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A Year at the Libraries: ‘What’s a blog?’ and other questions on social media
Yesterday, Brittany Wilson manned the NewsVroom and drove us down to to Paul Smith Library of Southern York County for a session on social media. York Daily Record/Sunday News social media coordinator...
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Paul Smith Library offers ‘blind date’ books
Paul Smith Library is offering “A Blind Date With A Book” for Valentine’s Day. When I was at Paul Smith Library on Monday for our NewsVroom program, I noticed a display in the library entrance that...
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Shrewsbury author Kevin Buck to sign books at Paul Smith Library
Catch Shrewsbury author Kevin Buck as he speaks on and signs copies of “Looking for Miss Crabtree and Other Confessions of a Gravehunter” at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 23 at Paul Smith Library of Southern York...
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Shrewsbury author Jessica Buck to visit Paul Smith Library
Shrewsbury author Jessica Buck will discuss her novel “The Departure” at 10:30 a.m. April 6 at Paul Smith Library of Southern York County. “The Departure” imagines a futuristic society where terminal...
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Donated unwanted books to York-area sales
Clear out those shelves and donated unwanted books. (Photo via Flickr user CarbonNYC) If you’re doing a little spring cleaning and wondering where to drop off gently used books, you’re in luck: Several...
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Carlisle author Andrea Adams to share expertise with Paul Smith Library
Here’s a story I bet plenty of women can relate to — a woman, searching for love, allows her family to set up a blind date that doesn’t go exactly as planned. It’s the premise for “The Key,” a 2011...
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York County Libraries announces upcoming Money School, mini-camp dates
Families with high school students might already be familiar with York County Libraries’ Money School. The three-hour workshops began in early 2012 to educate students (and parents!) on the...
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York County Libraries launches ‘A Book That Shaped Me’ writing contest
Anthony Fredericks, professor of education at York College and children’s author, acts out a story with fourth- and fifth-grade students at Alexander D. Goode Elementary School. The students helped...
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This week: Animals That Dig with York County Parks naturalist Kelsey Frey
A millipede is just one example of an animal that digs. (Submitted by Kelsey Frey) Why do animals dig? “Finding food, hibernation, escaping predators…” Kelsey Frey, a naturalist with York County Parks,...
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Shrewsbury author Kevin Buck to speak at Paul Smith Library June 29
Curious about pop culture icons of yesteryear? Swing by Paul Smith Library of Southern York County at 10:30 a.m. June 29 to hear Shrewsbury author Kevin Buck present on his book, “Looking for Miss...
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This week: Explore garden plots with Paul Smith Library
Directions to find each of the 30 Garden Plots can be found in the Gardener’s Journal. York County Libraries’ summer reading club isn’t just about books — it’s also about exploring the outdoors. This...
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‘Rail Trail Kitten’ set on York County Heritage Rail Trail
Donna Ferguson and her husband walk on the York County Heritage Rail Trail every day when the weather is good. For a while, just south of her home in York Township, Ferguson met up with a friend, as...
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This week: Read to the dogs at Red Land, Guthrie
Scarlett Garman, then 8, of Spring Grove lays with Annie as she reads aloud to the dog during the Tales for Tails therapy dog program at Glatfelter Memorial Library in Spring Grove in 2012. (FILE...
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Paul Smith Library, Cara Achterberg to host ‘The Happiness Project’ book...
Sometimes I let minor things ruin an otherwise perfectly good day: Exploding my tomato soup in the microwave or accidentally spilling an entire box of orzo, for example. (Yes, I’m a klutz in the...
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Springfield Twp. author Joan Higgs writes memoir on stillbirth, sudden loss
December will mark six years since Joan Higgs lost her granddaughter to stillbirth, just 12 days before she was due. “There was no warning,” said the Springfield Township resident. “It was such a shock...
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Paul Smith Library’s Year of the Book Gala to honor 26 local authors
Several participants in Paul Smith Library of Southern York County’s Year of Book show off their published books. From left, Kevin Buck of Shrewsbury, Laura Rudacille of Red Lion, Judy Wolfman of York,...
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Year of the Book seeks new authors in York area
(Courtesy of stock.xchng user christgr) Do you have a story to be told? That’s the question that Demi Stevens wants to ask of folks in the York area. Through the Year of the Book program at Paul Smith...
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Stewartstown author David Garland releases collection of short stories, ‘Bear...
Imagine 17 stories, 318 pages, about a cranky old guy who is camera shy and suffers from stage fright. That’s how Stewartstown writer David Garland describes his collection of short stories, “Bear...
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Meet Paul Smith Library’s new director, Megan Good Carrington
With Demi Stevens’ departure at the end of last year to focus on the Year of the Book, Paul Smith Library of Southern York County this month welcomes a new director, Megan Good Carrington. If you see...
View ArticlePaul Smith Library in Shrewsbury schedules writer’s retreat
Paul Smith Library of Southern York County will hold a “Year of the Book” writer’s retreat for children’s book authors, according to a news release. The hands-on workshop will be Feb. 22 and 23 at the...
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