Library Notes--12/4/2014

December 4, 2014
The library will be closed for "regular business" on Saturday, but please stop in for the Holiday Sale!

The Friends have finished sorting and organizing the re-giftables! Thank you to all who donated many
unique and wonderful gifts. You'll be amazed at what you can find here.
Baked good can be dropped off Saturday morning at 9, or Friday from 4 - 6.
Thank you, thank you.

 

Library Notes--11/20/2014

November 20, 2014
The Reading Group meets TODAY! (Thursday)at 1pm, to discuss "Antigone" by Sophocles, a classic Greek tragedy.
Everyone is welcome. Please join in and you are welcome to help choose future reading selections.

Interested in doing some geneaology research? Everyone can have access to Heritage Quest, an online, comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources. Please email or call the library to learn how to access the site.

Thanks to Gus Speth for a wonderful reading at the library last nigh...


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Library Program Wednesday Evening

November 18, 2014
Re-scheduled:
An evening out in Strafford, at the Morrill Memorial & Harris Library on WEDNESDAY at 7pm.
(and no longer a conflict with the Thursday film-showing at Barrett Hall!)

Gus Speth will be reading from and discussing his recently published memoir, "Angels by the River". His first memoir, the book follows his unlikely path—from a Southern boyhood to his career as an influential mainstream environmentalist to his current system-changing activism. In this compelling memoir, Speth explore...


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Strafford Library Holiday Sale

November 16, 2014
The Morrill Memorial & Harris Library Holiday Sale in Strafford, VT on December 6, 2014 is coming perhaps faster than we think…

But you still have time to bring your special "regiftables" to join what is fast becoming an interesting and elegant collection. With your help our “regiftables” table will be offering some truly lovely and unique gifts for parents, spouses, children, siblings, and other special friends at amazingly affordable prices. 

We are thrilled with the response to date! A...


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Library program re-scheduled & library notes

November 14, 2014
We are glad to report that Gus Speth is on the mend and the program is re-scheduled
for next Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 7 pm. Please join us! Again, we apologize for any inconvenience.

Some new titles include: fiction: "Us" - David Nicholls, "Lila" - Mailynne Robinson, "Let Me Be Frank With You" - Richard Ford, "Revival" - Stephen King, "The Burning Room" - Michael Connelly, "The Wolf In Winter" - John Connolly, "The Handsome Man's Deluxe Cafe" -Alexander McCall Smith, "The Lewis Man" - Peter May; ...


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Mark Your Calendars: FOMML Holiday Sale and Raffle

November 14, 2014

The Friends of the Morrill Memorial and Harris Library Holiday Sale will be
here soon:  Saturday December 6 from 11 am to 2 pm at the library.  Come
brows 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:

*Winter Pleasures Package*: Let the winter winds howl while you cuddle up
with a good book:

   - Pompanoosuc Mills Cherry Windsor Arm Chair
   - 100% Al...


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Library Events this Week

November 9, 2014
TUESDAY, Nov. 11, 10 am: STORYTIME
All preschoolers welcome!

Wednesday, Nov. 12, 7pm: Gus Speth will be reading from and talking about his new memoir "Angels by the River".
Books will be available for sale and refreshments will be provided. Please join us for a night out in Strafford.

The after-school program continues on Thursday.

Next week:
Thursday, Nov.20, 1pm: the Reading Group will meet to discuss a classic Greek tragedy: "Antigone" by Sophocles.All are welcome.


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It's getting closer; the Morrill Memorial and Harris Library Holiday Sale on December 6!!

November 6, 2014
Once again the Library will have beautiful wreaths and potted amaryllis and
paperwhites, amazing baked goods, and books for sale.  And with your help
our “dressed up” white elephant table, now known as “regiftables” , will
offer unique, affordable gift items for parents, spouses, children,
siblings, and other special friends.

We hope you've started that search through your closets, drawers and
cupboards seeking out those new or nearly new items that no longer provide
you with satisfaction or...


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Library Notes--10/16/2014

October 16, 2014
STORYTIME!
All preschoolers welcome.
This FRIDAY, Oct. 17, 10 am.

Please join the Friends of the Morrill Memorial and Harris Library, for their Annual Meeting, NEXT THURSDAY, October 23 at 7:00 pm.  After a brief report on FOMML activities over the past 12 months, Meg Lukens Noonan, journalist and author from Hanover,  will read from her recent book, "The Coat Route: On the Trail of a $50,000 Coat".  
"A fabulous story, brilliantly told...I couldn't have enjoyed it more" -- Bill Bryson
"If there's...


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Library Notes--10/8/2014

October 8, 2014
The activity for this week's Thursday after-school program will include an art project with autumn leaves.

The library will be closed next Monday, October 13, for the Federal Holiday ........ sorry for any inconvenience.

We recently received a book, "From Copperas to Cleanup: The History of Vermont's Elizabeth Copper Mine", from the EPA, a publication to partially fulfill an agreement to address adverse impacts to historic resources from the cleanup. Great photos. It's also available as a downl...


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