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The U.S.-Canada Border Runs Through This Library. That’s Now a Problem.
A wealthy widow built a library and opera house on the border between Quebec and Vermont, a symbol of binational friendship.
A Shared Library Becomes an Unlikely Front in the ‘51st State’ Debate
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House straddles two countries and unites two towns. Plans to make it harder for Canadians ...
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No Canadians allowed: Unusual cross-border library to close access
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 ...
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Haskell library opens Canadian side entrance; More restrictions coming in Oct.
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 ...
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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.
On Monday, a century-old tradition that allowed Canadians and Americans to freely access the front entrance of the Haskell Free Library and Opera House that straddles Vermont and Quebec will come ...
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Vermonters decry plan to limit Canadian access to border-straddling Haskell Library
Sylvie Boudreau, president of the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, speaks at a press conference Friday, March 21. (Catherine Morrissey/Vermont Public) David van Gelder has been attending ...
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The tiny library caught in the middle of U.S.-Canada tensions
With the frontier a flash point, Boudreau wondered what it might mean for the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, where she is president of the Board of Trustees. For 120 years, it has straddled ...
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A beloved library that united the U.S. and Canada faces new border restrictions
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House straddles the line between Howell’s village of Derby Line, Vermont, and the town of Stanstead, Quebec. The entrance to the imposing Victorian-style brick ...
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Locals feel a loss as the U.S. limits Canadian access to cross-border library
Straddling two countries, the historic Haskell Free Library and Opera House is unlike any other in the world. One half sits in Canada and the other half in the U.S. A thick black stripe runs ...
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Beyond borders: How a Vermont-Quebec library defies Trump’s divide
Streets crossed the line. The border was invisible to us all. Today, the Haskell Free Library and Opera House still straddles the line. The library collection, circulation desk, and stage of the ...
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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 ...