Please join us next Tuesday, 2/9 at 7pm for the first of our three part VT Humanities Council reading & discussion program:
The 7 Deadly Sins.
Jim Schley will lead this first discussion on the stories for Envy & Gluttony. We still have a couple of copies of the book.

The Reading Group has chosen the book "The Door" by Magda Szabo for their next discussion on Thur., Feb. 25 at 1 pm.
Named one of the New York Times "10 best books of 2015", it was originally published in Hungary in 1987, but transla...

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We apologize for the inconvenience of having to use the side door ----- we have hopes that the front door will be fixed today.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Get ready for tax season!
You may remember last year, how frustrating it was to try and find forms, directions or tax information, as both the state and federal tax agencies promote online filing. 
Join us on MONDAY, JAN. 25th at 7pm: we'll host Kerry Claffey presenting a workshop on taxes. 
Topics he'll cover (no, he won't be filling out individual t...

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Best wishes in 2016 to all.

The library will offer a Vermont Humanities Council program again this winter. We will host a Reading & Discussion series titled "The Seven Deadly Sins", meeting once a month
on Tuesday evenings, with a local scholar leading the discussions. The readings are short stories, by a very varied group of writers, all collected in one volume. The books arrived last week,
so you are welcome to stop in and check one out if you want to participate in this engaging program. Here...

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The library will close at 3 pm the next two Thursdays: Dec. 24 and Dec.31. We hope you'll have time in this busy season to stop in and borrow a book (or DVD or audiobook) and find some time to relax and enjoy a good read. 

Many end of the year "best of 2015" lists are appearing ----- they are so subjective that they appear to be "all over the place". Here is a site that has combined 12 "best of" lists, and you can see that many of the books on the list only get mentioned on a couple of lists:
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The library will be open regular hours on Saturday, 9 - 12. Kasaundra will be volunteering, so if you have questions about 
downloading e-books or audiobooks through the library (a free service!), bring your device in and she can help you.

Next Saturday, Dec. 5, we will be closed for regular hours, but please stop in between 11 - 2 for the fabulous :
     HOLIDAY SALE and RAFFLE!!!!
Please stop in to purchase wreaths / flowering bulbs / some great shopping (jewelry, champagne flutes, linens, glas...

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Subject:  Holiday Raffle Tickets Available!

Fancy a week in Maine? Two plane tickets anywhere in the US? Fabulous Amy
Donohue photography, Simon Pearce glassware, and other regional treats?

Now's your chance! Tickets for the Friends of Morrill Memorial Library
Raffle, featuring all of the above, will go on sale at the library starting
tomorrow, November 18.

Tickets for the special Maine cottage drawing: $20 each
Tickets for JetBlue getaway and local favorites: $1 each, $5 for 6, or $20
for 30.

If you ...

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SUNDAY, 4 PM:
please join us in welcoming Sydney Lea to the library.

Holiday Sale updates from the Friends of the Morrill Library:
Raffle tickets (for some fabulous prizes!) will go on sale Saturday, 11/28.
Thanks to those of you who have been bringing in some lovely items for the "regiftable" tables. If you're on the "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up" path and you're cleaning out, we appreciate any new / almost new items you know someone else will treasure! Bring them in anytime the l...

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The Friends of the Morrill Memorial and Harris Library Holiday Sale will be
here soon:  Saturday December 5 from 11 am to 2 pm at the library.  Come
browse our affordable gifts, wonderful books, beautiful wreaths and potted
bulbs, and delicious food items.  We also have another spectacular raffle
planned this year!  There will be three prize packages:

1. You Can Get There From Here:
A special, limited raffle for a one week stay (your choice of week in June
or September, 2016) at Cobblestone Farm, in...

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We will be running the after-school program for K - 5th graders as usual on Thursday, 3:15 - 4:30.  Because it is a half day at Newton School, there will be no school bus service at that time.

On Sunday, Nov. 15, we'll have a special guest visiting the library: Sydney Lea.  A poet, novelist, essayist, editor, and professor, he retired just this week as Vermont Poet Laureate. His new book of essays is 
"What's the Story? Reflections on a Life Grown Long". Mark your calendars now, and please join...

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