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Summer Reading 2018
Sign up for Summer Reading! Participate and you can win prizes just by reading books. The top two readers will win a prize pack from the library! Log at least one book and be entered into a raffle to win a record player and a $50 gift certificate to Welfare Records. Complete reading challenges to receive additional raffle tickets. It’s free, fun and easy to sign up. Adult Summer Reading goes from June 15th to August 15th, and you can log books, audio books, graphic novels and eBooks.
We also offer Teen Summer Reading and Youth Summer Reading! Contact the Youth Services Department at kids@haverhillpl.org for more information.
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Introducing the Senter Digital Archive: In Memory of Dorothy Senter Geoffrion, Elsie Senter Smith, and Mildred Senter Lemieux
Take a look at our brand new digital archive, which features over 4,000 images, with more added every week. The library has acquired over 50,000 photographs since its birth in 1873, and thanks to a generous donor and the Trustees of the Library, we now are digitizing them! If you love history, Haverhill or photography, […]
“The girls in the picture” by Melanie Benjamin
The girls portrayed in Melanie Benjamin’s latest historical fiction are Mary Pickford and Frances Marion, both pioneers in the movie industry. Mary Pickford, with her golden curls, was the world’s highest paid and most beloved actress of her time, and earned the title “America’s Sweetheart”. Frances Marion became one of the first screenwriter at a […]
Sign up for Summer Reading!
Adult Summer starts on June 15th! Participate and you can win prizes just by reading books. The top two readers will win a prize pack from the library! Log at least one book and be entered into a raffle to win a record player and a $50 gift certificate to Welfare Records. Complete reading challenges […]
1st Floor Restroom Construction
Big news! Starting Monday April 2nd our 1st floor restrooms are being entirely redone! They will be closed to the public for the duration of construction, approximately 2 1/2 months. The 2nd floor restrooms in the auditorium foyer will be the main public restrooms. They are elevator accessible. Please be patient with extra noise, dust, […]
“Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self” by Manoush Zomorodi
Have you noticed that your productivity and creativity have gone down? Do you have problem staying focus on projects at home or at work? Do you find yourself constantly interrupting your reading, or other things, to check your email, messages, Facebook, and other social media? Manoush Zomorodi, host of WNYC’s popular podcast and radio show […]
