Nov 8, 2020
Northwood resident and Coe-Brown senior Amelia Brackett found inspiration in a tiny library and the trails she has walked in the area her whole life. Her inspiration and hard work is now Barrington’s gain, as a new tiny library has been erected at the Goodwill Conservation Area and home of the popular Winnie-the-Pooh Trail.

Her senior project involved the construction support of her parents and grandfather, collecting book donations from the community, and coordinating with the Barrington Conservation Commission and the Southeast Land Trust (SELT) to make the library a reality.

When the question of where and how, her project expanded to include Barrington Selectperson and Conservation Commissioner Dan Ayer to interface with the owner of an onsite retired utility pole, Consolidated, to find a strong home for the library. In the spirit of Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, the pole is now home to  collection of adult reading, teen and children’s books, including some books dedicated to A.A. Milne’s woods-dwelling bear, Pooh.

If you would like to leave a book or take a book, the site is open dawn to dusk. If you would like to leave a message for Amelia (or Pooh), a journal inside the library would be a great place to leave your message. You can wish her well, as she works on the next tiny library for Northwood.

The recently completed Hopalong Way trail in SATWaSR near the Lee/Barrington town line had an upgrade. A new span, complete with aluminum decking, was built by a team of volunteers from the Trails Committee. 

Charlie Tatham, Diane Dickson, Elaine Sullivan, Doug Winter and Jack Gale built a 7 foot bank-to-bank span with reclaimed 6×6 timbers and some salvaged pool decking. The new trail now has new signs, frequent yellow blazes and a new bridge to join the over 9 miles of trails in the Tamposi Reserve. The new trail is a more nature-intensive, shaded alternate trail to Rabbitat Road heading in from the Rt 125 lot.

As of December 29th, SELT is the proud owner of the 44.6 acre Ann Tibbitts Schulz Turtle Brook Preserve off of Brewster Road and shown below.  Jim Schulz and his two grown children wanted the property conserved and dedicated in Ann’s memory.  SELT will be working with them on the contents of a kiosk which we hope to install within the next year.  Ann was active with the Commission for many years and the Barrington Conservation Commission members are pleased to protect this gem of a property that includes a significant section of the Barrington Trail.  The property is further conserved with a Wetland Reserve Easement that the Schulz’ conveyed to NRCS prior to donating the property to SELT.

Now Available for Check Out at Library!

The library has a pass residents can check out which allows free entry for two adults and up to four dependents into many lovely state parks in New Hampshire. (Hampton Beach State Park/Wallis Sands/Flume Gorge/Cannon Mtn Tramway not included)  

You may call 664-9715 to reserve the pass for a specific day (up to 3 consecutive days), come in and check it out, and return it to the library after use.

This pass has been paid for by the Friends of the Barrington Library and the Barrington Recreation Department in a joint effort to get folks out into the wonderful wild places of New Hampshire!