News You Can Use
from your library
10/24/2020
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Hello dear patrons! It's the time of two seasons: tourist season and election season. I don't have the numbers on tourists, but I've been stuck in the rare back roads "traffic jam" more than once this year. I think that might qualify as a record. On the election side, this year it seems almost everyone has a question about mail-in ballots, drop-off ballots, and in-person voting. The Vermont Secretary of State's website includes extensive, useful voter information and answers to your questions. We wanted to give you some "how-to's" for Woodstock and other towns in our area so we partnered with WCTV 1080 and the Woodstock Town Clerk's office to create a short video with information about where, when, and how to vote (see below). And please do vote, whatever method you choose.
Since March, we've been adding videos to NWPL's brand new YouTube channel. You can watch talks on books, rapid reviews, and our "Great Cooks of Woodstock." More cooking and book talk videos to come! Please do "subscribe" to the NWPL channel.
I hope you enjoy these last lovely days of autumn.
Meg Brazill
Director of Communications & Events
Norman Williams Public Library
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Bookstock and NWPL Present
Dr. François S. Clemmons | November 19 at 7:00 pm via Zoom
Officer Clemmons: A Memoir
The intimate debut memoir by the man known to the world as Officer Clemmons on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, made history as the first African American actor to have a recurring role on a children’s television program.
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PUMPKIN DECORATING CONTEST
NEW DEADLINE: Mon., Oct 26
Pumpkins may be carved or painted with family-friendly designs, no more than 10″ in diameter. (Please no templates or stencils.) Bring entries to the circulation desk by Monday, Oct 26 at 6 pm (drop offs: Mon, Wed, Fri, 12 noon-6:00 pm). Pumpkins will be displayed in the library's front windows. Voting takes place Oct 27-29. 1st and 2nd place winners will be announced on our website Friday, Oct 30, at 5:00 p.m. Each winner will receive a boxed set of the Chronicles of Narnia. Have fun!
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GOT BOOKS?
We Are Now Accepting Book Donations by Appointment Only
We can accept up to three boxes of books per donation.
Please contact the circulation desk at 802-457-2295 to make an appointment and coordinate dropping off your book donations. Thank you!
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Last week, a group of writers who have published a book of poetry, " Wednesday Poets," gave a reading outdoors on a perfect fall day, offering a full range of emotions and ideas that will resonate with us for a while. Participating poets included Pam Ahlen, Peggy Brightman, Jon Escher, Laura Foley, Debby Franzoni, Jill Herrick-Lee, Brooke Herter James, Wendy Ann Smith, and Sarah Dickenson Snyder. The anthology is available by contacting Peg Brightman.
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ONLINE: HOW, WHEN & WHERE TO VOTE! |
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Former Vermont Poet Laureate Louise Glück Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature |
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This year's Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Louise Glück, one of America’s most celebrated poets, for writing “that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.” Glück is the first female poet to be awarded the prize since 1996. To read the full story, click here for the New York Times article. And here for a deep appraisal of Glück's work.
Glück served as Vermont’s poet laureate (known then as “state poet”) from 1994 to 1998, and as U.S. poet laureate 2003 to 2004. The author has a long history in Vermont, which Jim Schley writes about in this week's Seven Days.
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For Children & Young Adults |
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PreSchool Story Time
Tuesdays, 10:30 am
Outside in the library's Side Garden
Tuesdays through October. Suitable for ages 3-6. Storytime will be in person, outside in the side garden: Masks and
6' social distancing required throughout the entire event. There will be no craft following storytime. Cancelled if raining.
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The Children's Library - Come Visit! (By Appointment) |
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“We went that very afternoon.
We made it a family affair and we filled our backpacks. What a joy!”
That's what one family told us when they discovered we'd re-opened the Children's Room. Make an appointment in advance and you and your family (up to 5 kids and adults total) can spend some time picking out books together. To book a time slot, call us at 457-2295 or email
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COVID-19 Update & Resources |
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The VT Department of Health
COVID-19 Data Dashboard
The Vermont DOH now has COVID-19 data available by county and by town. Choose the tab for “County-level Case Info” to find a graph of new and cumulative cases by county, plus breakdowns by age and gender. Look for more information on the Dashboard of Activity in VT plus a Weekly Summary of Vermont COVID-19 data.
Useful & Important Sites Re: COVID-19
Weekly Summary of Vermont COVID-19 Data
The Vermont Department of Health’s COVID-19 pages are updated daily.
What You Need to Know Now:
schools & colleges, contact tracing, testing, prevention and more.
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Questions? Please call us at 802.457.2295 or
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Norman Williams Public Library
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