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Library Hours:  Monday, Thursday, Friday 9am - 5pm

Have you signed up for the Summer Experience yet? We've had 200+ people register so far! Join the fun at www.goffstownlibrary.com/summer2022

After you sign up for the Children's or Teen programs, visit with library staff and pick up your rewards - you'll get to choose a free book and a complimentary kids' meal coupon from Great NH Restaurants. Teens will also get to take home an Oceans of Possibilities cup. You can earn raffle tickets when you participate in the Summer Experience and winners will choose from:

The digital challenge at www.goffstownlibrary.com/summer2022, by Beanstack, can be used in a web browser, or you can download & install the Beanstack Tracker app by Zoobean, Inc. Get started today!

CLOSED JULY 2 - 4

BEGINNING JULY 9 WE WILL BE OPEN

Sailor’s Valentines were intricately designed sea shell mosaics, often given as souvenirs to loved ones after a long time away at sea. We’ll learn to make our own versions of these historical handicrafts, which you can give away or keep all to yourself as a beautiful decoration. Registration required.

Calling all super fans! Join us for a special screening of DC’s Aquaman, followed by a live Q&A via MS Teams with a DC Comics editor.

Learn all about Aquaman, ©Warner Bros., and find out everything you ever wanted to know about what goes into creating a comic book. No registration required.

Join us for an evening on the cutting edge of shark conservancy and research, as the library welcomes a representative of the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, an association working off the coast of Cape Cod. The talk will cover a wide range of topics, from the public perception of sharks and their impact on seaside communities as well as the larger role of sharks in our marine ecosystem. Registration required.

Generously funded by the Friends of the Goffstown Public Library.

See the full calendar online.

*Thanks go to the Friends of the Goffstown Public Library who also fund the Museum Pass Program. The Museum Pass Program enables library patrons free or reduced entry fees to various museums, state parks, and science institutions in NH such as the Children’s Museum, Zoo New England, Currier Museum of Art, SEE Science Center, and Squam Lakes. In the Boston area, institutions include the Museum of Fine Arts, New England Aquarium, Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum, and Boston Children’s Museum.

Join us for a movie screening of the award-winning film Nomadland, ©Searchlight Pictures, on Thursday, 7/21 at 1:30pm. Read more about the film...

The Girl in His Shadow by Audrey Blake will be available instantly in e-book & e-audiobook format in the Libby app. There are unlimited digital copies - no holds, no waiting!

For discussion board, read-alikes, and more, please visit https://biglibraryread.com/

This month, kids in grades 2-4 will be reading I Survived The Sinking Of The Titanic, 1912 by Lauren Tarshis, illustrated by Scott Dawson. Come ready to talk about what you loved and what you didn't, and to learn more about reading and making comics!

When it's harvest time, you can drop off your surplus produce at Goffstown Network's Food Pantry or the Library during business hours. Learn more at goffstownnetwork.org.

Help the Goffstown Network to furnish clients of the Food Pantry with much-needed items which everybody needs yet few consider when thinking about pantry donations. Purchase items for pantry clients when you buy them for yourself. Donations of any kind will be welcome all summer long. each summertime month of this partnership will feature a highlighted theme: June will be Paper Products month, July - Feminine Products, and August - Toiletries.

Please drop off your donations at the Library during business hours. Thank you!

Feminine Products (July): panty liners, maxi pads, disposable incontinence underwear [small, medium, large]

The recent update blog post covers:

For all the details, please continue reading at https://www.goffstownlibrary.com/may2022-library-addition/

As of July 1, 2022 EBSCO will no longer be available in the e-library. The removal of this service includes the online Explora research tool and the database of articles from Consumer Reports magazine. Students will still have access to research resources at their local schools, and physical copies of Consumer Reports magazine is available for check out at the Library.

Novelist Plus and Novelist K-8 Plus book recommendations will still be available to all library card holders.

Supply chain delays have surprised us all - even books that we ordered a season early didn't make it to us in time for the winter holiday season. Here's your chance to get a head start on holiday crafting, baking, and reads - see what we have on the shelves and check out the selection of books that we received in early 2022.

Call 603-623-8801 (option "2") for free transportation options.

Manchester Transit Authority provides on-demand service now available Monday through Friday, 9am to 2pm. Make a reservation directly with Manchester Transit Authority as early as 1 week prior, and at least 24 hours in advance.

Rides to medical appointments, riders with disabilities, and those age 62+ receive priority booking. Service will be provided on a first come first serve basis and will be available "curb to curb" from any location in the Town of Goffstown to any other location in the Town of Goffstown or any medical facility in the City of Manchester or Town of Bedford. All buses are ADA accessible.

For more information contact Planning and Economic Development Director Jo Ann Duffy at 603-497-8990 x118 or JoAnn.Duffy@goffstownnh.gov