Posted: Feb 05, 2021 10:49 PM ET | Last Updated: February 7
Villa Leonardo Gambin, a long-term care home northwest of Toronto, is in its fourth outbreak of COVID-19. There are allegations that a board member and family members of managers got the coronavirus vaccine inappropriately.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
I began volunteering at libraries 13 years ago when my daughter began kindergarten. At the time, I was an experienced educator turned stay-at-home mom, and wanted to volunteer in the building (without intimidating her brand new teacher). The school librarian was happy to have a parent to shelve, laminate and help students find their just right books.
When we moved to York, I encouraged my daughter, who was in middle school at the time, to volunteer at the York Public Library. For many years, she shelved in the Children s Department, and I’d jump in to help when she had too many books to return to their shelves.
Portsmouth Herald
YORK, MAINE - On Thursday, Dec. 17 at 7 p.m., Tom Carnicelli will give a reading of poems from his latest collection, Older Still, at the York Public Library via Zoom.
This is his third poetry collection, and his third reading hosted by the York Public Library. In his first two collections, Old Guy, Part One, and Older Guy, he explores his thoughts and feelings about old age and retirement. In the new book, he continues in that vein, but branches out to explore the experiences of other people, too, such as this year’s high school seniors.
There are also ten poems about the pandemic. As he writes in his preface, Carnicelli does not write “seriously depressing poems” and writes about even the most serious topics “with not too heavy a touch.” Coronavirus presents quite a challenge, but he manages to take a lighter look at things like social distancing and hand washing.