Minerva, a Maine Coon kitten, looks out the window at Richards Free Library in Newport, N.H., on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. The library adopted two cats, Minerva and Dexter, from the Springfield Humane Society in Springfield, Vt., on August 4 and invited patrons to vote on their names. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Minerva, a Maine Coon kitten, looks out the window at Richards Free Library in Newport, N.H., on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. The library adopted two cats, Minerva and Dexter, from the Springfield Humane Society in Springfield, Vt., on August 4 and invited patrons to vote on their names. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: Alex Driehaus

NEWPORT — Richards Free Library closed on Tuesday due to staff exposure to COVID-19, according to the library’s director.

The Newport library “will reopen as soon as it is safe,” Library Director Justine Fafara said in a Tuesday message to patrons.

The reopening will be announced on the library’s Facebook page and website, Fafara said.