The two Andover libraries will be sharing a State Park Pass for the 2021 season. The pass provides entry to most New Hampshire State Parks, including historic sites, for two adults and up to four dependents, (normally $4 per adult and $2 per child). It can be used for multiple parks in one day.
The pass is not valid at Wallis Sands, Hampton Beach State Park, Flume Gorge, or Cannon Mountain Tramway, or for camping fees, or metered parking. We cannot print a pass for the same day requested, due to the online booking system setup, so you will need to reserve it with us at least one day in advance.
Please stop by, call, or email the Andover Public Library at 735-5333 or AndoverPL@nullcomcast.net; or the W.A. Bachelder Library at 735-5076 or WABLibrary@nullgmail.com to reserve your pass. We can only issue one pass per day, but you may request a pass more than once.
Please check out NHStateParks.org/visit/state-parks. An important change from past New Hampshire State Park passes is that due to COVID, many parks are limiting how many people may enter per day. This pass does not guarantee access to any park.
Advanced day-use reservations are the only way to guarantee access to a park. When requesting a reservation, the patron will be charged a $1 non-refundable reservation fee charged by the software company. To avoid being charged the admission fee, you will indicate that you have a library pass when making the reservation. The system will remove the admission fees; however, you will be responsible for the $1 reservation fee.
Pullerbear Pro
The Andover Conservation Commission has purchased a Pullerbear Pro, which any Andover resident may borrow through the Andover Public Library for one week. A Pullerbear is a tool designed to easily remove small trees and invasive vines. It is much easier on your back than tugging on the vine or tree, and it is better for the environment than using chemicals!
If you do borrow it, you may sign it out for a week at the Andover Public Library. After using it for a week, it is critical that you return it clean. Please wash it so that there is no dirt, bits of invasive vine, or urushiol (the oil in poison ivy that causes the rash and the itch) on it when you return it. Check it out!
WABL Book Sale
Don’t forget that there is an ongoing book sale at the Bachelder Library in East Andover. To follow the COVID safety and book quarantine recommendations from the State Library, this will be a bit of an unusual sale.
The sale will be on every Tuesday and Friday in the WABL basement. One person/family/pod is allowed to come to the sale on any particular Tuesday or Friday. Please make an appointment to come to the sale at WABLibrary@nullgmail.com or 735-5076.
If you happen to be at the library on a Tuesday or Friday and no one has made an appointment to come to the sale that day, you are welcome to be the one! Please come, make a generous donation, and go home with some great books!
People are doing more puzzles during COVID! Both libraries have puzzles for the taking. If you have puzzles that you are done with and would like to let someone else have fun with them, please bring them to the library. Please do not bring puzzles that are missing pieces.