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How Cheap Can You Get?

June 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · City Library, Events, Main Branch

How many of you clip coupons? How much do you save? Think it’s not worth the trouble? Think again!
Extreme couponer Karen Haque and her husband Khaled, featured recently in the New Hampshire Sunday News, have used coupons to save thousands of dollars on groceries in the past few years. Find out how you can too! [...]

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Make a Splash! Summer Reading Kickoff

June 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Children, Events, Main Branch, Summer Reading Program

Today is the day:  the start of the summer reading program!  Incidentally, it’s also the longest day of the year (summer solstice).  So…who wants to party?  Stop by our summer reading kickoff event, today from 4:00 to 6:00 PM in the Winchell Room.  Drop in anytime during the two hour event—we’ll have games, crafts, snacks, [...]

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Weekend Museum Passes

June 17th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Children, City Library, Museum Passes

Now that the libraries have changed over to our summer hours, just a reminder about museum passes. If you have a Saturday or Sunday museum pass reserved, you will need to pick those up on the Friday before your visit. Our Friday hours are the same for both buildings, 8:30 am – 5:30 pm. If [...]

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System Upgrade

June 15th, 2010 · No Comments · City Library, News, Technology, Uncategorized

In order to better serve you we will be doing a system upgrade on our library catalogs on June 16th.  Although our catalogs will be unavailable for searching we are still open for business and will be glad to help you locate library materials.  For assistance in locating materials please go to or call our [...]

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Teen Summer Reading Program

June 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Books, City Library, Events, Main Branch, News, Summer Reading Program, Teens

Area teens are invited to “Make Waves @ Your Library” this summer by participating in the Manchester City Library’s teen summer reading library program from June 21 to August 6.  Teens are invited to come to the Library and read for prizes as well as to take part in special events offered throughout the summer.  [...]

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Make a Splash! Kids’ Summer Reading Program

June 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Books, Children, City Library, Events

Are you looking for something free for your children to do this summer?  Join us at the Manchester City Library for our annual summer reading program.  This year’s theme is Make a Splash, Read! and will run from June 21st and August 6th.

To participate in the program, children are encouraged to read, or have [...]

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Summer newsletter

June 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Main Branch, News, Newsletter, West Branch

Summer is here—according to the weather—and there’s no better time to come to your Manchester libraries!  Read our latest newsletter, and you’ll see what we mean:
MCL Notes – Summer 2010
If you want to be among the first to know about the latest news and programs, you should sign up to receive the newsletter via email.  [...]

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Save us from extinction

May 27th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Books, City Library, Main Branch, News

Dinosaurs are one of those topics that never loses its appeal. We’re fascinated by these creatures. That’s why I was surprised to find a stack of dinosaur books that no one has checked out of the Library in at least three years!

Fossils by Cyril Walker and David Ward – Nice handbook [...]

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Being There Together is Enough.

May 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Books, City Library, News

Final Soliloquy of the Interior Paramour
Light the first light of evening
In which we rest and, for small reason, think
The world imagined is the ultimate good.
This is, therefore, the intensest rendezvous.
It is in that thought that we collect ourselves,
Out of all the indifferences, into one thing:
Within a single thing, a single shawl
Wrapped tightly round us, [...]

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Navigating Through Home Care and Hospice Care Choices

May 15th, 2010 · No Comments · City Library, Main Branch

When health care decisions present themselves it is important to know how to navigate the health care system to get the home and hospice care your loved one needs. Join us Saturday, May 22 at 10 a.m. as Donna Shneider, R.N., a community health care professional from Home Health & Hospice House candidly discusses and [...]

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