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Library Corner: Springvale

by Springvale Public Library Staff This summer’s theme of Tails and Tales provided us the starting point to offer not only a reading program to enhance and support literacy, but an altruistic opportunity for our children and teen readers. This “Scoop for the Pooch” activity entices a child to visit the library on a regular basis. Every time a child visits the library this summer, they can scoop a scoop of dry dog food into the special tube. Each time…
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Library Corner: Mask Free, Fine Free & New Books at Goodall

Goodall Library is now fine-free forever! For the past year of the pandemic, the Library suspended late fees. To thank patrons and best serve the community, they will never charge a late fee again. Goodall Library is also mask-free now too, although masks are still encouraged inside for unvaccinated individuals. At Springvale Library, masks are still required at this time for the unvaccinated and children ages 2-12. Jim Cruise, The Spoon Man, will be coming to Goodall Library (virtually) as…
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Library Corner: New Books & Summer Reading Program

Springvale Library has some new books to keep you glued to the pages, even on the sunniest summer day. Here is what they recommend this week: The Lost Apothecary, by Sarah Penner, is a dark and gripping novel with a tart edge about women struggling to survive in a world built by men, for men. Vengeance is the only way out from under their thumb, but when the reckoning comes no one will save women with as much heart and…
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Library Corner: New Books, Smitty’s Fundraiser & More

Goodall Library has hundreds of new books for all ages ready to become your new favorites. Here is what the staff recommends this week: We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker. This adult fiction novel is an absolute page-turner and an instant classic. Perfect for fans of Louise Penny, it is a realistic story about a sheriff who betrayed his friend, a teenager trying to keep her family together, and the extraordinary things that happen to people who deserve more than…
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Goodall Library Plans Expansion

At the City Council’s Municipal Operations and Property Subcommittee meeting on June 8, Goodall Library Director Chip Schrader presented plans for a renovation and expansion of the Library, which will address a number of long-term goals. He said the plan was the result of a number of years of work involving many people. He gave a little background on the Library’s history. The oldest part of the current library building was constructed in 1937, with funding put together by the…
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