Van adjustments around Thanksgiving

With Thanksgiving being next Thursday, I wanted to fill you all in about the upcoming van routes being a little different than usual. So, starting with Tuesday, November 19 we will be covering the North Country route from Concord. Those stops will include:

Twin Mountain, Whitefield, Dalton, Jefferson, Lancaster, Groveton, Stratford, Colebrook, Errol, Berlin Community College, Berlin, Gorham, Randolph, Jackson, Bartlett, North Conway, Conway, Maddison. We will also do this route exactly the same the following week on the 26th.

Also on Tuesday, November 26 we will have the Southwest driver deliver to Springfield and Washington. On the Southeast-B route the driver will deliver to Brookline.

On Wednesday, November 27 the New Hampshire State Prison will receive their delivery.

Also on Wednesday, November 27 the Southwest-A driver will deliver to Marlborough.

The Lakes Region route on Wednesday, November 27 will be as follows: Tuftonboro, Center Sandwich, Tamworth, Chocorua, Freedom, Effingham, Sanbornville, Milton, Farmington, New Durham, Barnstead, Pittsfield, and Concord. This way most of the libraries will receive a delivery.

On Monday, December 2 we will make up some stops from the week before.

On the Lakes Region route we will include Sanbornton and Center Harbor to receive a delivery, either directly or via another library.

Also on Monday, December 2 we will have two different Southwest routes to make up for the Thursday/Friday closing. One route will cover these libraries: Mason, Greenville, New Ipswich, Troy, Sullivan, Hancock, Bennington, Antrim.

The second Southwest route will be: Grafton, Canaan, Enfield, Etna, Lyme, Charlestown, Walpole, Keene, Dublin, Mont Vernon, New Boston, Goffstown.

On Tuesday, December 3 the Southwest driver will deliver to Grantham.

I tried to make these stops as accommodating as possible.

Also, with the holiday season fast approaching I would like everyone to hold off on sending freebies, and donations of any kind from November 20, 2024  through January 6, 2025. The vans only hold so much material, and I want to make  a priority for the ILL’s. So if you can hold off on sending a box or a bag or a suitcase please do so. I have also instructed the drivers not to take items that won’t safely fit in their vans.

Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving.

Best,
Jill Witham
Van Service Coordinator
New Hampshire State Library