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BNML Groundbreaking
The Bent Northrop Memorial Library broke ground on a 4100 square foot building Monday, August 23rd. The Bent Northrop Memorial Library Building Committee, Board of Trustees, Librarian and community members helped turn the dirt in a groundbreaking ceremony heralding the beginning of construction for the new Bent Northrop Memorial Library.
Julie Wolcott, BNML board member, welcomed the community beginning with thanks to the Northrop sisters who left an endowment to build a public library in honor of their father, Bent Northrop. Connor Construction has been selected as the Construction Manager. Architect Mike Dugan has designed a wood frame building that blends with the surrounding community. The construction costs are paid for by the endowment and the project is scheduled to be completed in 2011.
Those that held the golden shovels included Ann Howrigan, representing her late husband Harold, who whispered into Consuelo Northrop Bailey’s ear regarding gifting funds to the Town of Fairfield for a municipal library; Virginia Howrigan, who represented her late husband Robert, who cultivated the relationship with the Northrop sisters; Tom Howrigan, who represented his father Francis, who kept his finger on the pulse of the endowments; and Barb Branon whose vision and work seamlessly merged the town and school libraries.
Book Club is Back
As we send our kids off to school and pack up the swimsuits for the year, mark your calendars for the return of Book Club!
Jessica and Charon have set us up for the next four months. I have interlibrary loaned several copies of Goodman’s Intuition – let me know if you want one!
The theme for the next few months is “prolific writers that might not have caught the group’s attention – with the thought if you like the book chosen you might read more of the particular author”
Allegra Goodman – Intuition
Set in an east coast bio lab – book deals with scientific ethics and interpersonal relationships. She is prolific. Her newest just came out called The Cookbook Collector – others are Katterskill Falls, The Family Markowitz, Paradise Road (or Valley) and some others.
Ruth L. Ozeki – My Year of Meats
This should catch the local-vore imagination big time – although it was written over 10 years ago. She is not particularly prolific. She has one other novel All Over Creation which also speaks to the whole corporate food issue, but she is young and probably will continue writing.
Margaret Drabble – The Waterfall
This is an old book but the neat thing about Drabble is that her female protagonists age as the author ages – so this one is about a young woman. She is very prolific and a wonderful writer.
Roddy Doyle – either A Star Called Henry or The Woman who Walked into Doors
Henry is the beginning of a trilogy about a boy who becomes an IRA gunman and finally leaves Ireland for America. The last book of this trilogy was just published this summer. The Woman is a stand alone book about a an abused woman which is very good – not too depressing because Doyle’s characters are too well rounded. Once again Doyle is a very prolific writer – he has another stand alone called Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha and another trilogy (all of which have been made into movies) – The Commitments, The Van, and the Snapper.
So…mark Thursday, September 9th at 6:30pm to discuss Allegra Goodman’s Intuition!
Summer Programming
Make a Splash at BNML!
Wednesday,
the 7th @ 2pm: Join the Mad Scientists of Vermont to check out the wave
modulator, learn how surface water can “stick”, and build your own
rescue diver! School Age Kids, Limit to 20, Please Register! Free!
Thursday,
the 8th @ 7pm: Join Edith Greene of Richford to talk about dowsing!
Edith will give a brief history of dowsing and then share some of her
stories! Free and open to the public; Held in the Chester Arthur Room
at the Fairfield Municipal Building.
Friday, the 9th @ 10am: Join
the youngest Fairfielders for a morning of fishing! We’ll read, do a
craft, and enjoy a small snack! Free!
Saturday, the 10th @ 10am:
Bring a T-Shirt, hat, towel, pillowcase or other 100% cotton item of
your choice to tie dye! Please Register! Free!
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Mahjong
Join us for Mahjong starting June 8th, 6:30 to 9 at the library – no experience necessary!
BNML Lecture Series
The BNML Lecture series takes place every second Thursday of the month at 7pm in the Chester Arthur Room of the Fairfield Municipal Building. All events are free and open to the public.
