For more than 100 years, the Haskell Free Library & Opera House has been a symbol of friendship and unity between the U.S. and Canada. Opened in the early 1900s, the building straddles Derby Line, Vt.

A family from the United States enters the Haskell Free Library and Opera House in Derby Line, Vt., on Friday, March 21, 2025. The town of Stanstead, Que., says U.S. authorities have unilaterally ...

Natalie M. Blais is Massachusetts state representative for the First Franklin District. I grew up on the Canadian border in Derby Line, Vt. — across from Stanstead, Quebec. Our communities were ...

The Haskell Free Library and Opera House on the Quebec-Vermont border opened its new Canadian entrance on Wednesday. The new door opens to Stanstead, Que., while the existing door is in Derby Line, Vt ...

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 ...

DERBY LINE, Vt. — For decades, a scuffed-up line of electrical tape bisecting the floor of the Haskell Free Library & Opera House has marked the border between the United States and Canada inside what ...

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 ...

Sometimes the biggest stories in an infirm republic happen in the smallest places. The Haskell Free Library & Opera House was long one of those quirky, delightful New England stories beloved by many ...

STANSTEAD, Canada ‒ A library astride the U.S.-Canada border has seen a surge in interest from curious visitors after President Donald Trump's administration ended a 122-year-old tradition and began ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it will begin to restrict Canadians’ access to a library that straddles the international border due to "a continued rise in illicit cross border activity." The ...