(26 Mar 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Derby, Vermont – 25 March 2025
1. Exteriors of Haskell Free Library
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sylvie Boudreau, President, Haskell Free Library:
“The main entrance is in United States.”
3. UPSOUND (English and French) Leeanne Smith, Haskell Free Library employee:
“Haskell Library, Bibliotheque Haskell, bonjour.”
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sylvie Boudreau, President, Haskell Free Library:
“Inside we have a line on the floor to show where is the US side and Canadian side.”
5. Line on floor marking Canadian and U.S. border inside the library
6. Close up of Line on floor marking Canadian and U.S. border inside the library
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Sylvie Boudreau, President, Haskell Free Library:
“If the people were staying on the sidewalk, they were able to use the United States entrance, the main entrance, without being checked or controlled by U.S. Customs or Border Patrol.”
8. Exterior of library showing sidewalk from Canadian border leading to the U.S. library entrance and border marked by boulders on the ground.
9. Sign marking U.S. Canadian border reading, “Stop. Do not cross.”
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Sylvie Boudreau, President, Haskell Free Library:
“Starting today, because we are open today, all visitors or non-member of the library cannot use the sidewalk.”
11. UPSOUND (English) Kathy Converse, Haskell Free Library volunteer:
“You’re coming in from the Canadian side? Let me show you where it is.”
12. Library visitor reading book
13. Library visitor holding book
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Sylvie Boudreau, President, Haskell Free Library:
“We have an, an emergency exit on the side of the building, which is in Canada. And so we will modify all the entrance. We will have to make it accessible for handicapped people. We will have to have a new door.”
15.Medium of new temporary entrance for Canadian library visitors who do not have a library card.
16.Close up of new temporary entrance for Canadian library visitors who do not have a library card.
17.Wide of sign marking U.S. and Canadian border outside the new temporary entrance for Canadian library visitors who do not have a library card
18.SOUNDBITE (English) Sylvie Boudreau, President, Haskell Free Library:
“It’s sad. Very sad. I mean, it’s um. For me, it’s not necessary because there’s always been a good relation with both authorities, either American or Canadian.”
19. Visitor holding up Canadian and American flags inside library
20. Close up of books
21. Medium of visitor walking by books
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Sylvie Boudreau, President, Haskell Free Library:
“It’s an honor system. It’s been over 100 years. We never, you know, it never been a problem before.”
23. UPSOUND (English) Allyson Howell, Derby Line resident:
“I’m standing in Canada right now. And like, if I go right here, I’m standing in the United States, In Derby Line. So, Stanstead, Derby Line.
24.SOUNDBITE (English) Allyson Howell, Derby Line resident:
“Canada’s our friends, they’re like, it feels like an extension of my home and they’re not our adversaries. And it’s just, it’s just so strange, and it’s so, it just makes me so sad.”
25. Canadian and U.S. flags inside library
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Allyson Howell, Derby Line resident:
“It just feels like this one more step of, like, building this chasm between these two nations that is, like, really devoid of, of, like curiosity, understanding, like the blended relationships and, and, and families and communities that are here.”
27. Moose head and sign on wall inside of library
28. Sign on wall listing activities inside library
Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/
You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/a6d521be860f438787b1214dd494be22
Author: AP Archive
Go to Source
News post in March 31, 2025, 9:06 pm.
Visit Our Sponsor’s:
News Post In – News
