BY DAVE CHOATE The Children’s Room in the Weare Public Library was heavily damaged on April 16 by the spring’s extensive flooding. The town’s strong desire to see the shelves restocked with children’s books, on the other hand, was completely untouched. On Monday, July 16, the Weare Board of Selectmen voted to approve ...

BY STEVEN ANDREWS Though the damage in town due to the April flooding was great, the community’s volunteer response to help repair it has been just as great. The latest event to benefit the library as it works to repair the Children’s Room will take place at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 26, at Center Woods Elementary, with a concert ...

Summer will begin in Weare with the high-energy blend of happy upbeat acoustic music that has won Ben Rudnick and Friends national awards. The Volunteers for the Weare Public Library will present Rudnick and his band in concert at Center Woods Elementary School in Weare at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 24. This benefit performance will be a ...

BY ROD HANSEN The Public Library took its first step toward understanding its drainage woes this week, with the help of a community volunteer and a piece of state-of-the-art technology. Problems with the library drainage system likely allowed the leaks during the flooding of April 16 that brought extensive damage to the children’s room, ...

BY ROD HANSEN Two weeks before the recent April floods, an engineer’s report alerted library officials to potential trouble in the building’s drainage system. An insufficient depth for the drains constructed for a 1991 building addition, as well as possible clogging in drainage pipes, were among problems cited in a report trustees ...

BY ROD HANSEN In a year when budget struggles have already put a strain on library resources, the flooding of April 16 has spelled calamity for the children’s room. “I don’t know how all the water got in; I just know that when I came to work on April 16, there was an inch of water on the children’s room floor,” ...

Gardeners now have a chance to get into the garden and play in the dirt. Are you wondering what to do with your garden? Get some tips on spring gardening March 26, at 7 p.m., in the Weare Public Library’s Sawyer Room. New Hampshire Cooperative Extension Service Master Gardener Alice Morris offered this invitation to her spring garden ...