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The library will be closed on Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27, 2015 for the Thanksgiving holiday. Regular hours resume on Monday, November 30 at 10 a.m. Library hours are: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday from Noon to 7 p.m. Stop in soon!

“Meek’s Cutoff” will be shown on Monday, November 30 at 6 p.m. This is the final film in the “Images of Walking” dinner & movie series, plan now to attend!

Holiday books, movies and music are now on display in the library. Also, hundreds of holiday favorites are available through Hoopla with the use of your library card. Hoopla just announced that it now is compatible with Chromecast as well as Apple TV. Stop by or call for more information about using this free resource.

A new suspense book by Archer Mayor is “The Company She Kept.” Susan Raffner was brutally murdered and the word “dyke” was carved in her chest. She was a State Senator and close friend and ally of the current Governor, Gail Zigman. At Zigman’s request Joe Gunther and his Vermont Bureau of Investigation Team are brought in to help the State Police. What they soon discover is that someone has gone to great lengths to stage the scene – and that may only be the beginning.

Other new fiction books include “The Black Tolts” by William MacLeod Raine, “Ties That Bind” by Cindy Woodsmall, “The Hidden” by Heather Graham, “Smaller and Smaller Circles” by F.H. Batacan, “Shadow Play” by Iris Johansen, “A Wedding At the Orange Blossom Inn” by Shelley Shepard Gray, “The Solomon Curse” by Clive Cussler, “Willow Brook Road” by Sherryl Woods and “The Scam” by Janet Evanovich. Among new young adult titles are: “Hunter” by Mercedes Lacky and “The Blackthorn Key” by Kevin Sands.

New nonfiction titles include Kermit Alexander’s “The Valley of the Shadow of Death: a Tale of Tragedy and Redemption” along with “More Humor Around Horses” by Stu Campbell and “Paper Goods Projects: Coffee Filter Flowers, Doily Butterflies, Cupcake Paper Cards, and 57 More Crafts” by Jodi Levine.

The Lennea Lewis Slagle Children’s Library has these new junior books: “A Young Cowboy’s Adventures” by Stu Campbell, “Redeemed” by Margaret Peterson Haddix and “I Survived: the Joplin Tornado of 2011” by Lauren Tarshis. Some of the newer easy titles include “Crybaby” by Karen Beaumont, “The Full Moon at Napping House” by Audrey Wood and “Buddy and Earl” by Maureen Fergus.

334-3274 is the Dial-A-Story number. Dial-A-Story is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Dial in and hear an exciting story today!

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