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Main Library
Mon-Thu: 9:30am - 9pm
Fri-Sat: 9:30am - 5:30pm
Sun: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. beginning the Sunday after Columbus Day and ending prior to Memorial Day.

MacKay Branch
Mon: 1pm - 5pm
Wed: 1pm - 8pm
Fri: 10am - 5pm
Closed Sun, Tue, Thu, & Sat 



Evening Book Group
  The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey on 12/5 at 7pm.  

In January they will read
My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me by Jennifer Teege, 

Novel Conversation Book Group
For December, they will celebrate with a holiday party on 12/2 at 12:30pm. 

In January, they will read A Street Cat Named Bob: and How He Saved My Life by James Bowen. 
  Morning Book Group
East of Eden by John Steinbeck on 12/21 at 10am. 

In January, they will read The Bishop's Wife by Mette Ivie Harrison. 
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough on 12/15 at 7pm. 

in January, they will read The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan. 

Bibliobites Book Group 
"Sweets and Savories" meeting
Crazy About Cookies by Krystina Castella, Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy by Alice Medrich, and Martha Stewart's Appetizers by Martha Stewart on  12/2 at 11am
Telescope Basics and the 2017 Solar Eclipse
Thursday, 12/1 at 7pm
McCarthy Meeting Room
If you're ready to look up with more than just your eyes, join us for tips on choosing your first telescope and how to use it with Bruce Berger.  Then Kelly Beatty will give us the Why, What, Where, and How of the total solar eclipse that will cross the continental U.S. in 2017!  

Boston Public Library's Linda MacIver and  Even Thornberry will talk about the resources contained in the BPL and the Map Center. 

Followed by Ted Reinstein's Talk, "Wicked Pissed"
McCarthy Meeting Room
Thursday, 12/8 at 7pm
The Chelmsford Friends of the Library Annual Meeting will be  followed by the special program, "Wicked Pis sed" by Ted Reinstein, author of " The meeting is from 7 - 7:15pm followed by refreshments. The lecture begins at 7:30 pm. 

Click here for more information about the Friends of the Library. 

Breaking the WWII Enigma Code
Friday, 12/9 at 10am
McCarthy Meeting Room
Dr. Lee Poirier, PhD will give a lecture on  the breaking of the 'unbreakable' Enigma code.  The talk will describe how the Enigma Machine encoded messages, discuss the work at Bletchley Park, and follow the development of Turing's Bombe that made it possible to read German communications.

Last Day to Bid- 12/19
The Friends of the Library will be conducting a silent auction this month for a telescope package. Bids can be entered at the circulation desk or at 978.256.5521. Click here for details. 

Global Road Warrior provides free travel information, emergen cy numbers, cultural information, recipes, and basic language assistance for over 175 different countries. Access it via the internet anywhere in the world 
using your Chelmsford library card number!
Click here for a list of all databases that we have available.

December Holiday Hours
Chelmsford Public Library will be closed December 24th, 25th, and 26th for Christmas. We will also close at 1pm on Saturday, 12/31 and be closed on Sunday, January 1st and Monday January 2nd. Happy New Year! 
Click here to see our online calendar. 


Weekly storytimes in the Children's Department continue through Friday, December 16th, the beginning of our winter storytime break. Regular storytimes resume January 23rd, 2017. During the winter break, we have special school vacation week activities; Saturday programming; and bubble dance parties!
Don't miss out on these fun events this month:
There are many more programs happening here at CPL, see our full online calendar for more fun programs!
For a full calendar of Children's events, click here. 


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