Monthly Archives: September 2017

Finished!

The new stack lights are installed and they look terrific.  Drop by and see for yourself! The installation  was done  by Consolidates Electrical Distributors of Gilford.  Many heartfelt thanks to Annette Nichols, The CH Energy Cte, the Board of Selectmen … Continue reading

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Library closed

Nichols Library is closed Monday, September 18 thru Saturday, September 23 for lighting renovations.  Services resume on Monday, September 25.            

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Book delivery!

Just ahead of our week-long closing, we received a big box from the Men in Brown containing 12 new releases.  Among the items within:  Column of Fire, Ken Follett’s  continuation of his “Pillars of the Earth series; a new installment … Continue reading

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Ove-Man

Fredrik Backman, author of book group favorite A Man Called Ove, is back with a new story, Beartown.  The titular community is a small town in decline. But their junior ice hockey team is about to compete in the national … Continue reading

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(Reading) Room with a view

Here is the post-landscaping panorama from the library’s front reading room.

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New old look

With help from Stephens Landscaping, we took out two overgrown flowering trees and beds, restoring the library to it’s original look.   

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Renovation week, 9/19-23

The Nichols Library will be closed the week of September 18-23 for lighting renovations and repairs.   Due dates will be extended and borrowing limits suspended to accommodate for the closing.  We will be back in business and well-lit for … Continue reading

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Forbidden fruit

“Mrs. Fletcher” by Tom Perrotta might be “the sweetest and most charming (NYT)” story about bending sexual norms that you might ever read.  Eve Fletcher is a divorce leading an all-too-placid life.  To shake things up, she takes a night … Continue reading

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Labor Day Closing

The Nichols Library will be closed on Monday, September 4th in commemoration of Labor Day.   We will be back for our regular hours on Tuesday, September 5th from 10am-1pm.   Looking ahead, the library will also be closed the … Continue reading

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Just In: mystery and suspense

Robert Ryan‘s final two Dr John Watson mysteries are in at the Nichols Library.  Our readers are taking to these with great enthusiasm.  A Study in Murder finds Watson in a German POW camp, where the death of a prisoner seems … Continue reading

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