Jody Stone, mayor of the village of Stanstead, Quebec, stood inside the Haskell Free Library & Opera House, where a black line runs across the floor to mark the US-Canada border.

President Trump’s border crackdown and bid for Canada to become the “51st state” have threatened the relationship between Derby, Vt., and Stanstead, Quebec.

Under the Trump administration, the library has been told by U.S. border officials that it must change the way library patrons coming from the Canadian side enter the facility.

OPINION Beyond borders: How a Vermont-Quebec library defies Trump’s divide The library is a symbol that borders do not exist unless we construct them.

DERBY LINE, Vt. — For decades, the towns of Derby Line, Vt., and Stanstead, Quebec, have functioned as one community. Located on either side of the border, they share a sewer system, emergency ...

Businesses in northern Vermont are reporting that Canadians are cancelling planned trips to Vermont or saying they won't visit during the Trump administration.

U.S. Homeland Security officials are closing off Canadian access to an unusual library in northern Vermont that straddles the international border.

The Haskell Free Library and Opera House straddles the line between Howell's village of Derby Line, Vermont, and the town of Stanstead, Quebec. The entrance to the imposing Victorian-style brick ...

The Haskell Free Library & Opera House's main entrance is in the U.S. town of Derby Line, but for decades Canadians have been allowed to visit the facility through a side entrance from Stanstead ...