Check out our new circulation policy…NO Fines! Overdue materials can affect your borrowing privileges and lost items will still come with a replacement cost but no more worries about fines. If you have overdue items…return them to the library or in the outside return box stress free!

Dec 2014 Library Newsletter Check out our December 2014 Newsletter and see what is happening at your library. Sign up for one of our new programs beginning in January!

Yes…we are OPEN again! Come in and check out our new carpet!

Starting Dec 1st…NEW HOURS to better serve you!

We are open the same days but morning hours are back on Tuesdays.

Tuesday:  10 am to 6 pm

Thursday: 12 pm to 7 pm

Friday: 1 pm to 5 pm

Saturday: 9 am to 12 pm

We will be CLOSED starting Monday 27 October for approximately two weeks for renovations.
Maximum checkout limits have been increased and there will be NO overdue notices or fines during this period.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience as we make your library an even nicer place to visit!

Read about the wonderful Rural Libraries Sponsorship that came to Allenstown Monday, Oct 6th:

http://clifonline.org/clif-spotlight-power-lunch-with-a-real-alive-storyteller/

Duncan McDougall (CLiF), Deborah Gadwah-Lambert (Public Library Director)

Michele Gravelle (Sponsor), Dana Crowell (School Librarian)

The Allenstown Public Library Trustees will be meeting at the library for their September meeting Thursday, September 18th at 5:30 p.m.

29 attended our End of the Summer Reading Program Ice Cream Social on Saturday 8/16. All the prizes were drawn with Abigail Duchesne being the big winner of the Kindle Fire.

Congratulations to all the great readers this summer!

On August 9, 2014, the Allenstown Library bid farewell to our director, Dr. Amber Cushing.  Amber accepted a fantastic opportunity to relocate to Ireland and put her PHD to work as a professor in Dublin.  Amber made many positive additions to the Library and our programs.  We wish Amber all the best in her new position.

On August 14, 2014, after a careful search for just the right candidate, the Trustees hired Deborah (Debbi) Gadwah-Lambert as our new Library Director.  Debbi is a native of Colebrook, NH and  has been the Public Library Director at a  small historical library very similar to ours for the past eleven years in Canaan, VT. For the last two years, she has also been the Media Specialist and Teaching Librarian at Canaan’s K-12 School. She attended college at Granite State College and Drexel University. She is a Past President of the Vermont Library Association and contributing member to the Vermont Early Literacy Initiative. She recently relocated with her daughter to Concord, NH .  “I am very happy to be selected as your new library director,” Debbi says, “and I look forward to working with the Allenstown Public Library’s board, staff and community members to keep the library relevant and effective for the people of Allenstown.”

The Board of Trustees wishes to welcome Debbi to our staff.  We invite patrons to come in and say hello.

On August 12, children were entertained by Lindsay and her puppet pals.  She told stories and jokes and a fun time was had by all.