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/

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This Weekend

Friday Oct. 3

10:00 – 11:00am Prayer Shawl Knitting Ministry United Church of Warner

12:00 – 5:00pm Blood drive at United Church of Warner: Appointments still available

4 pm: BookEnds Book Group will discuss 'The Instrumentalist' by Harriet Constable

October 3-4, The NH Book Festival will be held at the Capitol Center for the Arts & NHBF Festival Village on South Main Street in Concord, NH. Free, but some author talks are ticketed events https://www.nhbookfestival.org/tickets

Sat. Oct. 4 Multiple Activities

9 am until done United Church of Warner clean up day, RSVP 603-456-3447

9am-5pm Fall Fest at Five Acres in Bradford: Pony rides, local craft fair, food trucks, live music and Huge discounts on all Perennials, trees, shrubs and pottery. 

11 a.m. to 5 p.m Warner Ukulele Festival. at MainStreet Warner Stage & Amphitheater.

11 a.m. Beginner workshop (ukuleles provided)

Noon to 4 pm Performances. All-day ukulele “petting zoo.”

4:30 p.m. Advanced strumming workshop.

7:00 pm Peter Heller best-selling author, will accept his Sarah Josepha Hale award on Saturday, October 4th, at at the Newport Opera House!

October 4&5 from 10-4, Discerning Eye sale at 56 Kearsarge Mtn Rd shop, Scenic splendor is the theme; Halloween treasures and seasonal sweaters, scarves and more.

Sun. Oct. 5,

1-3 pm A brand new Black History Tour in the Waterloo section of Warner from Rebecca Courser and Lynn Clark. Learn about residents born in New Hampshire and those coming up from Massachusetts and Washington DC to live and work in Waterloo.  Must pre-register https://blackheritagetrainh.wufoo.com/forms/z102fpd0nkv11h/

4-7 pm Tavern Night Music at Reed's North: Open Mike with John Fareese.

Mt. Washington weather station Tours, family pass (all season - not Weds), FREE until October 10. $17 per person value. Ask the Library for a pass.

Condolences to the family and friends of Richard Upton Cogswell, Jr. who passed away recently. An obituary will be available next week. Services will be private.

We recently learned of the passing in August of Hugh Meier, former Art teacher at KRHS. and past Warner Resident. https://www.dcourier.com/obituaries/obituary-hugh-richard-meier/article_928c378d-43af-40db-91a2-734751971cdf.html

Articles about Warner in local Newspapers: The library clips and saves all news by and about Warner people. If you see any Warner items in the Union Leader or Boston Globe please save for us to copy or clip!

Concord Monitor: Sept. 29 Renovation progress at the MainStreet Warner Lodge: https://www.concordmonitor.com/2025/09/29/warner-community-center/

Sept. 27 Reevaluations and tax concerns, (Note: Tax rate WILL be lower next year!),

Letters/Opinion 9/27, 9/30, 10/2.

InterTown Record 9/30 (available at the library)

Messenger 9/26/25 Transfer Station ordinance and hours discussion, KRSD settlement

Correction to last week's item about reconditioning the ballfields at Riverside: The work was done solely by the Dept. of Public Works (the truck in the photo is owned by DPW).

Coming Soon

Mon. Oct 6 at 6 pm (note new time) Warner 4-H Club at United Church of Warner.

Tues. Oct. 7 Warner's Writer's Group 6:30-7:45 PM at Pillsbury Free Library

Wed. Oct. 10

1:30 pm Library Book Group, discussion of How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley.

3-5 pm Pine Rock Manor is hosting a pumpkin decorating contest no cost to attend, pumpkins and decorating supplies provided by Pine Rock Manor and fall treats!

5:30-6:30 pm, the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum third book club through Zoom about first contact and its aftereffects on Indigenous peoples. "Colonization and the Wampanoag Story” by Linda Coombs. To join, email Kristen.oser@outlook.com

Find MORE local art, music and Library news and events later in this newsletter.

Warner Fall Foliage Festival October 10-12, 2025

www.facebook.com/WarnerFallFoliageFestival

Volunteer before, during and/or after the Festival: https://signup.com/go/uZQqhmM. Anyone who has signed up for a volunteer position on the link will receive a free t-shirt designed by Allison Dobrowski. MANY more volunteers are needed!

Enter a float in the Warner Fall Foliage Festival parade! The theme this year is "Mythical Creatures Throughout History". All kinds of entries are welcome - truck floats, walking floats, entries w/animals, etc. - all put together by organizations/clubs, businesses/non-profits, families/friends. The parade is Sun, Oct 12 @ 1pm. To enter contact Jenny Courser, courser28@gmail.com. 

The kids' parade is on Saturday, Oct. 11 at 1:00 pm! No registration necessary, just line up at the space between the TDS building and the post office at 12:45pm.

Consider the Lumberjack Contest events: www.facebook.com/events/760083369974865

Or register for the 5K walk/run www.facebook.com/events/24840932705512776

Catch the Library's Book and Bake Sale (indoors if wet) 9 am - 4 pm both days. Sign up to help before, during or after the even at https://signup.com/go/FhWPdAO

During the Warner Fall Festival, Sat., October 11 and Sun., October 12, The Barn and the Pratt Exhibit at Upton House will be open from 9 am to 3 pm.

Hay Day Fall Festival Sunday, October 12, 2025 11 AM- 2 PM at the John Hay Estate at The Fells: live music, local vendors, old-fashioned games, wagon rides, crafter demonstrations, food, children’s art projects, and more! Explore nature trails, create a fairy house in the Fairy Village, exhibits and art installations. Tours of the Main House and gardens, Food available for purchase on site. Members free, Non-members: included with regular admission fee. (Library pass available).

Monday Oct. 13 Indigenous Peoples' Day a day to honor America’s first inhabitants and the tribal nations that continue to thrive today, will be celebrated at MKIM with free admission and a special program welcoming Native artists as they discuss their unique styles and creative processes. Admission includes access to the museum, Medicine Woods, and Arboretum throughout the day during the museum hours of 10 am - 4 pm!

The Supervisors of the Checklist will meet in a Public Session on the 2nd floor of the Warner Town Hall,10:00 AM to 11:00 AM on Friday, October 17, 2025.

The Supervisors will attend to matters related to the checklist, including voter registration. 

A list of preliminary new property values by Avitar are available in a binder at Town Hall and in the library. A guide to your property card and assessing methods is available at http://www.avitarassociates.com/portals/0/pdf/understandingyourpropertyrecordcard.pdf

A doubled Assessed value does NOT mean double TAXES! The tax rate will be lower.

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!

"Volunteers live longer" and helping others is also good for the immune system and mental health, according to the author of "The Rabbit Effect", Kelli Harding, MD. https://the1a.org/segments/in-good-company-how-kindness-combats-loneliness/

Be happier, and help your kids be healthier: VOLUNTEER as a family!

Volunteer for the Library's Book and Bake Sale https://signup.com/go/FhWPdAO

Volunteer for the Festival: https://signup.com/go/uZQqhmM.

Warner Food Pantry has raised all funds needed for the box trailer! THANK YOU to everyone who helped us reach this goal! You are welcome to still donate as the Pantry's needs are ongoing. Mail to Warner Food Pantry, PO Box 402, Warner, NH 03278. Or online at https://www.warnerconnectsnh.org/ - OR volunteer at the Thrift Store!

3rd ANNUAL WINDOW DRESSERS COMMUNITY BUILD happens Nov. 6-12 at St. Andrews Church in New London. If you know someone who would like to save energy and heating bills in a warmer home this winter, PLEASE CONTACT JGKUBIT@GMAIL.COM ASAP! Measuring Deadline Oct. 3. Grant money allows us to offer 40% of the window inserts for FREE this year.

Recipients and volunteers work together to make the inserts, so please sign up for a 4-hour shift to volunteer during build week. Welcoming all level of skills with all training provided! https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/4521022082#/invitation

Reminder! Fall Festival Grant applications must be submitted by 10/09/25 and submitted via the application form found on the website (under "funding requests") Please read prerequisites before applying!

Warner Fish and Game club next meeting is Wed. Oct. 29 at 7 pm; voting for officers.

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.

Gluskabe – The Magical, Powerful Culture Hero Central to Wabanaki Storytelling

Monday, October 20, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM. Anne Jennison, a traditional Native American storyteller and historian of European and Abenaki heritage. Free.

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 Saturdays to 3pm.

Fall Scripture Retreat at the Magdalen Center during the Warner Fall Foliage Festival. Overnight lodging is available, with ample time to visit the festival worked into the schedule. For details or sign up, jeromeinstitute.com/_product/PY85XM6L3HDW64J6

Every Saturday

Family Closet Thrift Boutique 10am - 4pm (supports the food pantry.)

Warner Historical Soc. Barn Sale 9:00am – 12:00pm, and Ralph Pratt Exhibit open.

NH Telephone Museum and Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum are open. see Museums...

Warner indoor Flea Market 139 Kearsarge Mtn Rd. Sat. (8am to 3pm) Sun. (8am to 2pm).

Warner Area Farmer's Market Last Date: Sat. Oct 4, 9am to 1pm at Warner Town Hall.

SUNDAYs Davisville Flea Market Sundays starts early, ends at 1 pm, 805 Route 103 E

Arts, Music, Games, etc

Reed's North: New Menu!

Tavern Night SUNDAYS 4-7 pm. 10/5 Open Mic with John Farese, 10/10-10/12 Kearsarge Jam at WFFF, 10/19 Arthur James - NH Bluusman, 10/26 Tyler Marshall



Warner's Writer's Group First Tuesday of every month 6:30-7:45 PM (Oct 7!) at Pillsbury Free Library (Frank Maria Meeting Room), 18 E Main St. Warner. Bring your laptop or notebook, settle in, and enjoy an hour+ of dedicated writing time with others who get it. Snacks are allowed, and there is a sink, a microwave, mugs, Keurig, and tea kettle.

Thursday, October 23: Warner Underground Comedy in the DEPOT under Reed's North. Doors open for dining: 6:30 PM (You have the option of purchasing the buffet at checkout). Showtime: 8:00 PM Show Tix $25, Show and Buffet: $47.95

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

Many thanks to the folks at Reed's North for hosting the Library's third annual Banned Books Bingo and Raffle "Warner Wednesday" fundraiser Oct. 1. Good food, and Good fun! Thanks also to Terry Hathaway for prizes, and Arlon Chaffee for sound system and Emcee help! 
In photo: Library Trustee Cassey Greene.

Banned Books Week: Oct. 5-11, 2025. "Censorship is So 1984" Come see our displays!

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/

A few Museum happenings:

McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center fall schedule: Wed. through Sun., 10:30 AM – 4 PM. Music Under the Dome: multiple dates: Choose Taylor Swift or Pink Floyd!!

The MFA (Boston): new exhibit “Rachel Ruysch: Artist, Naturalist, and Pioneer”

“Of Light and Air: Winslow Homer” Watercolors starts November 1: Tickets on Sale Now!

Mount Washington: Mt. Washington weather station Tours, family pass (all season - not Weds) $17 per person value, until October 10. (Cog Rail deal ended July 31)

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

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

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

Halloween books are out. Great stories but also ideas and how to books for costumes, food, crafts, and DVD's.

POKEMON Club- First day is Tuesday, October 14th, 3-5:00 in Miss Sue's room. Sign up required each month. Simonds kids are walked down. A snack is provided.

The next story on the Story Walk is In the Woods: Who's Been Here? by Lindsay Barrett George. Enjoy an autumn story on a gorgeous fall day along the river!

After School Crafts will restart in October. Specific dates will be sent out in the next newsletter and to Simonds. Sign ups required each month.

Planning ahead--October 24th, 5:30-8PM, Halloween party, 4th grade and up. Costumes required, pot luck meal, games, and announcement of the next play!

New Children's Items in our catalog: July August, September and STEM KITS,

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/

Family Closet Thrift Store

Open Weds. and Saturdays 10am-4pm 603-456-2183. Volunteers needed. Fall clothing and Halloween Costumes here!

Warner Area Food Pantry

Wish List for September: Baking Essentials (flour, sugar, baking powder), Boxed mixes for baked goods, Cooking oil, Coffee/Teas, Nuts for snacking, Dried Fruit.

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 - 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

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

Already Planning for Halloween? Of course you are!

Warner Family Closet Thrift Boutique are building a collection of Halloween costumes! Please consider sharing costumes you no longer use.

Pumpkin Carving/ Decorating: October 10 at Pine Rock Manor, October 25 at Warner Town Hall Lawn, (bring your own tools), both FREE.

A Spooktacular Family Day at The [McAuliffe-Shepard] Discovery Center! Sunday, October 26, 2025! Times: 10:30am - 4:00pm Free for members; $13 for adults, $10 for child, $12 for senior/students. For tickets visit: starhop.com/discover/family-fright-fest

Trick or Treat Night: Friday, October 31, 5-8 pm Downtown Warner. NEW this year, NO CARS on the "dingle" which Includes Roslyn Ave., Geneva Street and Kirkland Avenue on Halloween Friday, October 31 from 4:30 PM until 8:30 PM, approved by the Warner PD. 

Residents of the neighborhood will be able to come and go but it will be closed to all other traffic. People are welcome to park at the graded school Parking lot that evening to allow their trick-or-treaters to roam the neighborhood.

10/31 Halloween Party & Dance 6 pm at The Depot at Reed's North.

Area Business and Farms

Velvet Moose Ice Cream Shoppe FALL hours: Sat. &.- Sunday 1-7 pm.

Last Farmer's market for the season: Sat Oct. 4 at Warner Town Hall 9am to 1pm.

Pumpkin pie lattes are officially on the menu at Cafe One East

Dunkin are hiring starting at $16 for FULL TIME CLOSERS 11:45am to 7:45m. Also looking for 16yr+ for closing 3:00m to 7:45pm . Stop by in person and ask for Kristy.

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

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

Outdoors and Sports

Silver Lake Park: gate is closed as of 1st week of October.

Local sports schedules and signup www.warnerparksandrec.com/

(Fall soccer signups at Warnersports.org/) see also YOUTH section of this newsletter.

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.

Indoor Pickleball at Simond's: Started 9/22, Monday and Friday (unless school events/closings) from 6:30-8:30pm. No indoor pickleball Oct 10. 13 or 17.

The 2025 NH legislative session is resuming!:

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/

The Library Trustees will be holding a Public Hearing in compliance with RSA 202-A:4-c for the purpose of accepting and expending gifts, at their regular monthly meeting Tuesday, October 21 at 6:30 PM at the Pillsbury Free Library, 18 E. Main St., Warner.



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.