... with a human touch By Joyce Marcel, president of the Friends Photo: Jeff Potter Reprinted with permission of The Commons (commonsnews.org) When Gov. Phil Scott issued his emergency orders that shut down most public spaces last month, the Agency of Commerce stated that libraries were among those services “not considered critical to public health […]

The meeting was conducted via GoToMeeting and was called to order at 4:30pm. Participating were Joyce Marcel, Connie Kimball, Betsy Wagenknecht, John Komar, Sue Dyer and Karen Duggan, with Starr Latronica and Courtney Carey for the library and Howard Burrows for the trustees. Cindy Hutchenson and Kate Wylie were excused. The secretary’s report was approved. […]

The meeting was conducted via GoToMeeting and was called to order at 4:35pm. Participating were Joyce Marcel, Connie Kimball, Betsy Wagenknecht, John Komar, Sue Dyer, Kate Wylie, Cindy Hutcheson, Karen Duggan, Starr LaTronica and Courtney Carey for the library, and visitor Bob Oeser. The secretary's report was approved. The treasury balance as of July 31, […]

From our Fall Newsletter: The Friends are looking into alternative ways to run our popular winter book sale, where we traditionally sell books that can be given as gifts. We call them "like new." Since we are not currently accepting donations of books, we would have to run it with the books we had on […]

From our Fall Newsletter: With Ruth Bader Ginsburg's recent death, Kanopy, an independent film catalog, is highlighting a documentary about her life. RBG is an Academy Award nominee concerning the personal and professional journey of the Justice's nomination to the Supreme Court. Free streaming of 6 films a month to your home for all library […]

(The letterhead PDF version of the following letter is available here.) Back when the internet became omnipresent, many thought the age of books — and by definition, libraries — was over. Forbes even dared to hypothesize that public libraries were unnecessary. Why pay taxes to keep a bricks-and-mortar library going? they reasoned. Why not privatize? […]

Get the scoop on the best new books across all genres. The Friends have renewed the library's subscription to BookPage, an editorially-independent monthly magazine featuring only books it highly recommends.

The Friends invite you to a garden party fundraiser in West Brattleboro on Saturday, August 28th, 2-5pm; rain date: Sunday, August 29th. Enjoy homemade treats in a splendid wooded garden setting at 744 Meadowbrook Rd., West Brattleboro. Tickets are $20 in advance (call the library at 802-254-5290 to RSVP and get directions). Tickets are $25 […]

Our late-summer fundraisers - Garden Party and Ice Cream Social - were a great success, together raising close to $5,000 to help support the library. Many thanks to Sharon Myers for hosting the Garden Party and to the Brattleboro Food Coop and Circus Minimus for their contributions to the Ice Cream Social!