A Different Look for the YA Area

The Young Adult area has some new furniture and a bulletin board.

Surf the net at the new computer station or read for a while in the new chairs or work on a project at the new tables.

A Big Thank You to the Board of the Lucy Robbins Welles Library for making this possible.

-vicky

Spring Family Place Begins

Monday nights and Tuesday mornings from April 23 to May 22 famlies will be attending our Parent/Child workshops. The will meet with child development experts and discuss their concerns about nutrition, health and other parenting issues. Parents can talk to other parents with children of the same age. The library provides age appropriate games, toys and books for this program.

So if you are in the reference area during these times you may hear the children enjoying themselves while their parents are learning about community services available to them and getting answers to common parenting questions.

Thank you to the Friends of the Lucy Robbins Welles Library for co-sponsoring this event.

-vc

One Book 4 Towns

Next week on March 27 @ 7:00 the One Book 4 Town reading program will Kick-Off at the Rocky Hill Public Library. A free bus will leave from Newington Town Hall parking lot directly across the street from the Lucy Robbins Welles Library on March 27 @ 6:15 p.m. Car pool with us to save some gas and help free up some parking spaces at the Rocky Hill Library.

Archer Mayor will speak on at the program on Tuesday and local community members will read from sections of The Surrogate Thief. Mr. Mayor will also sign books. If you haven't bought you book yet you can buy one at the program.

Rocky Hill is a lovely library. I you have never been there take this opportunity to go visit. They will have a nice selection of light refreshments available.

-vicky

Tax Forms

The tax forms are in at Lucy Robbins Welles Library.

Stop by and pick them up in the alcove between the reference room and the magazine reading room. Or if you prefer you can down load forms and instructions at these websites.

Federal Tax Form and Publications

State Tax Forms and Publications

-vicky

Play For All

This morning the Children's Department hosted the first in a series of playgroups for children with special needs. Three families attended; one from Newington, one from Farmington and one from Southington and all had sons on the autism spectrum. The exchange of information among the parents was amazing. The children, while they did not exactly play together, had a great time. One father, who appreciated the few minutes he had to sit down, remarked how great it was for his son to have a large area to be himself in; where dad didn't have to constantly watch and worry about him being hurt or that he was disturbing other people.
The next meeting of Play For All is Saturday, February 10 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon.
There was a great article about the group in the New Britain Herald dated 1/6/2007.
Helen