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The tiny library caught in the middle of U.S.-Canada tensions

STANSTEAD, Quebec — For Sylvie Boudreau, it was only a matter of time. The retired Canadian border agent, watching from this quaint town on the border with Vermont, had grown increasingly alarmed as ...
MassLive

U.S. forces library on Vermont-Québec border to build new Canadian entrance

The Haskell Free Library & Opera House, a century-old beloved geographic oddity straddling the dividing line between the U.S. state of Vermont and the Canadian province of Québec has had longstanding ...
The New York Times

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. Now U.S. officials are restricting access to Canadians. By Norimitsu Onishi ...
NPR

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 across ...