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July 23, 2008

Baseball in Hanover

Local author John Coulson will sign copies of his new book, "Hanover Raiders: Minor League Baseball in Hanover, Pennsylvania," from 6 to 8 p.m. July 31 at Guthrie Memorial Library-Hanover's Public Library, 2 Library Place.

To read more about his book, click here: http://www.yorkblog.com/yorktownsquare/2008/07/hanover.php .

July 5, 2008

Red Land library a pleasant stop on tour

As part of my campaign to visit every York Library, I checked out the books on tape section at the attractive and easily accessible Red Land Community Library.

See see what I found there and to see a little library history to boot, visit York County libraries offer serendipity - and have done so for decades at York Town Square blog.


June 23, 2008

How does your garden grow? Write it down

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Calling all gardeners!

Have you ever wanted to keep track of what you grow and how well it does in your garden so you know what to do next year?

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June 11, 2008

Catch the reading bug at the library

Bugs have infested York County libraries!

When we stopped by Dover Community Library on Monday, my children stomped on as many as they could.

OK, so they really were posters of bugs taped to the floor, making a path toward a table where they — and I — could sign up for the summer reading contest, which kicked off Monday.

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June 4, 2008

Get bit by the reading bug

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York County Libraries will launch their 2008 Summer Reading Club for kids, teens and adults on June 9.This year’s theme is Catch the Reading Bug!

Local storyteller Chris Chilcote will present two programs.

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May 21, 2008

Dogs are good listeners

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If your child has just started to learn to read, or if he could use a little encouragment to read, Pippa, Buster and Jackson can't wait to hear a good story!

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April 24, 2008

Comics foster literacy

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Allyson A.W. Lyga will show how comics foster literacy and model graphic-novel lessons connected to national and state standards at 7 p.m. May 15 at Dillsburg Area Public Library, 17 S. Baltimore St., in Dillsburg.

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April 15, 2008

Teen poetry winners


Winners of the Your Voice contest that was part of Street Lit, Hip-Hop, Reading and Writing @ Martin Library are:

Keyona Bennett, 15, Hannah Penn Middle School, for “Starting Pains.”

Joshua Pagan, 16, William Penn Senior High School, for “Like a Cloud.”

Jarayssa Johnson Punter, 18, William Penn Senior High School, “My Angel.”

Cateisha Fells, 16, West York Area High School, “You Don’t Know Me.”

Latisha Murray, 17, William Penn Senior High School, “To Those Who Love Not.”

April 14, 2008

Teen volunteers needed

This summer the East Berlin Community Library is looking for responsible teens to give 2 hours of their time each week to volunteer in the library.

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March 21, 2008

Comics and their kin

A student's view of comics and a professor's view of graphic novels will be the last two programs in Dillsburg Library's "Comics From the Classics to the Graphix" series.

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