House Museum, 2025 Exhibit, Ralph Farman Pratt, Landscape Painter and Photographer. Come experience Pratt's exquisite representations of our local landscapes in his oil paintings and photographs, many of which are deftly hand-colored.

NH Telephone Museum May - Oct. hours: Tuesday thru Friday 10 am to 4 pm and Saturdays 10 am to 2 pm. Warner Firefighters Museum is open most Saturdays.

JULY 17 5:30 pm PECK-TACULAR PIGEON Presentation! Join author Rosemary Mosco as she discusses her soaring book, A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird 

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.

Powwow, Saturday, July 12 and Sunday, July 13! NEW: Medicine Woods Trail Guide and Self-Guided Tour Guide for our seven galleries is now available online www.indianmuseum.org/guides. You can also Download and print.

Arts, Music, Games, etc

The Summer Concert schedule for MainStreet Warner Stage at the Jim Mitchell Community Park https://www.facebook.com/warnerstage: July 8 Saline Fiddlers Philharmonic, 5-7 pm. https://mainstreetwarnerinc.org/events/

Hopkinton Town Band concerts, Weds. 7-8pm start July 18 Riverway Park, Contoocook.

August 2-10, 92nd Annual Craftsmen's Fair, apply to volunteer (603) 224-3375 ext 123 or nhcrafts.org/fair-volunteers@nhcrafts.org)

2025 concerts in New London at the Sawyer Center Theater at Colby-Sawyer College, 7pm https://summermusicassociates.org/

Reed's North: Trivia, Thursdays 6-8 pm, Music Bingo once a month.

Tavern Night Now SUNDAYS 4-7 pm. July 6 closed, July 13 Don Bartenstein

Warner Wednesdays: July 16 Mexican Night

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

Bradford Meeting House Summer Music Series, 20 Rowe Mtn. Rd., Bradford, on the lawn: first event is The DOBROS July 12, 6 pm rain or shine! Adults $10, children are free. Tickets are available at the door. Cash only. www.bradford.center 

Opening Reception, July 12 from 12-2 pm Dys-FUN-ctional: Creativity Beyond Convention / Art and Creatures by Sandy Steen Bartholomew. Where books, beasts, and bits of junk come together to tell stories both playful and profound. Show: July 12 - Aug. 9. https://www.twovillagesart.org/dysfunctional Two Villages Art Society - 846 Main Street, Hopkinton. Gallery Hours: Thurs-Sun 12-4.

The Meetinghouse Readings, Canaan, NH's grassroots literary series, 37th season of outstanding and emerging voices in fiction, poetry and nonfiction. at At the 1793 Meetinghouse, on Canaan Street. https://meetinghouse.us/

Thursday July 10, 7 pm Nathan X. Osorio  and Lisa Rogak: 

Outdoors and Sports

NH woodlot owners and managers: Share Your Feedback on the draft of Good Forestry in the Granite State 3rd Edition. UNH Extension is inviting users to review and respond to the draft 3rd edition. Find the draft and how to submit feedback by July 15 https://extension.unh.edu/good-forestry-granite-state-3rd-edition-revision

The first draft of NH Fish and Game’s 2025 Wildlife Action Plan is officially ready for public comment. Read the draft plan https://www.wildlife.nh.gov/wildlife-and-habitat/nh-state-wildlife-action-plan/2025-state-wildlife-action-plan and submit your comments and questions to  fgc-wildlifeactionplan@wildlife.nh.gov by July 16.

Help look for Asian longhorned beetle (ALB)! UNH Extension is asking New Hampshire residents with pools to check their filters regularly for ALB. Pool filters naturally gather an assortment of bugs. No pool? You can still help by keeping a lookout where you live!  https://extension.unh.edu/blog/2025/06/survey-your-pool-filters-asian-longhorned-beetle

Local sports schedules and signup www.warnerparksandrec.com/

(Fall soccer signups at Warnersports.org/)

Pickleball at Riverside tennis courts: Use TeamReach WarnerNHPB, code WPB21

Tennis at Riverside: Tues. and Thurs., and 1st and 3rd Mondays 5:30 pm to dusk.

NH State Parks 90th Anniversary, with a Digital Scavenger Hunt: nhstateparks.org/things-to-do/goosechase-scavenger-hunt

Map of waterways in NH with boat access.

https://www.wildlife.nh.gov/fishing-new-hampshire/boating-and-access

Browse 660 US TV Stations by State/Metro and View Recent Content [via YouTube] at https://searchtweaks.com/lnt/

Find many NH Government documents at https://nhsl.ptfs.com (for example, a search by Governor Ayotte filter yields two executive orders.

Kiplinger Magazine has a list of the Ten best free sites for online learning for seniors and retirees: https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/happy-retirement/best-free-or-cheap-online-classes-for-seniors-and-retirees

We have Library passes for free or reduced admission to museums (and NH Parks):

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

Our newest passes:

Mount Washington: Mt. Washington weather station Tours, family pass (all season - no Weds) $17 per person value. Cog Railway BOGO deal extended to JULY weekdays!

New England Aquarium, 1/2 price entry - Summer passes good weekdays to Aug. 29.

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

The John Hay Estate at the Fells: Historic Home is also open! Hours 10:00am – 4:00pm, Wednesday through Sunday.

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

Explore the Cosmos with Henrietta Leavitt: A Planetarium Show with Anna Von Mertens 

August 9, 2025 | 4:30 - 7pm

McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center

Click here to purchase tickets

Summer program brochures are available. "Level up at Your Library" is the theme this year, with lots of events pertaining to games! Registration required

New Children's Items in our catalog: April, May June and STEM KITS

Preschooler Story times with Miss Sue: stories, songs, finger-plays, and a craft - in the Children's Room.

Every Thursday at 10:30 am.

4th of July books are out, ready for you to read!

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/

Area Business and Farms

New hours (Wed- Sat) start July for The Studio Shop, (Artist Sandy Bartholomew and bag maker Stephanie Flanders) at 51 East Main Street, Warner location (Brookside). www.georgeswallacebagmaker.com, www.beezinkstudio.com

Many Plants for sale at the new farm stand at 191 Schoodac Rd., Warner.

Warner Area Farmer's Market Every Saturday 9am to 1pm at Warner Town Hall lawn. Musicians have been scheduled. Kid's Market day: July 12.

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

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

Volunteers needed, especially Saturdays.

Warner Area Food Pantry

July wishlist:

Canned Pasta (with meat), Kids 100% juice, juice boxes, Individual Chip Bags, granola Bars (soft and crunchy), Boxed Cereal - Variety, Canned Cream Corn, Canned Beets.

www.warnerconnectsnh.org

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

Pantry Client Hours: TUES 4-6 pm & THURS. 11:00am- 1:00 pm. Facebook

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

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.

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

Legal help: https://www.603legalaid.org/

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 here: https://library.warnernh.gov/local-info/legislative-representatives-for-warner-n-h/

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.