Blog Posts
February 22, 2023
We are adding new items to our circulation each month, and these new items are ready to be borrowed. Have a suggestion of something you would like to see us add? Let us know! We gladly take recommendations to use in helping us determine what items to add each month. New DVDs: Elvis The film […]
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Adding Quality of Life to End of Life Does going on hospice mean we are giving up? This presentation will focus on the benefits of hospice; how it can improve quality of life while dealing with the reality of death. Learn how hospice supports the entire person: mind, body, and soul, and the entire family. […]
February 3, 2023
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February 1, 2023
Review by: Denice DeAntonio Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan collaborated to write this novel. This is a moving story about family, young adults, and sexuality. Asher and his Mom, a beekeeper, live in a small New Hampshire town. Asher is in high school and plays hockey. Lily is new to the school. Lily is […]
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Check out these new materials that have been added to the Oley Valley Community Library this month: A Good Morning America Book Club Pick and a New York Times bestseller! “A page-turner for booklovers everywhere! . . . A story of family ties, their lost dreams, and the redemption that comes from discovering truth.”—Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of The Shoemaker’s Wife. In New York Times bestselling […]
January 22, 2023
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January 13, 2023
Join us at Aulenbach Wines and learn to make and take home a Wine Cork Snowman. Enjoy a wine tasting with light refreshments while you craft. The class provides all materials needed and our winery will serve tastings of several different wines. An instructor will be there to guide you in making your project. Come, […]
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It’s actually just what it sounds like. It’s a collection of various items that we have available for you to borrow from the library, and these “things” are not your usual books and DVDs. Thanks to the support of many local businesses, our Library of Things is really growing! Take a look at the items […]
December 23, 2022
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December 23, 2022
Tuesdays: Make & Take Craft DayStop in anytime from 10am – 6:30pm each Tuesday to make a craft or take the supplies with you to make your craft at home. 3rd Tuesday (January 17): Young Adult Book ClubJoin this special book club just for young adults, ages 18-30, on the 3rd Tuesday of each month […]
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From Amazon: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is an entrancing and “wildly addictive journey of a reclusive Hollywood starlet” (PopSugar) as she reflects on her relentless rise to the top and the risks she took, the loves she lost, and the long-held secrets the public could never imagine. If you read that book and […]
December 17, 2022
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November 16, 2022
We’re adding to the services you can find at the library by now providing laminating services! Maximum size: 8.5″ x 11″ (regular sheet of paper) Full page: $1.00/pageHalf page: $0.50/page What can you laminate? Membership Cards Children’s Artwork Certificates and Awards Flash Cards Worksheets (give kids a dry-erase marker to practice those math problems over […]
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Second Annual Ornament Competition at John Updike Childhood Home Calling all Berks County students in grades K-12 (public, private, virtual & home schooled): Create a holiday ornament for our museum tree. Be creative using one or more of these Updike symbols: Centaur Rabbit Books Typewriter Art/Palette Church Steeple Pigeon Basketball AWARDS Elementary (K-8): $50 Secondary […]
November 11, 2022
