Welcome!Due to current constraints caused by the pandemic, we have rolled back in our Phased Re-opening Plan.
The Chesley Memorial Library is in Phase Four of our Phased Reopening Plan. WHAT THIS MEANS:
You can read more about library appointment procedures at https://www.chesleylib.com/curbside-pickup.html Using The Library Online Catalog
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CURBSIDE SERVICES
We continue to offer access to an ebook/audio book digital library, various contact-free services, and virtual patron support. We encourage community members to continue to take advantage of these services. The library is prepared to move back to earlier service stages if we see the health, safety, and well-being of our staff members and community members would require this action. To provide services, we need to stay safe. TAKE AND MAKE CRAFTS
We are pleased to announce that we are able to provide Take&Make Crafts for our younger patrons. Call us at (603)942-5472 or email chesleylib@gmail.com if you would like to pick up a craft packet.
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Due to the constraints caused by the pandemic, please call for library service hours at
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Are you a new Northwood resident? If you've been living in Northwood but never took the time to join the Library now is the time. We are working hard to bring our community new and interesting materials and resources during this "STAY AT HOME" period of our lives. NEW PATRONS -
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The Chesley Memorial Library is very proud to announce that our application for a Conservation License Plate "Moose Plate" Grant from the Division of Historical Resources has been selected for funding. The grant of $6,491.00 will be used to restore the main entry way to the library.
To begin the restoration process, a French Drain was installed before the bad weather set in. The French drain will keep the water away from the sill beam so that it does not continue to deteriorate and also keep the water from seeping into the basement.
In the spring, the right-hand pilaster will be removed and an exact replica will replace the severely damaged one. Also in the spring, the front door will be removed so the inside of the door can be refinished to its original luster in a warm, dry environment. A new door opener will be added as well as a door sweep.
The Trustees and Library Director would like to thank all of its patrons who helped by sending letters of support. The sincerity of the support letters was noted in the approval process. We love our library, and especially our historical architecture, it is worth preserving.
Thank you to all of our patrons that have been so supportive during our national ordeal with CoVid-19. When we get back to normal, our library will be better than ever.
To begin the restoration process, a French Drain was installed before the bad weather set in. The French drain will keep the water away from the sill beam so that it does not continue to deteriorate and also keep the water from seeping into the basement.
In the spring, the right-hand pilaster will be removed and an exact replica will replace the severely damaged one. Also in the spring, the front door will be removed so the inside of the door can be refinished to its original luster in a warm, dry environment. A new door opener will be added as well as a door sweep.
The Trustees and Library Director would like to thank all of its patrons who helped by sending letters of support. The sincerity of the support letters was noted in the approval process. We love our library, and especially our historical architecture, it is worth preserving.
Thank you to all of our patrons that have been so supportive during our national ordeal with CoVid-19. When we get back to normal, our library will be better than ever.
Posted: December 1, 2020
Seasoned Times is a positive, colorful site and an informative, entertaining resource for older adults. There are lots of FREE materials provided, including printable puzzles and coloring projects.
Learn more... https://seasonedtimes.com
Learn more... https://seasonedtimes.com
Educational Resources click here!
Availability of ancestry.com (library edition) and HeritageQuest are provided by the Friends of the Library.
Ancestry.com (l,ibrary edition) can only be used from within the library (or by wifi in our parking lot).
Heritage Quest is available for you to use from home. A password is required to access this website.
Call us at 603-942-5472 for the required password. (Available to library patrons in good standing.)
Ancestry.com (l,ibrary edition) can only be used from within the library (or by wifi in our parking lot).
Heritage Quest is available for you to use from home. A password is required to access this website.
Call us at 603-942-5472 for the required password. (Available to library patrons in good standing.)
Been wanting to do some family research? Enjoy FREE Genealogy Talks in January
Ebsco links
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Granite State Home Educators
Granite State Home Educators is an all-volunteer, nonprofit homeschool support organization that serves New Hampshire families who choose to home educate their children.
GSHE has a robust website with resources to help prospective and current homeschoolers through their home ed journey. Our FAQ, Where to Begin, and Homeschool Methods pages are the ones many parents turn to first to get started.
Families can sign up for our free monthly e-newsletter at our website; here are past issues. Each one is packed with encouragement, educational and social opportunities, and relevant news.
We also have over a dozen videos that provide a summary of the (simple) requirements as well as several that go deeper into common questions and topics.
GSHE has several Facebook groups that empower families to plug in where they best fit.
Granite State Home Educators — Our primary group for supporting home educators around the state.
Granite State Home Educators Marketplace — Our group that brings together buyers and sellers of homeschool resources.
GSHE Unexpectedly Homeschooling — A group to support families dealing with remote learning and exploring educational options.
GSHE Homeschool Pod Connections — A group to help bring together families looking to form home-based learning communities such as homeschool pods and microschools.
GSHE Action — This is our group specifically GSHE has several Facebook groups that empower families to plug in where they best fit.
Granite State Home Educators — Our primary group for supporting home educators around the state.
Granite State Home Educators Marketplace — Our group that brings together buyers and sellers of homeschool resources.
GSHE Unexpectedly Homeschooling — A group to support families dealing with remote learning and exploring educational options.
GSHE Homeschool Pod Connections — A group to help bring together families looking to form home-based learning communities such as homeschool pods and microschools.
GSHE Action — This is our group specifically for tracking and discussing legislation related to home education.
Families Helping Families — Specifically for families who have children with special needs, not just for homeschoolers. for tracking and discussing legislation related to home education.
Families Helping Families — Specifically for families who have children with special needs, not just for homeschoolers.
Virtual Tours and Documentaries click here!
The NH State Library created a resource guide on researching your NH family history online from home:
https://www.nh.gov/nhsl/services/public/genealogy.html
Quick Links
The New Hampshire State Library is the first state library in America and was founded on January 25, 1717.
https://www.nh.gov/nhsl/services/public/genealogy.html
Quick Links
The New Hampshire State Library is the first state library in America and was founded on January 25, 1717.
Northwood Town Photo taken from Saddleback Mountain - University of New Hampshire Archives
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BORROW BOOKS FROM OTHER LIBRARIES.
through The ILL Service.
The library is taking requests for Inter-library loans (ILL).
This allows us to borrow books we may not have at the library for you to check out.
To request an ILL, simply email chesleylib@gmail.com with the subject ILL REQUEST or call us at 942-5472.
Please note that due to quarantine requirements, there will be a time lag between your original request and when you can actually pick your item up.
This allows us to borrow books we may not have at the library for you to check out.
To request an ILL, simply email chesleylib@gmail.com with the subject ILL REQUEST or call us at 942-5472.
Please note that due to quarantine requirements, there will be a time lag between your original request and when you can actually pick your item up.
The Chesley Memorial Library Board of Trustees will meet Friday, January 8,2021 at 9 am via Zoom.
Friday, January 8, 9:00am
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85394687025?pwd=dFNzNU1NODYwVXlxMjhSSW44U2o1UT09
Meeting ID: 853 9468 7025
Passcode: kUmWc3
For more information about the Library Trustees, click the Library Board of Trustees banner or click the button.
Friday, January 8, 9:00am
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85394687025?pwd=dFNzNU1NODYwVXlxMjhSSW44U2o1UT09
Meeting ID: 853 9468 7025
Passcode: kUmWc3
For more information about the Library Trustees, click the Library Board of Trustees banner or click the button.
The Friends of the Library will not meet in December. Next meeting January 19, 2021 at 6:30pm via Zoom.
For more information about the Friends, click the Friends of the Library banner or click the button.
For more information about the Friends, click the Friends of the Library banner or click the button.
Children's Book Bins
At some New Hampshire libraries, children are enthusiastically using rolling book bins that display books at their level so they can easily find books of interest.
The Chesley Memorial Library does not have the funds to purchase book bins so the Friends of the Northwood Libraries has organized a fundraiser for this purpose.
Each book bin will cost $515, donations of any size will help us reach our goal of providing 15 or more bins. As an added incentive, for each contribution of $100 or more we will place a brass plate on a book bin that the contributor can personalize with up to 3 lines of text. The Chesley Memorial Library has forms for those wishing to personalize a brass plate. All contributions to the Friends of the Northwood Libraries are fully tax deductible.
The Chesley Memorial Library does not have the funds to purchase book bins so the Friends of the Northwood Libraries has organized a fundraiser for this purpose.
Each book bin will cost $515, donations of any size will help us reach our goal of providing 15 or more bins. As an added incentive, for each contribution of $100 or more we will place a brass plate on a book bin that the contributor can personalize with up to 3 lines of text. The Chesley Memorial Library has forms for those wishing to personalize a brass plate. All contributions to the Friends of the Northwood Libraries are fully tax deductible.
BOOK DISCUSSION
AFTERNOON BOOK DISCUSSION
The Afternoon Book Discussion Group will meet on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at 2pm via Webex to discuss, "Ellie and the Harpmaker" by Hazel Prior
From Amazon: "Dan Hollis lives a happy, solitary life carving exquisite Celtic harps in his barn in the countryside of the English moors. Here he can be himself, away from social situations that he doesn’t always get right or completely understand.
On the anniversary of her beloved father’s death, Ellie Jacobs takes a walk in the woods and comes across Dan’s barn. She is enchanted by his collection. Dan gives her a harp made of cherrywood to match her cherry socks. He stores it for her, ready for whenever she’d like to take lessons.
Ellie begins visiting Dan almost daily and quickly learns that he isn’t like other people. He makes her sandwiches precisely cut into triangles and repeatedly counts the (seventeen) steps of the wooden staircase to the upstairs practice room. Ellie soon realizes Dan isn’t just different; in many ways, his world is better, and he gives her a fresh perspective on her own life."
The Afternoon Book Discussion Group will meet on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at 2pm via Webex to discuss, "Ellie and the Harpmaker" by Hazel Prior
From Amazon: "Dan Hollis lives a happy, solitary life carving exquisite Celtic harps in his barn in the countryside of the English moors. Here he can be himself, away from social situations that he doesn’t always get right or completely understand.
On the anniversary of her beloved father’s death, Ellie Jacobs takes a walk in the woods and comes across Dan’s barn. She is enchanted by his collection. Dan gives her a harp made of cherrywood to match her cherry socks. He stores it for her, ready for whenever she’d like to take lessons.
Ellie begins visiting Dan almost daily and quickly learns that he isn’t like other people. He makes her sandwiches precisely cut into triangles and repeatedly counts the (seventeen) steps of the wooden staircase to the upstairs practice room. Ellie soon realizes Dan isn’t just different; in many ways, his world is better, and he gives her a fresh perspective on her own life."
The Evening Book Discussion Group will meet on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 7pm via Webex to discuss "The View from Mary's Farm" by Edie Clark.
From back cover: "Not long ago, I met an old man at a wedding. He inquired where I lived and I told him I had bought Mary's farm up on top of Beech Hill. His rheumy eyes grew animated with recognition, oh, yes, he said, he had spent many a summer day on that farm. He especially remembered the lightning in this high place. "Does the phone still jump off the wall in a lightning storm?" he asked. I told him I'd never seen that happen. "Well," he went on, still clearly in the grip of these summer memories. "I can remember one storm, oh, it was a doozy. The cow was standing under the apple tree and a bolt came down and struck her. Dead as a mackerel!"
Most of our winter storms are northeasters, which last two or three days. My house, perched as it is atop a high hill, became like a ship at sea in a furious storm. For days, the dim light outside revealed only horizontal snow racing past the windows. The deafening sound of the wind - a cacophony of screaming, howling, whistling - kept me awake more than one night. During one storm, I watched in alarm as snow piled against the window pane like water rising. Daylight did not come through that window again for weeks.
This house has been here since 1792, a history even longer than our nation's. A young man who worked on the land here once uncovered a silver buckle in his digging. He polished it and framed it and gave it to Mary and she hung it on the wall in her kitchen. When I bought the farm, he came by and left me a brown bag full of pottery shards, buttons and glass chips, things he found here, things he felt should come back here.
The nights increase and we reach the balancing moment of the equinox, a time so poised, so perfectly aligned that some claim they can make eggs stand on end. I don't need to see eggs standing on end to know that the earth has come into a good place.
From back cover: "Not long ago, I met an old man at a wedding. He inquired where I lived and I told him I had bought Mary's farm up on top of Beech Hill. His rheumy eyes grew animated with recognition, oh, yes, he said, he had spent many a summer day on that farm. He especially remembered the lightning in this high place. "Does the phone still jump off the wall in a lightning storm?" he asked. I told him I'd never seen that happen. "Well," he went on, still clearly in the grip of these summer memories. "I can remember one storm, oh, it was a doozy. The cow was standing under the apple tree and a bolt came down and struck her. Dead as a mackerel!"
Most of our winter storms are northeasters, which last two or three days. My house, perched as it is atop a high hill, became like a ship at sea in a furious storm. For days, the dim light outside revealed only horizontal snow racing past the windows. The deafening sound of the wind - a cacophony of screaming, howling, whistling - kept me awake more than one night. During one storm, I watched in alarm as snow piled against the window pane like water rising. Daylight did not come through that window again for weeks.
This house has been here since 1792, a history even longer than our nation's. A young man who worked on the land here once uncovered a silver buckle in his digging. He polished it and framed it and gave it to Mary and she hung it on the wall in her kitchen. When I bought the farm, he came by and left me a brown bag full of pottery shards, buttons and glass chips, things he found here, things he felt should come back here.
The nights increase and we reach the balancing moment of the equinox, a time so poised, so perfectly aligned that some claim they can make eggs stand on end. I don't need to see eggs standing on end to know that the earth has come into a good place.
Molly's Girl Scout Gold Award Project
Meet Molly Ewing, a Senior at Coe Brown and a Girl Scout Ambassador.
"For my Girl Scout Gold Award project I wanted to focus on local New Hampshire non-profits that are helping the communities thrive everyday. My podcast series focuses on spreading awareness through the community about these non-profit organizations. Each episode I interview representatives from that organization to learn about how they are helping the community, the challenges they face and the funding aspects of the organization."
Molly's Podcasts:
"For my Girl Scout Gold Award project I wanted to focus on local New Hampshire non-profits that are helping the communities thrive everyday. My podcast series focuses on spreading awareness through the community about these non-profit organizations. Each episode I interview representatives from that organization to learn about how they are helping the community, the challenges they face and the funding aspects of the organization."
Molly's Podcasts:
- Seacoast Mental Health Podcast- https://soundcloud.com/user-494212033/smhc-podcast
- Richie McFarland Children's Center Podcast- https://soundcloud.com/user-494212033/richie-mcfarland-childrens-center-podcast
- Haven NH Podcast- https://soundcloud.com/user-494212033/haven-podcast
- CASA NH Podcast- https://soundcloud.com/user-494212033/casa-podcast
- Southern New Hampshire Services Podcast- https://soundcloud.com/user-494212033/southern-new-hampshire-services-podcast
STORY WALK®
The books are in for the families that participated in our StoryWalk® ! Our director has made phone calls to those families to arrange a curbside pickup time so you can get your free books.
Chesley Memorial Library’s very first StoryWalk® was a success! Participants read “Bear Says Thanks” as they made their way from one reading station to another. The Storywalk® was held at the Route 4 Northwood Recreation Fields on Saturday, November 14. Children and their families were be able to enjoy the fresh air outside with an invigorating combination of exercise and reading to promote health and literacy. The reading stations were far apart enough to follow social distancing guidelines and masks were available if needed. There was no cost to attend and participating families will receive a book that they can pick up at the library.
“Bear Says Thanks” by Karma Wilson (illustrated by Jane Chapman) will set the mood for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday! Bear, all alone and bored in his cave, decides to hold a feast but his cupboards are empty. His friends arrive with food and remind him that although he may not have any food, he has stories to share and they are all thankful.
The StoryWalk Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, Vermont, and developed in collaboration with the Vermont Bicycle & Pedestrian Coalition and the Kellogg Hubbard Library. The Chesley Memorial Library is able to offer the StoryWalk® program through a recurring grant from the Robert C. Grano Charitable Fund to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his father’s immigration to the United States on October 28, 1920. The StoryWalk® is the first program held as part of the “Joseph Grano Children’s Initiative” to promote exploration of the natural world, music, art, diverse cultures, adventure travel, and craftsmanship.
“Bear Says Thanks” by Karma Wilson (illustrated by Jane Chapman) will set the mood for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday! Bear, all alone and bored in his cave, decides to hold a feast but his cupboards are empty. His friends arrive with food and remind him that although he may not have any food, he has stories to share and they are all thankful.
The StoryWalk Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, Vermont, and developed in collaboration with the Vermont Bicycle & Pedestrian Coalition and the Kellogg Hubbard Library. The Chesley Memorial Library is able to offer the StoryWalk® program through a recurring grant from the Robert C. Grano Charitable Fund to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his father’s immigration to the United States on October 28, 1920. The StoryWalk® is the first program held as part of the “Joseph Grano Children’s Initiative” to promote exploration of the natural world, music, art, diverse cultures, adventure travel, and craftsmanship.
1000 Books - DRIVE UP CELEBRATION Chesley Memorial Library
October 24, 2020
Chesley Memorial Library Drive Up Celebration!
We acknowledged our young readers who completed the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program and those participants entering Kindergarten by awarding each child with certificates and awards recognizing their successful completion of this wonderful Reading program.
Congratulations to:
Paisley D.
Lyla G.
Tate H.
Michael K.
Langston M.
Paisley O.
Christopher S.
Colin S.
Eliza S.
Hope W.
Thank You to everyone who made each child's efforts successful!
We acknowledged our young readers who completed the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program and those participants entering Kindergarten by awarding each child with certificates and awards recognizing their successful completion of this wonderful Reading program.
Congratulations to:
Paisley D.
Lyla G.
Tate H.
Michael K.
Langston M.
Paisley O.
Christopher S.
Colin S.
Eliza S.
Hope W.
Thank You to everyone who made each child's efforts successful!
Northwood Fun Facts
Facts garnered from olde official Northwood Town Reports
For example...
in 1894
The town has 8 hogs.
The town has 336 cows.
The library collected $98.00 in fines.
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in 1894
The town has 8 hogs.
The town has 336 cows.
The library collected $98.00 in fines.
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