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Q&A Q: Why are you running for the library board, whether for re-election or election the first time? Is there a particular issue that motivates you, and if so, what is it? A: I have watched and participated in the library's growth and prosperity over the past 14 years; the library is at the heart of the Libertyville community that my husband and I have loved since we moved to the area. I want to help ensure that the library continues its current trajectory as a house of knowledge, a learning resource, and a place for community engagement. When I describe our library to family and friends in ...

What a cheap shot! It’s a real shot in the dark! Just make it a shot and a beer! (Pittsburgh translation: An Imp and an Iron.) - Advertisement - And then there is “a shot in the arm.” That’s the one everybody is talking about these days! Not the metaphorical one, but the real one! The COVID-19 vaccine! Juggling our daily, pedantic quarantine-lifestyle, social distancing, mask-wearing and other pandemic phenomenon, most of us get to the point of being “half shot” about if, when and where we’re going to get our personal (and, perhaps, lifesaving) shot in the a...

An international initiative on Saturday reminds parents of the importance of reading.

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   NORTH BENNINGTON — The John G. McCullough Free Library hasn’t been fully operational in nearly a year due to the coronavirus. That doesn’t mean the library has stopped serving local residents. The North Bennington library hosted its 10th annual Take Your Child to the Library Day on Saturday, though for the first time access into the actual building was prohibited. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. parents and their children walked to the back entrance of the library, where youth services librarian Katrina Hastings was waiting to hand o...

Events Share Tri-Town Bookmobile visiting libraries Maine School Administration District 60 will participate in a “Take Your Child to the Library Day” event this Saturday, featuring visits by the the Tri-Town Bookmobile to three participating public libraries in the district. The bookmobile will visit the D. A. Hurd Library, the Berwick Public Library, and the Martha Sawyer Community Library in Lebanon for a “stuff the bus” food drive. Non-perishable items collected from the D. A. Hurd Library and the Martha Sawyer Community Library will benefit the MSAD 60 Backpack Program. Items col...