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PO Box 98
Meyersdale, PA 15552
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Summer stories & surprises @ your library
Summer has arrived, and it's hot outside. If you have time, why not come in and cool down at the library? The AC is on, the WiFi is...
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Jun 24


Need Homework/Study Help?
Every librarian has heard it. No matter how hard we try to get the word out about our resources and services, something comes up in...
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Mar 22


Chocolate & Subs, Maple & Money
Winter tends to be a slow time at the library. It's hard to plan events when the weather so often interferes. Our weekly Preschool...
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Feb 27


2024: A Year to Remember
There's something new hanging on the library wall, just above my office door. Area resident Carol Saylor won First Prize in the "Events...
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Dec 27, 2024


Vicki Rock's 5-star reads of 2024
By guest blogger Vicki Rock Since 2024 is coming to an end, it’s time to look back on the books I’ve enjoyed most this year, listed in...
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Dec 12, 2024
Vicki Rock’s review of Karla’s Choice
“Karla's Choice: A John le Carré Novel,” by Nick Harkaway, Viking, 320 pages, Oct. 22, 2024. It is spring 1963 and George Smiley has left...
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Oct 22, 2024
Vicki Rock’s review of The Waiting
(Due to a technical issue, Vicki’s review this week is temporarily posted in the blog, where the Library Lady / webmaster can post from...
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Oct 16, 2024


We Love History!
If you like history, take a look at these resources you can access from home with your library card, if you have an internet connection!
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Jul 18, 2024


Summer Library Adventures
We hope you will join us for some summer library adventures!
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Jun 4, 2024


May. Maybe winter is finally gone!
It seems like Spring arrived here in fits and starts, with a few warm days followed by a return to colder weather. Now it's May. Maybe...
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May 9, 2024


A-PURRR-il Amnesty & the Cat's Meow
Great things are happening in April, like A-PURRR-il Amnesty (for lost/damaged books) & the Cat's Meow (for our town's 150th Anniversary.)
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Apr 4, 2024


Climb Aboard the MPL Express!
I wonder what the founders of our library, back in 1939, would think if they saw it today? There have certainly been many changes. Some...
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Mar 4, 2024


Celebrate! Celebrate!
Our Friends of the Library's Death by Chocolate fundraiser is always a festive and enjoyable event. This year's was especially lively. ...
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Feb 12, 2024


Celebrating 150 Years in 2024
This year, Meyersdale is 150 years old! People lived here before that, of course, but the actual Borough of Meyersdale was incorporated...
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Jan 12, 2024


Vicki Rock's 5-Star reads of 2023
This week, our Library Lady turns the library blog over to reviewer Vicki Rock, who shares her 5-Star Reads of 2023. Note that the book...
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Dec 18, 2023


Does it Look Different?
With the time change, we decided it was time for a change! We've done a bit of rearranging in the juvenile fiction section of our...
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Nov 9, 2023


Hexie and the Library Ladies
Yesterday I participated in one of the most unusual library programs I've been involved in. I found myself in Lower Turkeyfoot Township,...
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Oct 26, 2023


(More) Good Stuff Free!!
You've probably heard ads from the retailer whose tagline is Good Stuff Cheap! However, we can go one better: Good Stuff FREE!!!! The...
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Oct 10, 2023


Will They Still Come? An Archivist's Reflection:
Our library's Archivist, Jennifer Baer Hurl, shared this reflection at this month's Writers' Group session. I was impressed, and asked...
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Sep 19, 2023


Community Yard Sale: Free Listing Available
I was excited to hear about the return of the Community Yard Sale on August 19. I always thought that was a neat event, with people all...
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Aug 4, 2023
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