Theresa Milak from Tigerlily Learning will host this drop-in science program for ages 5 and up. Read the full article → from Learn about spooky science at the Southborough Library on Tuesday
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Scrapbooking and genealogy meet at the Southborough Library on Thursday

On Thursday the Southborough Library will host genealogist and writer Marcia Melnyk for a talk called Scrapbooking Your Family History. Read the full article → from Scrapbooking and genealogy meet at the Southborough Library on Thursday
Asian longhorned beetles: Learn all about them at the Southborough Library

The Southborough Public Library will host a talk on the Asian Longhorned Beetle, a menace to central Massachusetts vegetation of late. There will be one session at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 19 and the same session on Wednesday, October 20 at 7:00 p.m. Read the full article → from Asian longhorned beetles: Learn all about them at the Southborough Library
Meet author Dayna Hilton and her fire safety dogs at the Southborough Library on Thursday

You might have seen children’s book author and firefighter Dayna Hilton and one of her fire safety dogs marching in the Heritage Day parade on Monday. Tomorrow you’ll have a chance to meet her and her dogs in person at the Southborough Library. Read the full article → from Meet author Dayna Hilton and her fire safety dogs at the Southborough Library on Thursday
Friends of the Library book sale on Heritage Day

This is one of my favorite parts of Heritage Day. The annual Friends of the Library book and cookie sale will be held on Monday from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm at the Southborough Library. Read the full article → from Friends of the Library book sale on Heritage Day
NSPAC to host presentation on reading disabilities on Tuesday

The Northborough-Southborough Special Education Parents Advisory Council (NSPAC) will host a presentation at the Southborough Library on Tuesday on how to identify early struggling readers. Read the full article → from NSPAC to host presentation on reading disabilities on Tuesday
Learn about baby sign language at the Southborough Library on Thursday
Southborough resident Sheryl White will hold a workshop for parents and their babies (age 2 months to pre-verbal) on Baby Sign Language. Read the full article → from Learn about baby sign language at the Southborough Library on Thursday
Garden party at the Southborough Library on Friday

Throughout the summer, the Southborough Gardeners and Rocky’s Landscaping have been working on making the Southborough Library an even lovelier place to visit, and now the library wants to say thanks by throwing a garden party. Read the full article → from Garden party at the Southborough Library on Friday
Southborough Library Genealogy Club: Finding Your Ancestral Home

The library’s Genealogy Club meets on Thursday. Here’s what they’ll be talking about. Read the full article → from Southborough Library Genealogy Club: Finding Your Ancestral Home
Civil war romance author to speak at the Southborough Library on Wednesday

Author B. J. Vaughn will visit on Wednesday, September 15, at 11 a.m., to talk about her writing of a Civil War romance, Muddy Waters: And the Man in The Chimney, to be released this fall. Read the full article → from Civil war romance author to speak at the Southborough Library on Wednesday
Something for everyone at the Southborough Library this month

The Southborough Library has published its calendar of events for September, and there’s lots on tap for all ages from book groups to story hours. There’s even a baby sign language class being offered at the end of the month. Read the full article → from Something for everyone at the Southborough Library this month
Southborough Library to hold focus groups in September

The Southborough Library is working on a long-range plan to carry them through 2015, and they need your help. Read the full article → from Southborough Library to hold focus groups in September
What’s going on at the Southborough Library this week

Once again, it will be a busy week at the Southborough Library, with something for everyone from kids to teens to career-minded adults. Read the full article → from What’s going on at the Southborough Library this week
Library to host summer reading discussions for Algonquin students
I’m not sure when schools started assigning homework over the summer — thankfully it was after I graduated — but all students at Algonquin were asked to read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak over their summer break as part of the “One School, One Read” program. Read the full article → from Library to host summer reading discussions for Algonquin students