For the last four years, there’s been a competition each fall in Westchester that has nothing to do with cleats, balls or helmets. It’s the annual Battle of the Books (BOB), in which 18 teams from libraries in the Westchester Library System...
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Former Pelham resident Jennie Palmer is headed back to town for a reading of her new children’s book, The Wompananny Witches Make One Mean Pizza, at the Town of Pelham Public Library on Friday, October 27th at 3:30 p.m. Jennie grew up and...
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(Since 2013, Pelham Reads! has been a biennial, community-wide celebration of stories as told through literature, art and film. The events series is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Town of Pelham Public Library, the Pelham Library, The Picture...
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The Library is pleased to share the news that it is welcoming (back) Oswaldo Coto-Chang. He started the week of August 28 as the Library’s new Youth Services Librarian. Oz, as he likes to be called, received his MLIS from Queens College and...
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Leave your holiday stress and winter blues behind and drop into the Library program room to color — yes, color! Coloring has been rediscovered by a new generation and found to be highly relaxing and meditative. Here are the next dates. All...
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Among its other charms, summer is a great time to read books, as some of the demands of the rest of the year temporarily fade away. With that in mind, the Bookmark often devotes one of its summer columns to books Pelhamites love. As the theme of...
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Due to safety concerns, the Library is now enforcing the original, one-way traffic flow plan, approved by the Village of Pelham Manor, in the parking lot. Going forward, traffic will enter the driveway from Wolfs Lane and exit onto Carol Place...
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While schools and backpacks lie dormant in the summer, books do not – especially at the Library when the annual Summer Reading Program is in full swing and kids get to read for the sheer fun of it. As Children’s Services Librarian Lilly Hecker...
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Want to learn more about Cuba? Then join local Westchester librarians Nancy Coradin and Diana Lennon on Monday, May 22 at 7:30 p.m., when they will come to the Library to discuss their visits over the last two years to Havana, on trips sponsored...
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Pelham resident Gerry Marzorati, an award-winning author, editor and Senior Strategist at Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture, will discuss finding a new passion as you age at this author talk on Thursday, June 15 from 7:30 – 8:45...
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Every year, the Pelham Library — and each of the other 38 member libraries in the Westchester Library System (WLS) — file an annual report with the New York State Department of Education. Like all annual reports, it gives the initial...
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Most of us might think of the library as a quiet space. But it’s really more of a gathering place, where people of all ages come to attend programs, connect with friends, browse the stacks and confer with the staff. In fact, the circulation desk...
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