Last week marked the end of another successful Summer Reading Program here at the Hamilton Public Library – thank you to everyone who participated! While this still wasn’t a ‘normal’ Summer Reading Program, what with social distancing, mask guidelines, vaccination rate-checking, and all the other Covid-related obstacles, we still managed to at least improve on […]

Have you signed up for the Summer Reading Program yet? There’s still time to register for prizes, and get a free new book (to keep!) and a free ice cream cone (also to keep!) before August 21. Keep an eye on our calendar and social media pages for upcoming events that you won’t see any

Before I get to anything else, I want to thank Renée Rashford for her years of service to us and our patrons since she began working here the spring of 2015. She is leaving us this week to work as an HR Assistant at a New Hartford credit union. Here, she not only worked the

Welp, it’s become a tradition around here that as soon as our annual newsletter goes out, something changes requiring its immediate revision. Continuing with that tradition, we’d like to update our ‘Library Staff’ section to include one more name, Amanda Marshall! Amanda joins us at the Circulation Desk from Morrisville, where she graduated with honors

Well hello there! It’s been a couple weeks since we last updated, and as always, a lot has happened since then. Sure, we’ve been busy with our Summer Reading Program, which you can still register for until, well, the end of Summer, but that’s not what I’m here to talk about today. But you should

When did it become summer? That was quick! Well, with that realization, I guess it’s time to talk about our annual Summer Reading Program here at the Hamilton Public Library! This year is expanding a bit from the previous year, when we were in the throes of a worldwide pandemic.  Starting Saturday, July 10, stop

When I started working here, I asked the previous Director if she had any unfinished business that I should address immediately. Without hesitation, she responded “the HVAC system.” Well, It’s been 3 and a half years, but we’re finally addressing the HVAC system! Really, we started to address it about 2 years ago when we

Did you know you can check out museum and park passes from your local library? I’m seriously asking, as checkouts on these passes were down 89% from the previous fiscal year. That’s a pretty dismal number, even factoring in the whole COVID thing, as overall checkouts for library materials only dropped by about 9% during

This is a tough one! Today, the Library says goodbye, kind of, to our longest-serving Circulation Staff member, Joan Prindle. I say ‘kind of,’ as she’s staying on as a substitute staff member, and will continue to serve patrons in her role as Chairperson of the Hamilton Historical Commission, which happens to be located right

This week, the CDC and the State have eased indor mask-wearing for vaccinated individuals. While we are excited about the world getting a little more back to the way it was, we’re still requiring patrons and staff to wear masks in our building. Why? So many reasons!   Let’s start with the New York State Department