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the solicitation of business for profit or for fundraising.
Religious proselytizing and partisan political Lego Club:
recruitment are similarly prohibited. Applications for From Book to Block
the case are on a first come, first served basis and are Back by popular demand…Lego Club!
limited to one month, with displays also limited to one Each month a passage from a book is read aloud from
per year per individual, group or organization. Exhibits a pre-selected book. Using their imagination, children
NH Public Library will be reviewed in advance before being displayed. are asked to build what they see when visualizing that
Applications for use of the case are available at the
2 Library Lane Library's front desk. If you have any questions or are scene. This club meets on the 1st Saturday of the month
at 11:00am.
315-733-1535 interested in using the display, please call the Library The next meeting is May 4th in the Corasanti Room.
and ask to speak to our Display Case Coordinator,
Monday and Tuesday 10am-8pm John. 315-733-1535 (Geared for 7-12yrs)
Closed on Wednesdays
Thursday and Friday 10am-6pm May Display: Park Passes Are Back!
Saturday 10am-2pm Heritage Doll Club Once again, the Friends of the New Hartford Public
Sunday 1-5pm During the month of May the Heritage Doll Club of Library are supporting our Park Pass Program. Through
Curbside Pickup Remains an Option Central New York will have an exhibit on display at the their generosity, we will be allowing our patrons to
check out the following park passes which will allow
New Hartford Public Library entitled "Dolls of Many our patrons a discounted entry rate:
Nations." Members will showcase dolls from their
Stay Connected With Us! collections that are representative of different cultures The Wild Center

The most up to date information regarding closings, and dressed in native costumes. Featured in the display Fort Rickey Children's Discovery Zoo
Adirondack Experience
reopening, programs and crafts can be found on our will be a handmade doll from Algiers recently donated
website and on our Facebook and Instagram pages. to the club by Judy Kinney. This doll was acquired by Munson
Website: www.newhartfordpubliclibrary.org her mother, Doris Betikofer Swartz, during the years Utica Zoo
Facebook: (1941-1945) she was in the Women's Army Corps Empire
(WAC) service. Interested guests and new members
www.facebook.com/newhartfordpubliclibrary are always welcome at monthly meetings of the club, Passes must be placed on adult library cards and
Instagram: new_hartford_public_library which are held on the third Saturday of the month must be returned to the New Hartford Public Library
Circulation Desk. Please call 315-733-1535 for more
(except May, July, August and December) at the library information
NHPL Board of Trustees at 10:30 a.m. More information about memberships
2024 Meeting is available by contacting Barbara Bertone, vice Community Rooms
president, at 315-336-1499.
The NHPL Board of Trustees will be meeting on Community Rooms will be available for groups and
Wednesday, May 15th at 4:30 in the Sammon Room. MAY-BEE - organizations to use. You can find more information
on our website (https://www.newhartfordpubliclibrary.
Happy Memorial Day No School Day Fun org/reserve-a-room/), by calling 315-733-1535, or by
New Hartford Public Library will be closed on If New Hartford Central School District has no school visiting our Circulation Desk at the Library.
Monday, May 27th for the Memorial Day holiday. MAY 24...
Join us as we Build a Bee Barn. 11am – Noon. Call Book Clubs
Book Locker Update the library for more details. Are you interested in joining a book club, currently in
“All schools within the district will be closed Friday,
We are thrilled to announce that our outdoor book May 24. If the district uses its remaining emergency a book club, or looking to start one? If your club needs
to order books or if you are interested in starting a book
locker is back! You can now pick your reserved items day before May 24, then May 24 will be a day of club, please call the Library and ask to speak to our
up at a time that is convenient for you, regardless of instruction and additional communication will be sent Book Club Coordinator, Danielle. 315-733-1535
our hours. When placing a hold online, please choose to staff, families and community members.
NHLOCKER as your pick up location. Picking up your For questions regarding the plan for unused >Ruth Anne Mystery Book Club reads mystery
items is easy! All you will need to do is scan your library emergency days, please contact the District Clerk, Kim novels. They meet on the second Saturday of the
card or manually enter your library card number. Schweitzer, at 315-624-1218.” -New Hartford Central month at 11am. For more information please contact
Our outdoor book locker is made possible through School District the library.
the Mid York Library System and a grant through the >Wanderlust Book Club reads novels, ranging from
Central New York Resources Library Council (CLRC). Grab & Go Projects Adults current to historical. They meet on the first Thursday
of the month. For more information please contact the
Adult Grab & Go Projects continue on the first
Community Outreach Monday of each month. library.
>Women (and Men) of Mystery will be taking a break
We are hitting the road and would love to come to May 6th – Cherry Blossom Art for a couple of months giving everyone time to catch
your organization! Are you involved with a preschool, Call to reserve beginning at 10:00 on the day of that up on reading. We will meet again July 27 to continue
daycare, summer program or assisted living center? months’ project, or come into the library to pick up. our look at mysteries through the years with a focus on
We would love to come to your organization and share (While supplies last) books written during the 1960's.
more about our upcoming programs, issue library cards
and provide programming to your facility. For more After Breast Cancer Group
information, please contact our Library Director, Anne Grab & Go Project Bags
315-733-1535. for Kids Join us for our May 4th meeting which will start at
Kids Grab & Go Projects continue on the first 11:00 am in the Sammon Room located downstairs.
Mindy Robinson, who is affiliated with Bassett Hospital
Literacy CNY Thursday of each month. in Cooperstown, will talk about Cancer research. Come
Need some tech help? We have a volunteer at the May 2nd– Dancing Flower Craft and hear what she has to share with us. I am sure that
Library each Tuesday from 11:00-2:00. Literacy CNY Call to reserve beginning at 10:00 on the day of that she will have some good information for all of us.
provides trained individuals to assist patrons on a months’ project, or come into the library to pick up
one on one basis. They look forward to helping our one. (While supplies last) Yoga for Seniors
community. We greatly appreciate this service they are
Join Bill Skinner every Monday at 3:00pm for a
offering our patrons. In Person Story Time Yoga program geared towards seniors! Please call the

Mondays (group A), Tuesdays (group B) and Library at 315-733-1535 to register for this in person
Interested In Using Our Thursdays (group C) 10:30-11:00 for preschool aged class.
Window Display? children. Join us for stories and crafts. Aimed towards

The display case a/t the Library's main entrance preschoolers – but all are welcome. An adult must Chair Yoga Class
is available without charge for community groups accompany the child. All story times are held in the Join us each Monday and Friday mornings for a Chair
or individuals to display works of art, collections or Children’s Area/Corasanti room. Yoga class taught by Donna Reale. Classes start at 11
educational displays. Exhibits must be in keeping with May 6, 7, 9 : Flowers and will last until noon.
the Library's mission to meet the educational, cultural May 13, 14, 16 : Bugs
and recreational needs of the community. Exhibits may May 20, 21, 23: Cookies
not be for entrepreneurial or commercial purposes, for May 28, 30 : Birds