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A Library on the Canada-U.S.Border Is Ensnared by Trump’s Foreign Policy - The New York Times
A wealthy widow built a library and opera house on the border between Quebec and Vermont, a symbol of binational friendship. Now U.S. officials are restricting access to Canadians.
WBUR3mon
Vermonters decry plan to limit Canadian access to border-straddling Haskell Library - WBUR
Penny Thomas of Newport protests a U.S. plan to restrict access to the Haskell Library, which straddles Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont, on Friday, March 21.
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Haskell library opens Canadian side entrance; More restrictions coming in Oct. - MSN
DERBY LINE, Vt. (WCAX) - The Haskell Free Library, which straddles both sides of the U.S.-Canada border, now has a new entrance on the Canadian side, along with other restrictions. The change ...
USA Today3mon
U.S. to halt Canadian access to unusual cross-border library - USA TODAY
U.S. Homeland Security officials are closing off Canadian access to an unusual library in northern Vermont that straddles the international border. The Haskell Free Library & Opera House's main ...
American Libraries2mon
Feds Curb Canadian Access to Library on the Border
Inside the Haskell Library, a black line on the floor marks the border between the United States and Canada, which patrons from both countries can freely move across. courtesy of Sylvie Boudreau For ...
The Washington Post3mon
The tiny library caught in the middle of U.S.-Canada tensions
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House straddles the U.S.-Canada border and has long stood as a symbol of chummy bilateral ties. Now, that bond is fraying.
CBS News3mon
For over a century, a U.S.-Canada cross-border library used a single entrance. Now, the U.S. says Canadians must build their own. - CBS News
By Oct. 1, all Canadians will be required to use the entrance to the Haskell Free Library and Opera House on Canada's side of the border, the U.S. government said.
Yahoo3mon
No Canadians allowed: Unusual cross-border library to close access - Yahoo
The Haskell Free Library & Opera House's main entrance is in the U.S. town of Derby Line, but for decades Canadians have been allowed to visit the facility through a side entrance from Stanstead ...
The Daily Beast3mon
Kristi Noem Takes Bizarre Revenge on Canadians at Haskell Free Library She Used as a Stunt - The Daily Beast
Map by Eric Faison/The Daily Beast/Google . ... The Haskell Free Library and Opera House straddles the U.S.-Canada border on February 28, 2017, in Stanstead, Quebec and Derby Line, Vermont.
New Hampshire Public Radio3mon
Locals decry plan to limit Canadian access to border-straddling Haskell Library
Penny Thomas of Newport protests a U.S. plan to restrict access to the Haskell Library, which straddles Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont, on Friday, March 21. U.S. Customs and Border ...
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Locals decry plan to limit Canadian access to cross-border library
Penny Thomas of Newport protests a U.S. plan to restrict access to the Haskell Library, which straddles Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont, on Friday, March 21. U.S. Customs and Border ...