Are you interested in family history? Do you spend a lot of time in graveyards wondering about the names behind the stones? Then you just might be a genealogy enthusiast! Genealogy is the exploration of ancestral lines and can be done through countless records, resources and artifacts. Join us as Presenter Erin Moulton explores useful methods for research planning through the case study of Elsie Gaskin (an eccentric librarian from New Hampshire), and become a better researcher along the way. Presented on Zoom.

Sponsored by the Pillsbury Free Library and made possible with funding from NH Humanities. Details at https://www.nhhumanities.org/programs/2023/history-and-mystery-a-genealogy-starter-guide

Register at https://signup.com/go/ZZPaRiG

Traditional Caroling, Artists and Artisans, Local Authors, Food, Farmers’ Market, Crafts, gift shopping, & More

At the Pillsbury Free Library 9:30 am – 1 pm: Make and take craft

Inside Warner Town Hall:
Visit the Festival of Trees
9 am – 2 pm ~ Holiday Farmers’ Market / crafts ~ Lower Level
11 am ~ Gingerbread Man Play performed by KCPA (Free- sponsored by Sugar River Bank)
2 pm ~ Photos with Santa

Midday at Town Hall: Caroling by GearUp Homeschoolers

At MainStreet BookEnds & Gallery
Local Authors in the Gallery All Day!
David Elliott ~ 10 am to noon
Jack Noon ~ noon to 2 pm
Matt Forrest Esenwine ~ 2 pm to 4 pm

Downtown Warner

9:30 to 1 pm ~ Make & Take a Craft at Pillsbury Library
10 am to 4 pm ~ Warner Historical Society ~ Artists & Artisans at Upton-Chandler House, and Barn Sale seasonal selections.

Midday ~ Gear-Up Homeschoolers Caroling downtown

10 am to 4 pm ~ Open Studio at BeeZink ~ 57 Kearsarge Mt. Road
10 am – 4 pm ~ Open Studio at Carolyn’s Glass studio, 86 E. Joppa Rd
2 pm to 4 pm ~ Mt.Kearsarge Indian Museum will be hosting a Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser (TAKEOUT AVAILABLE)

4:30 pm ~ Holiday a capella carols with “Nice & Naughty” Peg Chaffee & Carol Sager at MainStreet Warner Lodge (former Masonic Lodge behind statue)

7:30 PM An Advent Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols at Chapel of Our Lady Queen of Apostles, Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts 

Be sure to visit our three Main Street restaurants and cafe for holiday specials, and our Main Street shops such as the Warner Public Market and the new Buttonwood Shop, or visit the NH Telephone Museum and Fire Fighter’s Museum, or The Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum.

Due to ongoing heavy snow the library will not be open today, March 4, 2023 to allow the Dept. of Public Works road crew to focus on Roads instead of library access and parking.

Part-time Library Assistant
Pillsbury Free Library, Warner NH

12-15 hrs – scheduled on two or three days, (including Tuesdays) with occasional additional hours offered.
Starting in March 2023
Click here for Application and Job description

DUTIES:  Direct interaction with patrons, greeting them as they enter the library, checking in/out library materials, accepting payments, shelving and retrieving materials, answering phones, issuing library cards, handling Inter-library loans, and other tasks.

Candidates must have excellent customer service skills and facility with computers. Previous library experience is preferred.  Candidates must also be detail oriented, have skill in alphabetizing and putting materials in correct Dewey Decimal order, be in good physical condition and able to push heavy carts, reach upper and lower shelves, bend, stoop, lift, and stand for long periods of time.

Starting hourly rate $17.50 – $2o.50, based on experience.

Send application by Wed. February 15, 2023 with cover letter and references
to Director [at] library.warnernh.gov,
or bring in person to 18 E. Main St., Warner,
or mail to Pillsbury Free Library
PO Box 299, Warner NH 03278 

Satisfactory background check will be required before employment is final.