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Thank you to Gup Knox, Library Truste...
The Langdon Library would like to extend profound gratitude to Granville “Gup” Knox for service to the library in the last few years, and for going above and beyond as Treasurer of the Board of Trustees to plan and facilitate the building’s repair and addition project. During Gup’s years of service as Treasurer he managed […]
2017
Another Record-Breaking Year at the Langdon Public Library The library saw major increases in every area of use this year. We broke our all-time record for checkouts again, for the second year in a row. Last year we broke the 2013 record by 184 visits (1 %) and this year we broke last year’s record […]
Winter Warm-Up
Thank you to everyone (almost 90 of you!) who came to our 125th birthday celebration. We decided not to wait another 125 years to have a great party! We hope to start an annual December evening of drinks, desserts and snacks. All ages welcome. Miss Amy will show The Polar Express and serve hot chocolate […]
Home Movies of Louis de Rochemont
Join us for a film starting at 6, light refreshment and discussion afterward. Keene State College houses the personal film archive of the Academy award winning producer Louis de Rochemont (1899-1978). The archive includes 500 reels of film from the producer’s work on some of his feature length productions, film elements from The March of […]
125th Library Birthday Trivia
When was the Langdon Library originally built? Who donated 2,000 books in 1890, financed an addition in 1913, and left $10,000 to the library after his death? What is the name of the ghost/spirit said to live in the Langdon Library attic? Which Newington resident constructed the airplane models displayed above the Adult Fiction shelves? What is the website for the library? How much does it cost for a Newington resident to get a library card? Which current library employee has worked here more than 15 years? How many Langdon Library trustees are there? Who is the granite bench located in front of the library dedicated to? What was this year’s nationwide summer reading theme? […]
Summer 2017
What a whirlwind summer! Just when we would usually wind down after the Summer Reading program, people from all over flocked to Newington, as one of the few libraries in the state who had solar eclipse glasses! We had 920 visits to the library already this month, and 108 phone calls making this our busiest […]
Thank you to Steve Bush, Library Boar...
On behalf of the Langdon Library I would like to extend profound gratitude for the service Steve Bush has donated to the library and the town of Newington in the last six years on the Board of Trustees, as an alternate, vice chair, and Chair. Steve was an integral part of the team that successfully […]
Thank you Newington for a Successful ...
Hello Newington! What a summer of big happenings at the library! We learned to ballroom dance with Peggi Morrow, marveled at Bob Riordan* magically turning a cloth into an umbrella, identified local animal tracks and insects with Kaytee Hojnacki, ate and planted strawberries with Kiska Alexandropoulos. We also watched caterpillars turn into painted lady butterflies, […]
What Newington is Reading
Hello Newington! One of the things we wanted to do with the new website design was make it easier to spotlight the books that Newington particularly loves. So, on this blog, I will frequently publish links to lists of books in our catalog that many of our patrons have told us are “great reads.” This […]
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