‘I like giving joy to people’: Warner woodworker carves a new welcome sign for Exit 8

By: EMILIA WISNIEWSKI

Outlets: Concord Monitor

Published: March 17, 2026

Words: 519

Last Updated: 3 days, 20 hours ago


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Curled wood shavings sprinkled across Jim McLaughlin’s workspace, filling the cabin connected to the garage of his Warner home with fragrant Atlantic white cedar.

McLaughlin, a self-taught woodworker, was commissioned by the town’s beautification group to make a new welcome sign for Exit 8 on Interstate 89. The area’s existing sign had degraded over time and become infested with ants and termites.

With several carving tools and his glasses spread out across the …

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