Library Hours
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10am-7:30pm |
| Tues. - Fri.* |
10am-5pm |
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*1st Wed. each month 12pm-5pm* |
| Saturday |
10am-1pm |
| Closed Sundays and Holidays |
Weather
is always a factor in Vermont. There will be times that the library is
closed due to inclement weather.
Holidays Observed
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New Year's Day
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Martin Luther King Day
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Presidents Day
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Memorial Day
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July 4th
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Labor Day
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Columbus Day
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Veterans Day
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Thanksgiving and day after
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Christmas Day
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When a holiday falls on a Friday or a
Monday, the library will be closed for a long weekend.
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Friends
"Friends" and
more "Friends" enjoying their summer business meeting and pot
luck luncheon at one of the members home's.
Consider
joining "Friends"! We have a lot of fun and support
Fletcher Memorial Library at the same time! Please call
JoAnn for information 672-4041.
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Two
Artists Program
for Third
Thursday: Thursday, June 19th @ 7PM
The
Third Thursday Program for the month of June is Two
Artists Program featuring
 Viola
Higgins, water colorist and Susan Kneebone, greeting card
artist. Higgins and Kneebone will present a program
demonstrating various techniques in their art work. Higgins
will demonstrate different water color techniques and
Kneebone will show design with torn paper, cut paper and
fabric collage used in greeting card art.
Please
join the Friends of the Library June 19th at 7 pm
in the Community Room, Fletcher Memorial Library, Main
Street in Ludlow. Please enter rear parking lot of the
library. All of the Friend’s programs are free to the
public and handicapped accessible. For any more
information, please contact Dianne Krupp at 228-7272. |
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Book Discussion: Thursday,
June 26th @ 7PM
 The
Friends of the
Library’s book discussion group is revisiting the classic
The Age of Innocense by Edith Wharton. Winner of the 1921
Pulitzer Price, The Age of Innocence is Edith
Wharton’s masterful portrait of desire and betrayal during
the sumptuous Golden Age of Old New York, a time when
society people “dreaded scandal more than disease.”
Copies
of the book are available to borrow at the Library. The
group will meet June 26 in the Community Room of Fletcher
Memorial Library in Ludlow on Main Street at 7 pm. Please
enter from the rear parking lot of the library. New people
are always welcome to come and enjoy a fun, stimulating
evening with really nice people. All of our programs are
free and accessible to people with disabilities.
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Mission:
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To
increase public awareness of the library’s facilities and
stimulate the use of its services and resources
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To
promote the importance of the library as an informational
and cultural force in our community
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To
encourage support of the library through gifts and volunteer
services
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To develop a thorough understanding of the library’s
responsibilities and challenges
Friends is an active
group of people that meet in support of the library on the 1st
Tuesday of the month @ 10AM* in the library’s Community Room.
During our meeting we plan future activities and programming.
*Times/places may vary, so please call the Library to confirm. 228-8921
Generally the Friends
host a monthly community program entitled "Third Thursday". This
program may range from climbing the mountains of Tibet to Fly
Fishing in the Black River. We are always on the prowl for a
member of our community willing to share their unique experience
or talent.
Friends also sponsor
programs and book discussions provided through the Vermont
Humanities Council. Often these programs include scholar-lead
discussions. Reading material, if provided by the Council, is
available through the library well in advance of the program.
We offer an informal book discussion group that is ongoing
throughout the year.
Friends extend their
services out into our community through their Licensed Day-care
Provider program and their Senior Outreach program. In both
cases the Friends visit, read and leave a selection of books
to be exchanged on their next visit.
Our annual book sale in
August is the largest fundraising event the Friends organize.
Beginning in mid-July the Friends will accept donations of
books. Excluded are textbooks, sets of old encyclopedias and
books that are in disrepair.
Friends are very supportive of staff needs providing baked
goods, volunteering with projects, staffing, special
programming, renewing annually our Movie License and the list
goes on.
If you would like more
information about Friends of the Library please contact:
Beth Burgeson Chair 228-5401
Janet Pace Secretary 228-7239
Rita Higgins Treasurer 228-7358 |