June 2018

We are continuing to highlight aspects of Corinth’s history with special displays in our case to celebrate the Town of Corinth’s Bicentennial.  This month our display is the history of education in Corinth with items from CCS.  Also in the case is a selection of the painted rocks that will be part of the scavenger hunt in August.

Our Summer Reading Program starts on Saturday June 23 with sign ups at the library.  Our theme this summer is Corinth 200 in celebration of the Town of Corinth’s bicentennial.  When you sign up check out the list of special events through out the summer.

Have fun with Corinth’s history and take part in our Historical Marker Scavenger Hunt.  It starts on Saturday June 23 and runs until Friday August 10.  Stop in to check out the rules and pick up your entry.

Science Monday is June 25 at 7 pm.  Join us to explore with 3-D mazes, robots, circuits, Legos and more.

We will be at the Town of Corinth’s Fun Day on Wednesday June 27.  Sign up for Summer Reading or just say hello.

Story time for young children is Saturday June 16, 23, and 30 at 10:30.

Main Street school

Main Street school

May 2018

We are continuing to highlight aspects of Corinth’s history with special displays in our case to celebrate the Town of Corinth’s Bicentennial.  This month our display is the history of the Corinth Free Library and how we have been serving the community since 1926.  Also in the case is a selection of the painted rocks that will be part of the scavenger hunt in August.

Story time this month is on May 5 and May 12 at 10:30 am.  There will be no story time on May 19 or 26 due to staff vacation time.

We will be at the Corinth Elementary Open House on May 15 with information about our upcoming summer programs.  Stop and say hi when you are there voting or checking out your child’s classroom.

On Monday May 21 we will be open from 11-5 ONLY…there are no evening hours that day.  Staff and board members will be attending the Annual Meeting of the Southern Adirondack Library System.

We will be closed on Monday May 28 for Memorial Day.

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February

On Saturday February 10 the Corinth Free Library will be celebrating Take Your Child To the Library Day.  Introduce your children to the wonders to be found at the library.  We will have a special story hour at 10:30am.  There will also be drop-in fun – take a blank bookmark and make it your own, play a board game or put together a floor puzzle.  The event takes place at the library – 89 Main St, Corinth from 11am-3pm.  Take Your Child to the Library Day is a free, fun, family-friendly event endorsed by the Association for Library Service to Children (a division of the American Library Association), Reach Out and Read, and Read to Grow. For more information, visit www.takeyourchildtothelibrary.org.

 

Beat Cabin Fever by coming to our Board Game group in February.  The library provides a large variety of games.  Bring your friends and beat the winter blues.  We play at the Corinth Free Library on Thursday afternoons from after school until 5pm.  Yes we still have board games during the week of school break!

 

The Corinth Free Library will be closed on Monday February 19 for Presidents’ Day.

 

Monday February 26 at 7pm the Corinth Free Library will hold its monthly Science Monday.  A variety of science-based activities will be available for hands on experimentation.  Program OzoBots, learn circuitry basics with LilBits, practice engineering with Legos, or try our new marble maze.

Story time is now on Saturdays at 10:30am.