Census totals help determine the amount of funding that state governments and local communities receive from the federal government for the next decade. Census Bureau data is used to distribute federal funds to states and local communities for health, education, Continue reading The 2020 Census is Coming (Part 1 of 2)
Check out this month’s newsletter to see what’s happening at your library. You can have our monthly newsletter emailed to you by joining our mailing list. If you sign up, you will receive one email each month that details free Continue reading CCLD March 2020 Newletter
For those of you who may have missed today’s Books Sandwiched In, be sure to mark your calendars for the next three installments of this popular series. Friday March 6, 12pm-1pm: Today’s book: “Lab Girl” by Hope Jahem, Geologist at Continue reading Books Sandwiched In. Winter 2020 edition
The Big Flats library now offers in house resources to help our youngest patrons get ready to read. The skills needed to begin learning to read are required long before children start school, so it’s never too early to introduce Continue reading Early Literacy Center at the Big Flats Library
Wouldn’t it be nice to grow fresh lettuce during the cold winter months? The Steele Memorial Library’s Seed Library carries one of the recommended varieties that can be grown indoors – Black-Seeded Simpson. Here’s how: Borrow a packet of seeds. Continue reading 11 Steps to Grow Lettuce Indoors!
Holi is the Hindu spring festival, the Festival of Colors, it symbolizes the victory of good over evil as well as new beginnings. Originating from the Indian subcontinent, Holi is celebrated predominantly in India, but has also spread to other Continue reading Holi Celebration at Steele Memorial Library Youth Services
Join the Children’s Department at the Steele Memorial Library for the month of March as we continue our Year of Travel and head to India. India, officially known as the Republic of India, is the largest country in South Asia. Continue reading India! Year of Travel Scavenger Hunt at Steele Memorial Library March 2020
Ezra Jack Keats (1916-1983) was a pioneer in American children’s literature. He based the lives of his multicultural characters on his childhood but added loving parents, friends and pets. He wanted no child to be an outsider. “If we could Continue reading The Snowy Day Story-Time at Steele Memorial Library: Monday, March 2
As I type these lines on Wednesday February 12, 2020 at the Horseheads Free Library we are celebrating Patron Appreciation Day. Mr. John Manfredi is playing a jazzy version of “I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You.” Patrons are Continue reading Reflections on Patron Appreciation Day
The Christian church celebrates Lent, a period of penitential preparation for Easter. In Western churches it begins on Ash Wednesday, six and a half weeks before Easter, and provides for a 40-day fast Carnival, the merrymaking and festivity that takes Continue reading Celebrate CARNIVAL! at the Steele Memorial Library