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 Did you miss the video that we showed during the Library Centennial Town Fair this past Wednesday, or would you just like to see it again? We have DVDs available for purchase and for borrowing, and our good friend Martha Lardent, who directed and produced the video, has given us an edited version which you can watch right now on YouTube!
http://youtu.be/zucu2T0Epco
Our sincere THANKS! to everyone who made our Wednesday, “ June 22 2011 Centennial Town Fair Celebration possible, especially Library Director Andy Richmond and Library Trustee Ann Malpass, Volunteer Sarah Labadie and the Centennial Town Players, Historical Society Director Alex Herlihy, Rye Police Department, and the Friends and Board of Trustees of the Rye Public Library who baked pies, directed visitors, made signs, stood in the rain, booked our musicians and singers and magician and puppeteer, produced and directed Look! A Library!, directed traffic, painted faces, sang, played, served food. We estimate that at least 500 people came through our doors during the four hours of the Town Fair. Last but not least, THANKS! to all of YOU for coming and enjoying and making it such a success.
Come back soon, and stay tuned for news of another event in September, when we observe the 1911 dedication of the original building.
The Rye Public Library’s Board of Trustees meets the second Thursday of every month at 4:00 pm. Meetings take place in the Rye Public Library’s New Hampshire Room and are open to the public. Community members are encouraged to attend.
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Karen W. Oliver, Chair (2015)
Ann Malpass, Vice Chair (2014)
Brian Klinger, Treasurer(2014)
Phil Boynton, Secretary (2015)
Victor D. Azzi (2016)
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 Andrew Richmond, Director Andrew Richmond has been the Director of the Rye Public Library since November, 2009. He was most recently the Assistant Director of the Kelley Library in Salem, NH, and is the former Director of the Nichols Memorial Library in Kingston, NH. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Plymouth State University and a Master of Library Science degree from the University of Rhode Island. Andy has roots in the area’s visual arts community, and has tried his hand at writing, with a short story selected for, and published in, the Live Free or Undead collection . Andy lives in Portsmouth with his wife and daughter.
2012 Library Director’s Report Report is written in year indicated, reporting on previous year
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Tricia Quinn, Associate Director
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Juliette Doherty, Adult Services Assistant Librarian
Lisa Breton-Eaton, Technology Librarian
Shawna Healy, Adult Services Assistant Librarian
Gwen Putnam-Bailey, Adult Services Assistant Librarian
Pam Woods, Technical Services/Inter-Library Loan
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Lisa Houde, Head of Youth Services
Margaret Hutchins, Youth Services Assistant Librarian
Brenda Nolette, Youth Services Assistant Librarian
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Jim Chase
Are you a first-time visitor? New parent or grandparent? Need a biography that’s longer than 100 pages? Looking for feature films? Here are floor plans to help you find your way around!
The Lower Level features our Youth Department, with book, movies, music, and audiobooks for all ages. The Community Meeting Room and the restrooms are here, too.
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The Main Level features fiction and non-fiction, audiobooks on CD, movies, and quiet places to read and study.
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