 Trick or Treat at the library today until we close at 8pm. Show us those great costumes! We here at the library are all Batgirl wannabees - Barbara Gorden, librarian, at your service.
And then she becomes Oracle who is killer at finding information and a computer expert for superheros.  Global Road Warrior is a NEW online database you have access to with your Plainville library card number. Log in to search 175 countries for current data including what electrial plug they use. Don't be like my husband who left his adapter at home and wound up in Germany on a holiday with no way to charge anything. Get travel advisories, visa information, monetary and local transportation information and a lot more. Find out before you go! Also great for school country projects with information about the climate, land, history, people, customs and holidays.
The weather is turning colder - so why trudge around town? Come to the PopUp Library at the Senior Center on Tuesday mornings starting November 1 from 9-10am to check out a selection of great movies and large print books available to you with your SAILS Library card. And it's the same morning at Breakfast for just $2. Come for the food and grab some movies too!
The Friends of Plainville Public Library have purchased a new pass that will allow 2 people in to the JFK Musuem, (located on the waterfront of the UMASS Boston Campus) at a discounted price of $3 each. The regular admission price is $14 for adults, $10 for children 13 and up. Under 12 is always free. Free parking. You may book your pass up to 75 days in advance at our website For history buffs, combine your adventure with a trip to the Massachusetts Archives also on campus and free to all for researching your family or local history.  Library staff will be bringing a collection of Children's Books to the Clubhouse at Village Green Apartments at 71 Messenger St. Customers can borrow books with thier SAILS Library card. Don't have a library card? We can get you one at our PopUp Library. The Plainville Public Library is proud to partner with Village Green to present this new opportunity to bring library services across town to those who may not have transportation to the library after school.  The public will VOTE between October 17 and 29 by placing a canned good in the basket in front of their favorite pumpkin. All canned goods will be given to the Plainville Food Pantry. The winner with the most canned goods will win 4 free tickets to the Planetarium at the Museum Of Science.
Book Character Decorating Contest to benefit the Plainville Food Pantry. Bring in your decorated pumpkin by October 15. Please DO NOT CUT the pumpkin. The public will vote between October 17 - 29 with canned goods. The winning pumpkin will recieve 4 free tickets to the Planetarium at the Museum of Science. Fly Guy was one of our pumpkins a couple of years ago.  If you have costumes or dress up clothes you no longer need and you don't need a replacement costume we will happily take your dontations. Please visit the library any hours we are open and there will be a labeled donation bin in the children's room. The history of National Costume Swap Day has yet to be written but the continued observance depends on you - the more participants the better the choices! Here are the important details of our holiday preparation fun: Saturday, October 8, 2016 from 10 am until 1 pm Bring in unwated costumes and go home with one that is new to you  This all started with a story of a family that was cleaning out their father's house. He had a lot of pictures and they took the ones they wanted, and didn't know what to do with the rest. We hear they burned them along with all the man's old paperwork. Memories lost forever! The Plainville Public Library and the Plainville Historical Commission are working together with the SAILS Library Network to scan and document personal photographs of Plainville people and places. Bring up to 10 photos to the Plainville Public Library on October 24 between 4 and 7pm. We scan them while you tell us as much as you can about the pictures and give us permission to post them in the SAILS Digital History Collection for all to see.  |
Melissa, DirectorMelissa loves reading mysteries and historical fiction. She watches way too much hockey. And would like to have more time for crafting cool stuff. Archives
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