Beginning Monday, March 18 Eclipse Glasses will be available for people 18 and over at all four Perry County PA library locations- Newport, Marysville, New Bloomfield, and Blain. In order to obtain a pair of free Eclipse Glasses you will pick up a quiz sheet and travel around the library to answer the eight eclipse trivia questions. The program will continue until the eclipse, or until all glasses are given out on a first come, first served basis.
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Changes to Interlibrary Loan, effective Jan. 11, 2024
Due to increased shipping costs, effective January 11, 2024, the Capital Area Library District member libraries, including Perry County libraries, will provide Interlibrary Loan (ILL) services using the Access Pennsylvania (Access PA) catalog to obtain the items you request. Items will no longer come from out of state libraries. District loans will continue to come from the catalogs of the three counties, as usual (Dauphin, Cumberland, and Perry).
LapSit Storytime for Kids under 3 at Newport
For children too young for preschool storytime, we offer a LapSit program every Thursday morning at 10AM. It is never too early to start a love of books and learning for your child.
Children’s Story Hour at Bloomfield
Beginning in October, Children’s Story Hour will take place weekly! October is SPACE month. Join us for a captivating month exploring books and resources about all things space at 10:30am on Oct. 4, 11, 18, and 25.
Preschool Storytime at Newport every Tuesday at 10 AM
Newport Public Library is excited to announce weekly pre-K Storytime programs for children ages 3-5. The programs will be held at the library on Tuesday mornings from 10 to 11. No registration needed.
Book Club at Newport Public Library
Join us for the Book Club that meets from 10 to 11:15 a.m. on the third Wednesday of each month at Newport Public Library. Everyone is welcome, whether you have read the book or not. Please join us for some great discussion and conversations. For more information, please contact Newport Library at 717-567-6860. April 17 is The Blue Orchard, by Jackson Taylor; May 15 is The Girl in the Wall, by Alex Sigmore; June 19 is Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi; July 17 is Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus; Augist 21 is The Housemaid, by Freida MCFadden; September 18 is When Jessamine Grows, by Donna Everhart.
Library Construction Crew at Newport- March 30
Newport Public Library Construction Crew will meet again on Sat., March 30 at 10 AM. We have lots of Lego fun every last Saturday of the month. We have the bricks and duplo sized, as well- we just need the kids. Ages 3 through tweens.
Vision Resources of Central PA Streaming Now
Free audio broadcast of news, information, entertainment, weekly grocery and pharmacy ads. Available at www.vrocp.org OR live on Alexa. Say “Alexa, enable Vision Resources Stream,” and then ask Alexa to play the Vision Resources Stream.
2024 Board Meetings at Newport
Meetings of the Newport Public Library Board of Trustees will be on Wed., Jan 17, Wed., Wed., Apr. 17, Wed., Aug. 28, and Wed., Oct. , all at the library at 6:30 PM.
PA Power Library and ACCESS PA
Please use the following links for access to the PA POWER Library:
Bloomfield Public Library patrons
Community Library of Western Perry County patrons
Marysville-Rye Library patrons
Newport Public Library patrons
This project is made possible in part by Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and through Library Access Funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Department of Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf, Governor.