The Library celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2019. The original building, facing North Washington Street, was built in 1894 by the Richards family. Additions were piggybacked to the original building in the 1920s and 1960s. A renovation of the entire building was done in 1989-1990. This made the basement usable, created new restrooms, and brought ADA compliance to the building. But that was more than thirty years age and the years have taken their toll. Building Evolution Company of Worcester has done an assessment of the building, in particular the integrity of its envelope and its HVAC systems. This assessment will be used to guide improvements and repairs to allow the library to continue to serve the town into the future.
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Happy Autumn! Story Times are back in person in the library! Hooray! As we are still in the time of COVID, we are asking everyone five years and older to wear a mask. We do have disposable masks available for patrons. Time for Tales will be held on Mondays, October 4, 18 and 25 and Thursdays, October 7, 14 and 21, all at 10AM. All the programs are designed for children two to six years of age, but younger participants are more than welcome and have always enjoyed singing, moving and observing the "big kids." Our story times include a craft time at the end of each session. Welcome back! If you are a kid who is nine to fifteen years old and wants to do something that's fun, artistic, and Halloweeny, who enjoys creepy snacks, who relishes trivia games and likes silly prizes, register for our Make a Shoebox Haunted House Program on Monday, October 25, from 6:30PM- 8PM. We will have a Halloween Party on Thursday, October 28, at 10AM, for preschoolers. Come for a happy time of not-too-scary stories songs and special treats! Costumes are optional, but we love to see them! The Youth Advisory Council returns this Fall. Council members provide feedback on upcoming books and decorate the Young Adult board. .Stop by and check out our Young Adult area to see what the council recommends and creates.
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The library's Facebook page has moved! Catch all of our news and event listings on the new town-wide page: https://www.facebook.com/nattleboro Don't forget about our program on Wednesday, October 20 at 7:00 PM. Boston author Jill Farinelli will present the thrilling tale of the ill-fated voyage of the Princess Augusta. The merchant ship carrying German immigrants wrecked off Block Island in 1738, Jill's book "The Palatine Wreck: The Legend of the New England Ghost Ship" is an account of the tragic ship and the eerie phenomenon that followed. If you like local history, seafaring tales or ghost stories, you will enjoy Jill's talk. If you plan to attend, please call us at 508-699-0122. Although we are not accepting any book or DVD donations, we would love some new jigsaw puzzles. If you have any puzzles in good condition that you would like to donate, we will circulate them. Any Sunday painters out there? We would like to have an exhibition this fall and winter in our downstairs gallery. Don't worry if they aren't framed. We can staple or tape works on paper to the bulletin boards on either side of the hall.
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The pull of the starsby Emma DonoghueIn an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city center...Into Julia's regimented world step two outsiders, Doctor Kathleen Lynn, a rumoured Rebel on the run from the police, and a young volunteer helper, Bridie Sweeney. In the darkness and intensity of this tiny ward, over three days, these women change each other's lives in unexpected ways.
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Book Discussion, Monday, October 25 at 7: The exiles by Christina Baker KlineSeduced by her employer's son, Evangeline, a naïve young governess in early nineteenth-century London...learns she is sentenced to...Van Diemen's Land, a penal colony in Australia....Though Australia has been home to Aboriginal people for more than 50,000 years, the British government in the 1840s...views the natives as an unpleasant nuisance....[and] many of them have been forcibly relocated...One of these relocated people is Mathinna, the orphaned daughter of the Chief of the Lowreenne tribe, who hasbeen adopted by the new governor of Van Diemen's Land.
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Message from the Director Young Adult and Children's Programs Adult Programs Links
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