A beautiful quilt to be raffled

Peg Delong has donated a beautiful handmade quilt for our Friends Group to raffle. It will fit a queen- or king-size bed. Chances are $1.00 each or 6 chances for $5. The drawing will be on Saturday, September 22nd, at the Friends’ annual meeting. Please come in and buy a chance, or five, or ten [...]

Libraries Aren’t Free

A library card is a 100% off coupon for great books. Recently, I came across this blog post by Carrie Straka, TTW Contributor about the above library haiku she found on the ALA website: “(That library services are free) is a misconception throughout libraries everywhere. A library card isn’t a 100% off coupon. A library [...]

Library Calendars

Cover art: watercolor by Marge Kendrick We still have about 40 calendars left! Come and get ‘em! The Friends of Cook Memorial Library have produced a charming calendar for 2009. In full color, on sturdy coated stock, it features the work in paint, collage, ink, and pencil, of twelve library patrons. Two of them are [...]

Friends' Plant Sale in June

Spring is here and the Friends of Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth are holding their annual Plant & Book Sale on Saturday, June 7, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in front of the library. Locally grown quality plants and seedlings from DiFilippe Greenhouse will be on sale, including flowers, herbs and vegetables. The sale [...]

Friends of the Library's Home Tours

On Saturday, Sept. 29, from 1-4 p.m., some of the town’s oldest homes will be open to the public as part of the self-guided “If Walls Could Speak” historic homes tour, sponsored by the Friends of Cook Memorial Library. The afternoon event features a unique opportunity to visit several of the houses featured in the [...]