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Sat 26 Apr

SHRED IT!

8:00 AM
Plymouth Public Library
Plymouth, MA
Sat 26 Apr

Friends of the Library Book Sale!!

8:00 AM
Townsend Public Library
Townsend, MA
Sat 26 Apr

Local Author Book Fair

8:00 AM
Townsend Public Library
Townsend, MA
Sat 26 Apr

A Safe Place's 26th Annual Clothes Line Project

8:30 AM
Nantucket Atheneum
Nantucket, MA
Sat 26 Apr

Drop-in Craft

9:00 AM
Hudson Public Library
Hudson, MA
Sat 26 Apr

Big Blue Blocks

9:00 AM
Wellesley Free Library
Wellesley, MA

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Happy #FortifyingFriday! In today's blog post, MBLC Library Advisory Specialist Al Hayden takes a look at how to write and establish #LibraryPolicies to keep children and youth safe in your #LibraryBuilding. You can read the entire blog installment at : 🔗tinyurl.com/mblc-fyl

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🎉👏 Congratulations, on the grand opening of your newly renovated public library, Melrose!  The Melrose Public Library project renovated the existing historic Carnegie building and replaced the outdated 1960s addition with a new addition and entrance to improve the library’s accessibility. 
The existing library was decarbonized, making it an all-electric building! 

🔗To read more about the Melrose's new library, visit the link in bio or tinyurl.com/melrose-pl

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📷Photo Credit: Friends of Melrose Public Library

🖼️Photo Description: A group of people, including MBLC Commissioner Jessica Vilas Novas (third from left) stand outside the Melrose Public Library to cut a ceremonial red ribbon. The building has large glass windows and the text "MELROSE PUBLIC LIBRARY" on top.
🗨️"Our libraries and library professionals are keystones of our communities, fostering minds and offering a range of services to individuals regardless of background or status. We must continue to lift them up, especially this National Library Week, and demand that Trump and DOGE do not gut support for these vital institutions." - Senator Cory Booker

🔗 View source or read more at https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1ARP1raCPi/ or the link bio!

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📰 Published today: "The assault on libraries must end. Protect libraries so everyone has access to knowledge and opportunity" by Boston Public Library President David Leonard.

🔗You can read more of David Leonard's opinion piece from the Boston Globe at tinyurl.com/bg-leonard or the link in bio!

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📰 MBLC Commissioner Karen Traub: "What to do when tax dollars fund millionaire golf games instead of libraries"

🔗You can read and share Commissioner Traub's Greenfield Recorder letter at tinyurl.com/imls-traub or the link in bio!

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