Dear Residents,
What a summer it has been! We enjoyed your daily visits and hearing about your vacation adventures. The Children’s Library welcomed hundreds of children who participated in our Summer Reading Program, and we loved hearing about their favorite summer reads.
In the upcoming months, the library will host many educational and cultural events. For adults, we are now offering a Saturday morning Pilates class in addition to our Monday evening class and, beginning in September, a Canasta practice club. New for children is “Little Ones Learn & Play,” a short storytime and open play for children from birth to 18 months, where you’ll have the opportunity to meet new parents, babies, and toddlers from the neighborhood. In October, we will hold our annual Family Scarecrow Craft, which is a great time for your whole family to work together and build a life-sized scarecrow to display for the season.
Look for new online access to hoopla digital, a service offering thousands of movies, television shows, music albums, eBooks, comics, and audiobooks, all available to borrow for instant streaming or temporary downloading to your smartphone, tablet, and computer. Hoopla digital is free, and only requires your library card to access. If you want hands-on instruction, just call the librarians at (631) 692-6820 for an appointment.
September is Library Card Sign-up Month! Your library card comes with privileges that go beyond easy checkouts and online renewals. It also gives you access to many of our online resources, from Ancestry.com, to World Book, to downloadable eBooks, audiobooks, and now streaming media.
Best regards,
Diane Scinta
Interim Library Director