FLOCKED!!

The Flamingos are coming!!  and they came to the Library!  The PTO is holding a "flocking" fundraiser.  They will be in your yard for 24 hours!  For a $20 donation to the Brookfield Elementary School you or your friends can be flocked too!  For more information call Jenn Grybowski 508 637 1034 or j_grybowski@yahoo.com

May Silent Auction

These are some of the items on display for bids during the Friends of the Library's Annual Silent Auction.  This fundraiser helps fund the summer reading program!  Thank you for your generosity!

Roger Lafluer handcrafted this bowl from 100-year-old apple tree from Elm Hill Farm.

There are many more items not shown here included Patsy Brown's sturdy shopping and book bags!

College MatchMaker

http://www.edutrek.com/

At EduTrek.com, we work hard to gather information on every American school including career-oriented trade and technical schools (also certification programs and other not-so-well-known schools), so that every student can find the right school for them.

It’s a free site to use. Prospective students can search the database for schools by state, degree, and subject. We also offer a free matching service where prospective students can fill out some basic information about themselves and what they are interested in. The matching engine will take that information and return with a list of schools that match their needs. Using the matching service, kids can also sort and filter through schools based on whatever criteria they choose.

We have added this link to our side bar for ease of use!

Story time Brookfield Police Station visit!

 The Brookfield Police Department welcomes the library Ms. Coro music time families for the Annual Open House, Wednesday, May 15, at 11:30 a.m.

Banister Book Group with local author Jeffrey Fiske, Tuesday, May 28 at 7:00 p.m.

BANISTER BOOK GROUP, New Title!

Tuesday, May 28, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Bathsheba Spooner,  by local author Jeffrey Fiske.  Meet local author Jeffrey Fiske for a book signing and discussion on one of Brookfield’s most notorious murders.  “The book Bathsheba Spooner is a historical novel based on actual events. Events so irrational that writers, both of fiction and non-fiction, seem compelled to assign guilt to, or excuse the guilt of, the chief participants.” Jeffrey Fiske

Bathsheba Spooner is available for purchase at the library for $13.00, checks may be made out to Jeffrey Fiske.

No Parking on Common Street, Friday, May 10, 2013

Due to a Memorial Event for William (Billy) Knight on the Common and Mall, Common Street will be closed to traffic on Friday, May 10, 2013.  Cpl, Knight was listed as Missing in Action in North Korea on December 6, 1950.  After the was ended and prisoners from the North Korean Armies and the United Nations were exchanged, Billy Knight was listed as Killed in Action.  His remains were found in North Korea in 2002 after DNA matches from his brothers and dental records.  "Brookfield citizens should be proud of this young, 20 year old soldier and hero who sacrificed all so nearly 30 million South Korean allies are free today." (Robert Wilder)

More information is available at the library.

Lawyer for a night! Tuesday, May 7, 6:00p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Attorney James Hoffey will be available tonight for free civil consultations from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Brookfield Heritage Day, May 4, 2013

Photographs in this post courtesy Andrea Faugno.

Massachusetts 15th Infantry

Kermit and Jeanne Eaton are presented with a commemorative  platter, presented by the Brookfield Historical Commission's, Ron Couture with Lois O'Leary, Don Clowes.

Free cooking magazines available

A nice array of cooking magazines was recently donated and are available free to our patrons.

Sugar Shack

David Wilson displayed and shared his latest painting with patrons of the library.  Thanks David!

Brookfield battles bully behavior with Family Dinner nights!

BROOKFIELD COMMUNITY CLUB:  Thursday, April 25, 6:00  to 7:00 p.m. The Police and Library staff invite students, parents and grandparents,  to attend Family Dinner at the library. Food is  provided by Uncle Sam’s Pizza of East Brookfield.  We are hosting an open forum to discuss bullying in school or in the community. This free event is funded by the Brookfield Community Club. 

Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m. Ms. Renee Coro!

Pre-school Music Therapy for pre-school children on Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m. is free for all ages, free snacks are provided.  This program has been generously funded by the Friends of the Library.

Lawyer for a night!

Tuesday, April 2, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Lawyer for a Night!  This new free program is scheduled for the first Tuesday of every month and organized by James Hoffey, Counselor at Law.  Brookfield residents seeking civil legal advice or having questions on specific situations are welcome to attend. Information is available on free public access to legal materials in the Worcester Law Library and other Trial Court Law Libraries.

Banister Book Discussion

Tuesday, April 30, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  Map of True Places by Brunonia Barry.

“Like her hit debut, The Lace Reader (2008), Barry’s second novel features an involving, intricately woven story and vivid descriptions of historic Salem.” (Booklist )