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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DERBY LINE, Vt (WVNY/WFFF) — The U.S. is now limiting Canadian access to the iconic Haskell Free Library and Opera House. The ...

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 ...

The new entrance was installed after U.S. authorities cancelled a long-standing arrangement allowing Canadians to enter from the Vermont side You can save this article by registering for free here. Or ...

For more than 100 years, people in Stanstead, Quebec, have been able to walk into Derby Line, Vermont, to enter the border-straddling Haskell Free Library and Opera House – no passport required. But ...

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DERBY, Vt. — For Allyson Howell, her hometown library is more than just a place to borrow a book; it's also a unique space where different cultures from the U.S. and Canada have mingled and developed ...

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 ...

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 ...

There is still a place where you can walk freely across an international border, no questions asked. The only protest is the squeaking floorboards near the well-worn boundary line painted on the floor ...

Nestled in the small, southern Vermont town that gave it its name, the Weston Theater Company is more than 150 miles south of the Haskell Free Library and Opera House. The library and opera house, ...

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 ...