What Library Staff Has Been Reading Lately:
Cheryl:
A Country Called Home by Kim Barnes
The Senator's Wife by Sue Miller
Marie:
Tis the Season by Lorna Landvik
Julie and Romeo Get Lucky by Jeanne Ray
Kathy:
A McKettrick Christmas by Linda Lael Miller
The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck
Nancy:
Breakfast With Buddha by Roland Merullo
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik
Meet Charlton Farmers
Tuesday, January 20th, 6:30
Dexter Hall, Charlton Public Library
Charlton farmers Nate Benjamin, of Charlton Orchards & Winery, and Marianne McCarthy, of Signal Rock Farm will talk about the joys and pitfalls of running a local farm. Marianne raises sheep for dairy and meat. Nate and his family produce wine as well as fruit and vegetables. Come hear their fascinating stories. This program is part of the tri-community, Charlton, Southbridge & Sturbridge, Year of Local Harvest celebration.
2009 Friends of the Charlton Library Photography Contest
o Limit of four submissions (only one photo per photographer will be chosen)
o Pictures should not include people
o All photographs must be taken in Charlton (location should be indicated on the back if in hard copy format or in the body of an email if sent electronically)
o Photographers must be Charlton residents
o Photographers are encouraged to submit pictures that depict each of the four seasons
o All rights to the photograph remain with the photographer
o Photographer grants the Friends of the Charlton Library one-time rights to publish the photograph in the calendar
o Each published photograph will bear the photographer’s name
o No compensation will be awarded for winning submissions
o No entry fee required
o Submissions may be made electronically to Phyllis Hanlon at polishpen@mac.com (preferable, subject line should read: CFOL photo contest) or by mail (Charlton Public Library, 40 Main Street, Charlton, MA 01507)
o Deadline for submissions is Friday, July 31, 2009
o All photographs, including those not chosen for the calendar, will be on display in the library following publication of the calendar
Friends of the Charlton Library Calendar
Stop by the circulation desk to view the calendar on display. And while you’re there, why not pick up a couple? They make great keepsake gifts for family and friends. All proceeds benefit the Friends of the Charlton Library.
Be among the first with a library license plate!
Proceeds will benefit public, academic, special and school libraries across the state that belong to a Regional Library System.
Applicants who submit their application by Nov. 30, 2008 will be entered into a drawing for the opportunity to communicate with prominent Massachusetts authors Lois Lowry or Gregory Maguire, and to be named as a character in a work-in-progress by one of them or to help invent a name that suits the story. Two names will be selected.
The initial cost of the plate is $40 ($28 goes to the Library Grant Fund; $12 to the RMV for manufacturing costs). There is an additional $20 swap fee when the actual plate is picked up from the RMV. Renewals are $81 every two years ($41 RMV registration fee and $40 for the specialty plate fee that continues to go to the Library Grant Fund).
Download an application here. Send this appplication with a $40 check made out to the RMV to: CMRLS, attn: Library Plates,
Visit our license plate web pagefor more information.
Questions? Email: libraryplates@cmrls.org.
Library Value
Use this simple calculator to see how much money you've saved this week by using the Charlton Library
http://www.masslib.org/value-new/calculator.html
Charlton Public Library Long Range Plan
The Charlton Public Library is a member of the Central Massachusetts Regional Library System (CMRLS) and the Central/Western Massachusetts Automated Resource Sharing System (C/WMARS). The Library is administered by an elected Board of Library Trustees. Standards for library service are set by the Trustees and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, the state agency that supports, improves and promotes library services throughout the Commonwealth.