Did you know you can hang out as long as you want inside Ilsley Public Library again?! Since the start of this month, the library (which also got a snappy new website) has been open to unlimited visitors from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. While you’re there, you should sign up for […]
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Bram Allen is eight years old and he loves horror. “I think it’s because I was born in October, and that’s when all the scary stuff happens,” he explained. When Bram learned recently that Mary Shelley only wrote Frankenstein because she and her friends were taking part in a challenge to write the scariest ghost
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Starting August 12, Ilsley Public Library’s Outside Pickup Service (pictured earlier this spring) is moving inside. The new hours will be Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with an additional evening shift on Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The pickup process will remain the same: You request the materials online, receive
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Ilsley Library opened its new outside pickup service today! Children’s Librarian Tricia Allen reports that “a good portion of the children’s item requests that I pulled from our shelves yesterday for our first day of book pickup were titles having to do with race, inequality, and activism.” We asked Tricia and her fellow children’s librarian
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Josh and Meghan Dishaw — who live in Middlebury with their two young children — are offering a free Heartsaver CPR/AED course at Ilsley Library on February 22 and March 28. Josh is the president of RESTART, LLC medical education. “We believe CPR is for everybody,” says Meghan. “We love the idea of our neighbors
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If you find yourself and your preschooler without much to do on Friday mornings, stop into the Ilsley’s downstairs meeting room for their preschool-aged story time. Librarian Kathryn Laliberte hosts a fun hour-long session of reading, singing, and crafts. The children pile into the room for story time and grab a pillow arranged in a
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Note: This is a new element of Minibury’s Be a Regular! Series. Today, we are posting a preview of an upcoming, recurring event for kids in fourth to sixth grade. We can’t post with as much nitty-gritty experience-based reporting as our last posts because it hasn’t started yet! But we wanted to get the word
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Every Tuesday, the children’s section of the Ilsley Library plays host to a storytime for babies and toddlers. If you arrive early enough, you might find Youth Services Librarian Tricia Allen setting up the soft pillows and board books for storytime – don’t be afraid to ask if you can help! Pretty soon the room
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Many parents, caregivers and preschool programs participate in public library storytimes; if you’ve ever been to one you’re likely to see a mixed bag of parents, grandparents, caregivers and daycare providers sharing the space with each other. But have you ever wondered if the library storytimes are preparing your children to be ready to learn
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