On April 9, 1940, Germany invaded Denmark. The Danish Army put up little resistance, and by that afternoon Germany occupied Denmark. The German government promised the Danes that life would go on normally if they didn’t resist their new overlords...
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How we treat each other does matter; it can sometimes determine who lives and who dies. Betty Glengarry is a force of evil who suddenly arrives one day in the small Pennsylvania farming town of Wolf Hollow. Everywhere she goes, she spreads lies...
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The following post is from the blog of Blake Bell, Town of Pelham Historian, and was originally published on Monday, June 6, 2016: The building that houses today’s Town of Pelham Public Library located at 530 Colonial Avenue at the...
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Nightingale is not Raymie’s real last name, but it describes her well. Like Florence Nightingale, Raymie knows how to shed light and rescue the needy. She and two other girls meet at the home of a baton winner in order to learn how to twirl...
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The Library is holding a program on Monday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m. designed to ensure that people headed toward retirement know what they’re doing when it comes to their Social Security benefits. Many Americans think Social Security is simple...
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Over the first half of the year, the Bookmark has been introducing you to the Library staff. While the people who work there are familiar – and certainly helpful — many of us don’t know much about them. So, this Bookmark – part three in the...
Read more你好 (Ni Hao! – or “Hello!” in Chinese) The Library’s Chinese-English version of Story Time, organized by bilingual Pelham parents and their young kids, is continuing into the fall, and will be held every other Saturday in the Library’s...
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Even though the Town of Pelham Public Library is a quiet spot in a frenetic, noisy world, it’s also usually bustling. Walk in on any given day, and you’ll encounter people of all ages taking out books, studying, or—if they are part of the younger...
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Have you ever been frustrated by not having full access to some of your favorite magazines online? The Library has a free solution — it’s Flipster — which is available to Town of Pelham Public Library patrons, via the...
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Some of us complain about having it rough. Really? Take a look at fourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs – the only girl in her house — who lives on a poor farm in Pennsylvania with her father and older brothers during the early 1900s. Here is her...
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In last month’s Bookmark, we debuted a series about the Library staff: How they came to the Town of Pelham Public Library, and what they enjoy about their jobs. Now it’s time for round two. As with the first in the series – which told the stories...
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Spring break is coming, and it’s full of opportunities for fun for kids at the Library. Join us for the programs below, including a visit from the Central Park Zoo (pictured at right). The special programs will be held on the afternoons of...
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