NEW DVDs: American Sniper Fifty Shades of Grey Jupiter Ascending Smokey and the Bandit 50 to 1 See You In Valhalla Next of Kin The Theory of Everything The Eiger Sanction The Cannonball Run Viking Quest Wallykazam! Taylor Swift Life Continue reading New AV at Steele – June 2015
So often we rely on users’ opinions and our friends’ suggestions on what apps we download to our smartphones and tablets. Sometimes our friends and other reviewers are wrong. Luckily there are other sources to find unbiased reviews of apps. Continue reading Beneficial Bits n’ Bytes – Unbiased App Reviews
We have some really wonderful, hard-to-find and hard to replace reference books in our popular genealogy and local history section of the Steele Memorial Library. But, even if these books don’t leave the library, they have seen a lot of Continue reading Our precious books repaired–Thank you, Friends of CCLD!
UPDATE 2022: Pronouns in this post have been changed to reflect new research which proves that Cher Ami was a male pigeon. “The wartime records of the U.S. Army’s Signal Corps recorded Cher Ami as a hen, or “she.” For Continue reading Anniversary of a heroic WWI Pigeon: Cher Ami, Savoir of the Lost Battalion.
Researching newspaper articles is a great way to get primary source information on a topic of interest. They’ve never been more accessible to everyone, either, all you need is an Internet connection and some trusty sites to search. Here are Continue reading Beneficial Bits n’ Bytes – Newspapers Online
Our 4th Annual CCLD Chess Challenge was held at the Steele Memorial Library on Saturday, May 16, 2015. Approximately 76 people attended, 47 of which were players. Participants ranged in age from 5 to 76 years. With generous contributions from Continue reading 4th Annual CCLD Chess Challenge
Summer is here, hard to believe after another long, cold and snowy winter. Where does the time go? The start of the Summer Reading Club will be here before we know it as well. The Van Etten library will be Continue reading Van Etten Garden Club Plans Super Foods Community Garden
I just got back from the 10th annual Teen Book Festival in Rochester, NY. What. A. Blast! Teens crammed the halls, classrooms, and auditoriums of Nazareth College, clamoring for their favorite writers like they were rock stars. (Because they ARE.) Continue reading Teens ARE reading, and Authors are like Rock Stars
NEW DVDs: Brain Games seasons 1-5 Boston Legal seasons 1-5 The Gambler The Wedding Ringer Taken 3 The Boy Next Door The Red Tent Throwdown A Stranger In Paradise Black or White The Circle Suzys Zoo The Divine Move Werewolf Continue reading New AV at Steele – May 2015
I was glad to see good news on the front of the Star Gazette today: thousands of people showing up in downtown Elmira to support cancer survivors and the Komen Foundation, and the news that the Elmira YWCA received $19,000 Continue reading On this date 100 years ago: Elmira’s Crystal Eastman lobbies for Women’s Suffrage in Washington D.C.