The following books have recently been received at the library, and are available for checkout: Fiction A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende…
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Our History is a regular column submitted by Kate Rauhauser-Smith, visitor services manager at the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History, examining the region’s history…
Spring 2020 is only 20 days away. Robins are appearing on the lawn even though some have been around all winter. We believe our winters…
Signs of spring at close of February. The north wind still has some icy breath and we will receive an extra day of winter because…
As a boy I read “The Call of the Wild,” Jack London’s 1903 novel about a dog named Buck. Stolen and sold as a Yukon…
Spring is only 35 days away. The north wind of winter still blows, but it is not quite as harsh. The cold days of the…
“Ze Plane, ze plane!” Those words always signaled the start of another episode of “Fantasy Island,” the TV show than ran on ABC-TV from 1977…
Saint Valentine’s Day is five days away. The day of celebrating with hearts, flowers and candy, gift cards and candlelight dinners is only five days…
Today we celebrate Groundhog Day. Groundhog Day is also known as Candlemas, (we like that name better because we hate groundhogs as pests of the…
Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm collected folk tales, which they published in two volumes called “Children’s and Household Tales.” You heard many of these cautionary…