LIBRARY NEWS for THE TIMES OF SHREWSBURY FEBRUARY 2026
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS & COUNTING
Monday 10 am to 12 pm
Tuesday 7 pm to 9 pm
Wednesday 10 am to 5 pm & 7 pm to 9 pm
Thursday 7 pm to 9 pm
Friday 10 am to 12 pm
Saturday 10 am to 12 pm
Wonder if the Library has a particular book or DVD? Want to put a hold on an item or renew one you’ve borrowed? Please visit www.shrewsburylibrary.org.
To suggest a book to add to our collection, please contact DONNA SWARTZ for
Children’s and Young Adult titles ([email protected]) and JOAN ALESHIRE for Adult Fiction and Non-Fiction ([email protected]).
We can request books on Inter-Library Loan, if the cut in federal funding allows.
We will buy books depending on our budget and our collection’s needs.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: Patrons: If the weather’s bad, please call the library before coming out to see if we’re open: (802) 492-3410. Staffers: If you’re worried about getting there, don’t worry about opening the library. Others will probably be staying home too!
MANY THANKS to everyone who helped make our COOKIE SHARE & SILENT AUCTION another favorite event: Library decorators, Christmas tree & greens donors, auction item donors, cookie bakers, auction bidders, music makers, bartenders, and attendees! There are a lot of moving parts that make this happen; we
are especially grateful for your tireless efforts, LISA, DONNA, GAIL, TRISH,
ANN MARIE, SUZAN, ED, ED, BOB and more.
AND BELATED THANKS to everyone who worked to make the Halloween Haunted Library an annual event for kids and parents. The Times deadline came well before the date, and then we were moving into holiday mode (or I was)!
COMING EVENTS:
SAVE THE DATE!
Friday, February 6 @6 p.m. Former Lieutenant Governor DAVID ZUCKERMAN
will present a program on his BANNED BOOK TOUR! MANY THANKS to CABOT SPATZ and ELIJAH LaCHANCE for making this happen. Please see our ad elsewhere in this issue of The Times.
CONTINUING PROGRAMS:
Sunday, February 1 @ 4 p.m.: WRITERS’ GROUP: If you have poems or
short prose pieces (stories, personal history) to share with our supportive, friendly
group, please join us. For information, contact: Penelope Weiss: pw9@earthlink.
com or Joan Aleshire: [email protected].
Sunday, February 15 @ 4pm: FAMOUS BOOKS BOOK CLUB! Our next book is Smilla’s Sense of Snow, by Peter Hoeg: A thriller set in Greenland and Denmark. Books will be available at the library by the time you read this. Please contact Joan if you need another copy: [email protected].
Sunday, February 22 @ 4 p.m. SCIENCE BOOK CLUB Current and continuing book: Annals of the Former World the master of non-fiction, John McPhee. Print and e-books are available. Please contact Margery Salmon to get a copy: [email protected].
New Books include:
*
* The Widow by John Grisham.
*
*Twice Tuesdays with Morrie.
*Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution
*WreckSandwich.
—— Submitted by Joan Aleshire
——- submitted by Joan Aleshire
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS & COUNTING
Monday 10 am to 12 pm
Tuesday 7 pm to 9 pm
Wednesday 10 am to 5 pm & 7 pm to 9 pm
Thursday 7 pm to 9 pm
Friday 10 am to 12 pm
Saturday 10 am to 12 pm
Wonder if the Library has a particular book or DVD? Want to put a hold on an item or renew one you’ve borrowed? Please visit www.shrewsburylibrary.org.
To suggest a book to add to our collection, please contact DONNA SWARTZ for
Children’s and Young Adult titles ([email protected]) and JOAN ALESHIRE for Adult Fiction and Non-Fiction ([email protected]).
We can request books on Inter-Library Loan, if the cut in federal funding allows.
We will buy books depending on our budget and our collection’s needs.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: Patrons: If the weather’s bad, please call the library before coming out to see if we’re open: (802) 492-3410. Staffers: If you’re worried about getting there, don’t worry about opening the library. Others will probably be staying home too!
MANY THANKS to everyone who helped make our COOKIE SHARE & SILENT AUCTION another favorite event: Library decorators, Christmas tree & greens donors, auction item donors, cookie bakers, auction bidders, music makers, bartenders, and attendees! There are a lot of moving parts that make this happen; we
are especially grateful for your tireless efforts, LISA, DONNA, GAIL, TRISH,
ANN MARIE, SUZAN, ED, ED, BOB and more.
AND BELATED THANKS to everyone who worked to make the Halloween Haunted Library an annual event for kids and parents. The Times deadline came well before the date, and then we were moving into holiday mode (or I was)!
COMING EVENTS:
SAVE THE DATE!
Friday, February 6 @6 p.m. Former Lieutenant Governor DAVID ZUCKERMAN
will present a program on his BANNED BOOK TOUR! MANY THANKS to CABOT SPATZ and ELIJAH LaCHANCE for making this happen. Please see our ad elsewhere in this issue of The Times.
CONTINUING PROGRAMS:
Sunday, February 1 @ 4 p.m.: WRITERS’ GROUP: If you have poems or
short prose pieces (stories, personal history) to share with our supportive, friendly
group, please join us. For information, contact: Penelope Weiss: pw9@earthlink.
com or Joan Aleshire: [email protected].
Sunday, February 15 @ 4pm: FAMOUS BOOKS BOOK CLUB! Our next book is Smilla’s Sense of Snow, by Peter Hoeg: A thriller set in Greenland and Denmark. Books will be available at the library by the time you read this. Please contact Joan if you need another copy: [email protected].
Sunday, February 22 @ 4 p.m. SCIENCE BOOK CLUB Current and continuing book: Annals of the Former World the master of non-fiction, John McPhee. Print and e-books are available. Please contact Margery Salmon to get a copy: [email protected].
New Books include:
*
* The Widow by John Grisham.
*
*Twice Tuesdays with Morrie.
*Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution
*WreckSandwich.
—— Submitted by Joan Aleshire
——- submitted by Joan Aleshire