Upcoming Events
SCARECROW CONTEST -Thanks goes to our volunteers, Vienna and Nancy for helping us create such a handsome scarecrow.
The library will enter the Friends of Northwood Recreation Annual Scarecrow Contest with the library’s new scarecrow. We will be displaying our scarecrow outside the library. The Friends of Northwood Recreation will announce the winner on October 13. 
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Don’t miss the Story Time fun with Chesley Memorial Library Assistant Annette Blake on Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. Preschoolers of all ages can listen to a story and make a craft. Registration is encouraged but new participants are always welcome at any time. Please call the library at 942-5472 for more information.
UKULELE BEGINNERS
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WRITERS IN AUTUMN - Tuesdays from 2:00 to 3:30 pm
Local writers — whether beginner, much published, or somewhere in between — are invited to a free weekly writers’ workshop on Tuesdays from 2:00 to 3:30 pm at the Chesley Memorial Library. Sessions include group critique, writing exercises, and craft discussion. Some participants may want to come early or stay late for some quiet writing time. All genres welcome. Get some writing done this fall, learn from each other, and have some fun, too! Local writers will take turns leading the group sessions. 
ONE-ON-ONE GENEALOGY SESSIONSTrying to learn more about your family history? Join local amateur genealogist Nancy Borman at the Chesley Memorial Library for one-on-one genealogy sessions (beginning-level instruction) using Ancestry Library Edition, Heritage Quest, and other sources. Please email Nancy at nancy.genealogy7@gmail.com to schedule your one-hour session at a mutually convenient time. If you do not have email, you can call the library at 942-5472 and we will forward your contact information to Nancy. Ancestry Library Edition and Heritage Quest are both sponsored by the Friends of the Northwood Libraries.
Notary services available at the Chesley Memorial LibraryAs a courtesy to our patrons, the library offers free notary service. It is recommended that patrons seeking notary service call the library prior to their visit to ensure that a notary is available at that time.
KNITTING/CROCHETING
Do you want to learn how to knit or crochet? Do you need help with knitting or crocheting projects? Local artisan Norma Heroux will provide free lessons at the Chesley Memorial Library on Thursdays from 5:00-7:00 p.m.
No registration required, but we do suggest that you call ahead (942-5472) for availability. BOSTON MUSEUM PASSESThey are here at last! The library now has passes to the Boston Museum of Science and the Boston Children’s Museum thanks to help from the Friends of the Northwood Libraries. The library also has passes for: Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Children’s Museum of NH (expires July 31), and Seacoast Science Center (expires July 31.) Each pass works a little differently so call the library at 942-5472 for updated information regarding passes. We can also provide you with information on when to visit the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester for free admission.
Fall is a great time to visit one of the Boston museums! The library has passes to the Boston Museum of Science and the Boston Children’s Museum thanks to help from the Friends of the Northwood Libraries. The library also has passes for: Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Each pass works a little differently so call the library at 942-5472 for updated information regarding passes. We can also provide you with information on when to visit the Currier Museum in Manchester. 
The Chesley Memorial Library Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting on Friday, October 12,
at 10:15 am. 
The Friends of the Northwood Libraries will meet at the library on Monday, October 22, at 6:45 p.m.
Would you like to join the Friends of the Northwood Libraries? By joining, you are showing the community that you feel the library is an important institution in the Northwood community. You can help support the libraries by participating in fundraising activities and volunteering your services. The Friends support, improve, and promote the Chesley Memorial Library.
CANDIDATES NIGHTThe winners of the Democratic and Republican primaries are set to face off in the general election on November 6. They will get a chance to ask for support and participate in a question-and-answer session with voters at the Northwood Town Hall on Thursday, October 18, at 7:00 p.m. Northwood will choose state representatives in Rockingham District 1 (Northwood only) and District 32 (Candia, Deerfield, Northwood, and Nottingham.) The state senator for District 17 and the executive councilor for District 4 will also be elected. Candidates Night is sponsored by the Friends of the Northwood Libraries and the Harvey Lake Women’s Club.
LEGOS, MAGFORMERS and BRAINFLAKES!Just ask us to bring them out if you'd like to play with them this fall.
We've gone social! Check us out on Facebook and Twitter.
We now have open access to a genealogy website! ancestrylibrary.com
“Where did previous generations come from? How did they live? What did they fight for? And how did their lives affect yours? Historical records and photos hold so many answers about the fascinating people in history. Ancestry Library Edition puts them at your fingertips, enabling both research and inviting critical thinking. Ancestry Library Edition provides access to billions of historical documents, millions of historical photos, plus local narratives, oral histories, indexes and other resources in over 30,000 databases that span from the 1500s to the 2000s.”
The Chesley Memorial Library now has access to Ancestry Library Edition thanks to the Friends of the Northwood Libraries! Stop in and use one of our public access computers to start your genealogy search today. Book Discussions
Afternoons or evenings… the choice is yours! Afternoon Book Club
The Afternoon Book Discussion Group will meet at the library on Wednesday, October 3, at 2:00 p.m. to discuss If A Place Can Make You Cry by Daniel Gordis.
From Amazon: “In the summer of 1998, Daniel Gordis and his family moved to Israel from Los Angeles. They planned to be there for a year, during which time Daniel would be a Fellow at the Mandel Institute in Jerusalem. This was a euphoric time in Israel. The economy was booming, and peace seemed virtually guaranteed. A few months into their stay, Gordis and his wife decided to remain in Israel permanently, confident that their children would be among the first generation of Israelis to grow up in peace. Immediately after arriving in Israel, Daniel had started sending out e-mails about his and his family’s life to friends and family abroad. These missives—passionate, thoughtful, beautifully written, and informative—began reaching a much broader readership than he’d ever envisioned, eventually being excerpted in The New York Times Magazine to much acclaim. An edited and finely crafted collection of his original e-mails, If a Place Can Make You Cry is a first-person, immediate account of Israel’s post-Oslo meltdown that cuts through the rhetoric and stridency of most dispatches from that country or from the international media.” Books we have read for our afternoon group:\ pinterest.com/chesleylibrary/afternoon-book-discussion/ Evening Book ClubThe Evening Book Discussion Group will meet at the library on Wednesday, October 24, at 7:00 p.m. to discuss American Fire by Monica Hesse.
From Amazon: “The arsons started on a cold November midnight and didn’t stop for months. Night after night, the people of Accomack County waited to see which building would burn down next, regarding each other at first with compassion, and later suspicion. Vigilante groups sprang up, patrolling the rural Virginia coast with cameras and camouflage. Volunteer firefighters slept at their stations. The arsonist seemed to target abandoned buildings, but local police were stretched too thin to surveil them all. Accomack was desolate—there were hundreds of abandoned buildings. And by the dozen they were burning. Monica Hesse spent years investigating the story, emerging with breathtaking portraits of the arsonists—troubled addict Charlie Smith and his girlfriend, Tonya Bundick. Tracing the shift in their relationship from true love to crime spree, Hesse also conjures the once-thriving coastal community, decimated by a punishing economy and increasingly suspicious of their neighbors as the culprits remained at large. Weaving the story into the history of arson in the United States, the critically acclaimed American Fire re-creates the anguished nights this quiet county lit up in flames, evoking a microcosm of rural America—a land half-gutted before the fires began.” Books that we have read for our evening book group over the last 10 years are listed on Pinterest! 
Important: OverDrive
Libby/OverDrive (The New Hampshire Downloadable Books Consortium) requires a PIN number to access your account.
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Our 1000 Books before kindergarten readers in 2018!
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Magazines at the Northwood Library
There's more than books at Chesley Memorial, Northwood's Public Library, we carry a wide range of magazines (Read them while at the library or take them home to enjoy at your leisure).
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Yes, we are a free WiFi spot.
The public WiFi is always on for your convenience.
Spend family time at the library. Get involved.
You and your children can learn a lot of things together! Like how to make a magnetic Ferris Wheel with our magnetic Magformers.
You and your children can learn a lot of things together! Like how to make a magnetic Ferris Wheel with our magnetic Magformers.
New! Check out our Pinterest picks at pinterest.com/chesleylibrary/
(NOTE: If you're new to Pinterest, you will have to set up your own account to view all the categories available.) 
Northwood Fun Facts!
In 1897 - The cost of tuition is $8.75 for 3 students to Coe’s Northwood Academy. The library had 409 books 1898 - Did you know that in 1898 click here for more fun facts! |
Heritage Quest is also available for you to use from home or in the library.
http://www.heritagequestonline.com Sign in with Username: 0JFWCK9QG2 (The first character is a zero.) and a Password: welcome 
Jim Ennis and friend 1930's
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