Well I didn’t get too much response yet from the staff on what they are reading this summer, but I did get a few suggestions, and here they are…

“I am not a mystery reader per say, but I have spent so much time in the car lately that I have enjoyed the Cynthia Riggs and Sarah Graves…

Well we had a great time at the game on Friday night until the lightning and rain began, at which point it wasn’t quite so much fun! We didn’t get a chance to do the raffle, but we will be doing it at some point today and will call and/or e-mail the winners. You can see some baseball photos at…

Six year old Ryan drew the winning entry in our throw out the first pitch at FPL Night at the Falmouth Commodores game. The winner of our drawing is John Angelo, a 10 year old little leaguer from Falmouth. We had over 125 entries in our contest! Join us tonight at 7:00 for the game! And you…

Hot off the presses is the Summer 2009 edition of the Friends of the Falmouth Public Library Newsletter. You’ll find an article on their new president, Leonard Miele, news on self check-out, some great photos from our East Falmouth branch of their Canada Geese, and an article (by me) of all the ways you can use the library when we…

This is a reminder that our reduced hours will begin next week at the main library and the branches. The new hours are as follows:

Main Library
Monday 9:30-5:30
Tuesday 1:00-8:30
Wednesday 1:00-8:30
Thursday 9:30-5:30
Friday 9:30-5:30
Saturday 9:30-5:00
Our last Sunday (noon-4) for the…

Today is the birthday of novelist Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970) who is best known for writing All Quiet on the Western Front, which, as it happens, we discussed last week with the library book club. It begins: “We are at rest five miles behind the front. Yesterday we were relieved, and now our bellies are full…

We are happy to report that The Arts Alive Festival is happening this weekend, but we are sorry to report that library parking has been blocked off by the Arts Alive Festival. If you are visiting the library today or this weekend please park on Katharine Lee Bates, Main Street, or the town parking lot. Arts Alive is a celebration…

Donna Skinner, from our children’s room has big news for the day: “Today is a very important day for the students of Falmouth; it’s the last day of school! The Children’s Department is pleased to announce that it is also the first day to sign up for the Summer Reading Program. This is an incentive program to keep families reading…

Meet Massachusetts Science Fiction Authors Michael Burstein, Jeffrey A. Carver, Walter H. Hunt, and Jennifer Pelland TONIGHT at 7:00 p.m. Know any scifi fans? They will love you if you tell them about this program! Hate Science Fiction? Come anyway ... makes great discussion! Haven’t read any SciFi since you devoured Ray Bradbury in Junior High and Michael Crichton’s Andromeda…