We would like to thank you in advance for your support of the library budget at Town Meeting. If you have any questions prior to the meeting, I invite you to my office for a full review of our budget.

~ Rachel Baker, library director

We are so pleased to announce the opening of the Elkins Public Library Seed Library! Come in and get your seed for free. You don’t have to have a library card to take what you need. We are cultivating community! Thank you to Doneta Fischer and the Canterbury Garden Club for this amazing project.

Did you know that you can get text messages and alerts on your phone from the Library? Let us know that you prefer SMS correspondence the next time you are in and we will update your record.

We are now offering transaction receipts at the Circulation Desk. They are a great way to keep track of the books you have out and they also work well as a bookmark!

The next meeting of Elkins Public Library Board of Trustees is on Monday, March 18 at 6 pm. Looking to make a donation? Keep your favorite library in mind. We are a tax exempt organization.

Story Time: March 5 and 12. Join us Tuesday mornings at 10 for stories, songs and a craft. This program is perfect for infants through kindergarten. Come to the library and meet your children’s future classmates while fostering a love of reading.

Tunes, Tales and Tumbles: March 7 and 14. Join us Thursday mornings at 10 for songs, stretching, stories and more! This program is perfect for our youngest patrons, infants through preschool. Come enjoy this active and music-filled program and help your children nurture their love for the library, books and their community. Note: There will be no TTT on March 21 and 28.

LEGO club: Join us Tuesday, March 19 and 26, from 10 am to noon for LEGO club! We will have DUPLOs out for our youngest patrons.

Egg Hunt: Stop in on Thursday, March 28, or Saturday, March 30, for an Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt. Pick up your scavenger instructions at the main circulation desk. This is a drop-in program, so feel free to stop in any time during library hours.

Teen Night: Join us on Tuesday, March 26, at 5 pm for our monthly get-together.

The Old Man Boring Book Club: This group reads and reports on favorite nonfiction titles. Join them on Thursday, March 6, at 6 pm back by the fireplace.

Elkins Cafe: On Thursday, March 7, at 2 pm we will get out the fancy pencils and work on our coloring pages. On Thursday, March 21, at 2 pm Alison Ferland from Wellsense will be here to answer all of your Medicare questions. Find out about the different parts of Medicare, if you are eligible and when you should enroll. All ages welcome!

Evening Book Group: In March we will read Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey. We meet for discussion by the fireplace on Wednesday, March 20, at 6 p.m. Copies are available at the circulation desk or on Libby or Hoopla.

Murder, Mayhem and Misadventure: This month we will watch the movie The Maltese Falcon with Humphrey Bogart as detective Sam Spade. Because of the length of the movie, we will start at 2 on Tuesday, March 26. A short discussion will follow. Come join us!

Free Tech Help: Thursdays from 4 to 6 pm, in half-hour time slots, Kal McKay offers free tech support at the library. Please schedule an appointment and give a brief description of the nature of the issue. Kal’s appointments fill up quickly so be sure to sign up.

Pins and Needles: We meet by the fireplace every Wednesday at 2 pm. Bring your latest work in progress; all levels are welcome! We have enjoyed many new participants – welcome!