Starting on Monday, July 20, the Hamilton Public Library will open to the public! Due to COVID-19, the following terms/restrictions apply:  We apologize for all of the inconveniences associated with opening our building during a pandemic. These procedures are being put in place to protect us all. Thank you in advance for your cooperation, understanding, […]

As you may have anticipated, this year’s Summer Reading Program (SRP) is going to be unlike any other. I feel like I usually start out with that sentiment to talk about our annual SRP and all the great programs we have lined up, but this year, as mentioned previously, it’s different. Of course that has

Even in times of civil unrest and amidst a global pandemic, we really do have some positive news to report. Of course how we arrived at this point in history isn’t good news, but the response en masse from demonstrators nationwide has been inspiring, and Hamilton is no exception. I am grateful to work in

The following is a general announcement I shared on Nextdoor on Sunday, May 31. With the upcoming budget vote, this time conducted entirely with mail-in ballots, I felt the need to address a few comments about our library’s funding. Please remember to cast your ballots – they’re due June 9! Hi, for those that don’t

Oh, I wish I could tell you all of the tentative plans we have, but unfortunately that’s going to have to wait for another week. At least. I know that our patrons are getting antsy because more and more of you are reaching out to check in and see if we have any information about

What’s new at the library this week? Very little! We’re still closed, so please keep enjoying our eAudiobooks, eBooks, and streaming services, courtesy of Hoopla, Libby, RBDigital, and Overdrive. You can also attend our programs online, from Chair Yoga to Storytime with your very own local yoga instructors and storytellers, as well as see links

How do we library when we aren’t allowed to library? (See: Executive Order 202.6 for more information.) While we’re not quite ready to open, we are expanding our programs out to the information superhighway, including one where you can earn gift cards to local businesses for reading at home! How about that? Okay so I’m

After we closed for a couple weeks, I found an event on our calendar titled “April Fool’s Ideas,” and there was a short list of goofy pranks we could put on for the public. Rather than file these away for 2021 and most likely lose them, here’s a quick rundown on the silliness I had

What’s new at the Library this week? Well, you can’t come to us and we can’t come to you, but we can still connect and communicate. Not everyone reads this column and knows that our dropbox is locked, that holds have been suspended, and that due dates have been extended until July 1, so how

Disclaimer: Look, a lot of this is about how this is a newspaper column. If you are reading this, you’re aware that this is not a newspaper. Once again, I will remind my lovely readers that these blogs are just an alternate version of the MidYork Weekly column. Due to the nature of our ever-changing