Pillsbury Free Library, Warner, NH ~ July 11, 2024 | |
Local News from Your Library | |
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NEXT ISSUES: Submit current news and events In brief text please, to
Newsletter@library.warnerNH.gov by Tuesday. July 16, for July 18 issue.
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Meetings (scheduled in the Town Hall lower level unless otherwise indicated).
-Please check calendar for changes-
https://WarnerNH.gov/calendar
Town Agendas (with Zoom Link) are at https://warner.nh.us/agenda/
Planning Board (postponed from 7/1)
Monday, July 15, 7:00 pm
warnernh.gov/landusecases/#PeterBean (minor subdivision, Newmarket Rd)
warnernh.gov/landusecases/#Boyer (Major Subdivision, Kearsarge Mtn Rd)
Friends of Concord Lake Sunapee Rail Trail - Public Input Session
Tuesday, July 16, 6:00 – 7:00pm
Library Trustees Monthly Meeting
Tuesday, July 16, ⋅6:30 – 8:30pm at Lib.
Energy Committee
Thursday, July 18, 4:00 – 5:00pm
Budget Committee
Thursday, July 18, 7:00 – 8:00pm
Zoom recordings of Town meetings: www.youtube.com/@WarnerNHgov.
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Kearsarge Regional School District
www.facebook.com/KearsargeSAU65
Now enrolling Fall preschool and K!
https://bit.ly/krsdpreschool
Kindergarten Registration: contact Wendy at Simonds School: 456-2241.
2024-2025 KRSD calendar: www.kearsarge.org/district/family-community/pages/calendars
First day of School: August 27, 2024
Kearsarge Schools have NEW scheduled daily start and end times for 2024-25.
Need to Cool Off? The library has A/C & wifi and you are welcome to hang out!
New Postage rates will start July 14, 2024 including $.73 for letters.
911 Address Markers are available for purchase from the Warner Firefighters Association. Cost is $20. 6 x12" More information on the Fire Department page https://warnernh.gov/fd/ Orders will be processed on July 15, and October 15.
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Warner Community Center Survey Results:
The results of the 2024 Warner Community Center Survey can be downloaded here.
On July 16 at 6 pm at Warner Town Hall, the Town of Warner, FCLSRT, and HEB Engineers want to hear from the public regarding the Exit 9 rail trail project (Warner 44161). HEB will not be presenting specific trail designs. They will not have a completed environmental review of the project. This is your opportunity to make suggestions and express concerns.
A second public hearing will take place once the project is further along. For more details about the LPA process or the project: https://clsrt.org/trail-details/warner-project-news
The Warner Hazard Mitigation Committee will meet on Wednesday July 24, 9 AM- 12 PM to review the draft Hazard Mitigation Actions Plan. Attend in person or by Zoom. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89983294118. Contact Ed Mical, Warner Emergency Management Director, at (603) 748-0560 or emd@warnernh.gov for more information.
The new Town website is LIVE and much easier to navigate. https://warnernh.gov/
Also, the Town's YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/@warnernhgov has video recordings of public meetings. Subscribe if you would like to be notified of new postings.
Selectboard meetings will continue every other Tuesday through September for the summer, however, start times will vary. If you are unable to attend a meeting and have an issue to bring before the Board, the Board will do its best to accommodate requests.
Meetings: July 23, 2024 – 3:00 pm, August 6, 2024 – 9:00 am, etc
(603) 456-2298 ext 1 or selectboard@warnernh.gov
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The first 2024 property tax bill Payments were due by Monday, July 8. Tax Office Hours: 10 AM - 3 PM Mon-Thu 603-456-2298 x4, Email : tax@warnernh.gov.
Tax payments can be mailed, paid in person or placed in the Town Hall's front porch mail deposit box or dropped off at the Town Clerk office during open hours.
The Town of Warner is seeking a part time Deputy Tax Collector to assist and support the Tax Collector and a Part Time Deputy Town Clerk 22 to 30 hrs. weekly. Openings are also still available in Police and Public Works Depts. warnernh.gov/job-openings/
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Warner Museums and Groups | |
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Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum will hold its 23rd Annual Powwow Saturday, July 13, and Sunday, July 14, 2024, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. www.indianmuseum.org/calendar/
NH Telephone Museum Benefit Night at Reed’s North Restaurant – Wednesday, July 17, Reed's North restaurant in Warner hosts a BENEFIT NIGHT for NHTM. A portion of sales will go to support their upcoming Honor Bear Program. NHTM website
"Flags for Forgotten Heroes": The Honor Bear Project is a military suicide flag installation and it will take place at the New Hampshire Telephone Museum on Saturday, July 20th beginning at 1:00 pm. All are welcome to help plant flags.
We will be planting 660 American flags to represent the number of Veterans we lose to suicide every month, 1 large American Flag to represent the 40+ active duty, National Gaur, and reservists we lose to suicide every month and 5 large American flags to represent the 120+ first responders we lose to suicide every month. This display will remain at NHTM for 30 days.
NH Telephone Museum Exhibit: "The Lines That Connect Us". Tues- Sat 10am -4pm
Warner Firefighters Museum summer hours: 10-4 Saturdays; tours 10 am - 3 pm.
Warner Historical Society Barn Sales: Saturdays 9am to 12 pm, Tuesdays 1-4 pm.
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250th Birthday Celebrations | |
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The summer exhibit at the Upton Chandler House Museum Celebrating Warner’s 250th Birthday is now open Tuesdays from 1 – 4 pm and Saturdays from 10 am until 1 pm through the Fall Foliage Festival weekend. Admission free and the museum has AC.
The Warner Post Office now has a 250th Warner postmark. Any mail handed to the clerk will be stamped with it.
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At The Local: THU, JUL. 11 at 5 PM Alex Cohen Live @ The Local
THU, JUL. 18 at 5 PM Joel Begin Live @ The Local
At the MFA in Boston: “Hallyu! The Korean Wave” closes on July 28! It’s your last chance to see this unique and fun immersive exhibition on the East Coast before it travels to San Francisco. Ask the library about a Museum Discount Pass.
Summer concerts in the MainStreet Warner Stage series are posted on the Warner Events Calendar https://www.warner.lib.nh.us/warner-events-calendar/
Shows are free to the public but donations are greatly appreciated and go directly to funding future events at The MainStreet Warner Stage www.facebook.com/warnerstage
Friday, July 12, 6-8:30pm The LuggNuts Cosmic Americana
Sunday, July 21, 4-6pm Colin Nevins Singer-Songwriter
NH Furniture Masters Reception July 17, 4:00-6:00pm at The Fells: The New Hampshire Furniture Masters are staging a summer long exhibit in the gallery at the John Hay Estate at the fells.The pieces on view (and for sale) will be changing as the summer progresses. Register now for a reception for the artists, work and community on July 17th from 4:00 to 6:00pm. A second reception will be held August 8, 4:00-6:00pm for those who are not able to attend. Free, but Advance registration is required. Call 603-763-4789 x 3, or email info@thefells.org!
Also at The Fells: Art in Bloom Event: indoors, July 18-19, 10:00am-4:00pm and
Floral Demo: July 18, 11am-12pm. Experience the art of the current Gallery exhibit, through the eyes of local floral designers. Free with entry (Library passes available).
Artists Weekend and Wet Paint Sale Event: July 20-21, 10:00am-4:00pm
Wet Paint Sale: July 21, 3:00-4:00pm, Free with admission.
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We have Library passes for free or reduced cost admission to:
McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center Summer hours: open every day, 10:30 AM - 4:00 PM. See starhop.com for SHOW schedules (add $7 /show/person).
Weather and phase II work permitting, the Science Playground is open 11am until 3:30pm on days the Discovery Center is open. Pass also covers Super Stellar Fridays
The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester currier.org is open Wed- Sunday.
1/2 price with a library pass. Tours of two Frank Lloyd Wright homes are extra cost.
Museum of Fine Arts in Boston: www.mfa.org/exhibitions
For the promo-code "pass" discount at MFA, for $10 admission, call 603-456-2289.
Ending July 28: Korean Wave. Just opened: Salvador Dali.
New Hampshire Telephone Museum
Now open Tues through Saturday, 10 am - 4pm (May - October).
NH State Parks pass - NH State Parks are open. Rollins State Park on Mt. Kearsarge is OPEN, 7 days a week, 9 am - 5 pm (last entry at 4 pm). Find a park and book a ticket at www.nhstateparks.org/ (you don't have to reserve a space but on busy days it will ensure you don't have to wait for an opening, and you DO need to reserve the library pass to use it for a discount!)
Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum Open Mon. - Sat. 10-4 and Sun. noon to 4 pm. Guided tours daily 10:30 am and 1:30 pm depending on staff availability (Sundays 1:30pm only).
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Library Trustee meetings include the Monthly Board Meeting on the third Tuesday of each month (at 6:30 pm, in person). Various Committee meetings, some that meet monthly, vary in meeting schedules.
Trustee meetings are published 24-48 hours in advance on the Warner Events Calendar. Approved minutes are published on the Trustee Meetings page.
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Teen Reads by Casey
The 2025 Isinglass nominee 'Sunshine' by Jarrett J. Krosoczka is a graphic novel about the author's experiences being a counselor in a camp for kids with cancer and their families. Interacting with the other teen counselors from his school he learns that they all have imperfect home lives just like him. With the campers Jarrett helps a Power Ranger feel more powerful and teaches a wheelchair bound camper to fish and to fly! A wonderful story "about life, death, and hope."
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Miss Sue's News (for Kids) | |
New Children's Items in our catalog: , May, June, July and STEM KITS or
NATURE KIT backpacks filled with durable folding identification guides!
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Preschooler Story times with Miss Sue are held every Thursday at 10:30 am - stories, songs, finger-plays, and a craft. This program is held in the Children's Room.
Summer Reading Program
"Adventure Begins at your Library" is this year's theme. Programs for children who have completed Kindergarten and older meet at the library on Tuesdays at 9:30 am and Wednesdays at 1:30 pm, lasting an hour. Registration required. Pick and choose, or attend all.
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If you can't get to the scheduled Summer Program, you can still do a lot of fun things at home, get your reading done, and win prizes! Miss Sue has a guessing jar, extra credit sheets, and a bingo card! Stop in and grab yours today.
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NH children's author Kari Allen will be doing a presentation on her book The Boy Who Loved maps in the Children's room on Tuesday July 16 at 9:30am. Following her reading, the summer program children will be making maps. Kari is also known for her Maddie and Mabel early reader series. All are welcome. Free.
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Kearsarge Wildcat Football: July 12 & 26 5:30-7:30 pm on the football field at Riverside Park in Warner there will be a preseason football meeting and skills development session for all 6th, 7th and 8th graders interested in playing football or already planning to play football. https://www.kearsargewildcats.com/
Come meet the coaches, learn positions, try different skills, get advice on preparing for a season, and see what football is all about. Registrations due by Aug. 1, 2024.
Registration for Warner Youth Sports Association (WYSA) Fall Soccer is open.
https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/441201 or https://warnersports.org/
Grades 3-6 must register by Aug. 6 to get team info to the League.
Super Stellar Friday, July 12 at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center: Weather that's out of this world!
Kevin Skarupa, the morning meteorologist at WMUR-TV for the last 18 years will talk about weather in space, what space teaches us about our own planet's climate, and some of the big storms we get here on Earth.
Tickets are available for pre-purchase https://www.starhop.com/ssf (Library pass also available) and can also be purchased on the night of the event. Ticket cost includes admission to the exhibit galleries, presentation, and Tonight's Sky planetarium show. Doors open at 6:30 PM and the presentation will begin at 7:00 PM.
Weather dependent, the New Hampshire Astronomical Society will also set up their telescopes in front of the Discovery Center beginning at dusk. The skywatch is free and open to the public; admission to Super Stellar Friday is not required.
Can't make it in person? Catch the recording of Super Stellar Friday program on the YouTube channel! Recordings will be posted within a week of the live program.
Discovery Center's STEM Summer Camps! https://www.starhop.com/camp
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Check out pictures on the website of the Warner River Local Advisory Commission (LAC) as they work on monitoring water quality and habitat in 10 Warner streams. Volunteers are still needed. https://www.wrlac.com/trout-unlimited-in-nh
A proposed multi-use, mountain bike trail in Rollins Park on Mt. Kearsarge is being proposed by the New England Mountain Biking Association (NEMBA) and has been flagged by the applicant. An Application to the State of NH to develop the trail will be submitted in August. The State of New Hampshire is the permitting authority for a mountain bike trail in the State Park. If you would like more information or have questions and concerns, please contact Erik Nelson at erik.a.nelson@dncr.nh.gov.
Free bikes available. Help yourself at 29 Pumpkin Hill Rd Warner, while they last.
Outdoor pickleball at Riverside tennis court has a special time for beginners or less confident players on Sundays at noon. All players: Wednesdays and Sundays at 9am, Weds. and Fridays at 5:30 pm and 2nd and 4th Mondays at 5:30pm. Use the free Team Reach app to see attendance: WarnerNHPB (code WPB21.)
Be Tick Safe: https://tickfreenh.org/tick-safe-elearning-course/
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Rethink, Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair
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Are you trying Plastic Free July? www.plasticfreejuly.org/get-involved/what-you-can-do/
A relevant film free online: We're All Plastic People Now: Emmy Winning Film 2024
https://www.newhampshirenetwork.org/events
Most plastics do not recycle well, and it takes chemicals to process them into less durable products. Choose foods in metal, glass or cardboard /paper food packaging instead - and recycle those!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/950839248732896 Repurpose, reuse, recycle
Tip: don't be fooled by "bioplastic". Ingredient PLA is plant derived but chemically altered so it does not degrade. "Commercially compostable plastic" must go in bulk to a commercial facility, which uses chemicals. Avoid it unless Home compostable.
Reduce your taxes: Recycle! Warner Fees for solid waste disposal in 2023 (not including demolition waste and special disposal items) were $76,091 ($85/ton)!
Stretchy plastic recycling NEWS:
The United Church of Warner has taken on the role of community partner in the ongoing TREX plastic collection project at Simonds School. Stretchy plastics may be dropped off in the TREX box on the porch of the house next to the Church.
Acceptable items stretch when you pull. If it tears like paper, or is shiny or makes a crinkly/crunchy sound, do NOT recycle in the bins. https://nextrex.com/view/educate
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Warner Area Food Pantry. https://www.warnerconnectsnh.org.
Wishlist: Instant Oatmeal Packets, Boost Chocolate flavor, NUTS - Peanuts, Almonds, etc. (Can/jar size), Baby Wipes, and anything else, always, especially Proteins!
Pantry Client Hours: TUESDAY 4:00-6:00 & THURSDAY 11:00am- 1:00 pm .
Office Hours: Tues - Thurs., 10am - 1pm.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553264195575
Note this year there will not be a fresh vegetables cart at the Food Pantry. Some fresh foods will be available in the veggie booth at the covered bridge on W. Joppa Rd.
The Family Closet Thrift Store Wednesdays and Saturdays 10am-4pm
603-456-2183, 49 W. Main Street, Warner. Donations: Limit of 2 tall kitchen bags/visit.
We are low on TOWELS (in good shape), MATERNITY CLOTHES, King & Queen Sheet sets (summer), Children's (especially sizes 4-5), Men's Belts, Men's Jeans (esp 34,36’s).
WindowDressers.org is back in the area! Sign up now for low cost energy-saving, draft reducing window inserts, or to volunteer to help: Build Dates: Nov 14-20 2024
Location: St Andrews Episcopal Church, 52 Gould Rd New London NH 03257
Lori Cox, Local Coordinator; lorilaicox@outlook.com Click here to volunteer
Welfare Office Please email [welfare@warnernh.gov], stop in, or call [603-456-2298 Ext 1229] with questions, concerns, or need. Applications are in the plastic tub labeled 'Welfare' in the front of the Town Hall - 24 hours a day.
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Help your neighbors with Capital Region Habitat for Humanity projects in Warner: https://www.habitatconcordnh.org/volunteer for sign up and online waiver form. Daily schedule is 8 am – 4 pm but any day or portion of a day you can help is welcomed.
Local Projects Hopkinton tub-shower replacement July 15-19 (Mon-Fri), and a roof repair/ porch on Brookmeadow Lane, Warner (moved from July 15 to August 19-24.)
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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!
Stained glass theme "Thank You" cards (3 for $5), or other non-specific library stained glass cards (5 for $10), pictured here. Buy online and/or Call 603-456-2289 to arrange for pickup.
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