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Remember to Be Kind 2/16/2022

This is Kindness Week!  Fill out a slip of paper at the library about an act of kindness and receive a Smartie and an entry into a drawing for a…

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Kindness 2/9/2022

Random Act of Kindness Day is February 17th and Kindness will be celebrated all week long the 13-19.  Stop by the library and share how someone has been kind to you…

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Wisconsin Library News 2/2/2022

Wisconsin Library News: “Library Leaders Head to the Capital” on WI Public Radio’s The Morning Show with Mackenzie Krumme discussed issues of our 380 libraries with WI Library Association President,…

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Mr. Gearing, Librarian in 1910 1/26/2022

I found a 1910 Traveling Library Directory in my Mellen Library history search.  These libraries were distributed and the collections changed out to keep them fresh by Lutie Stearns.  Ashland…

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Little Free Library at Gilman Park 01/19/2022

I’m not sure if you’ve had the chance to stop by the Little Free Library in Gilman Park, but please do if you get the chance.  Take a Book.  Share…

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FOWL Meets This Week 01/12/2022

A “Little Free Library” has come to town!  Stop by Gilman Park and “Take a Book.  Share a Book.” This library is being sponsored by the Mellen Friends of Our Wonderful Library,…

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Happy Thankful New Year! 01/05/2022

Happy New Year! Stop by the Library and check out the new additions to our collection from memorial gifts.  Given in memory of Marie Guerin are large print selections, “Ellie’s…

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Interested in Joining a Book Club? 12/27/2021

Visit “StoryWalk®” at the Library.  Laminated pages from a children’s book are attached to foam boards and staked along the sidewalk & pathway at the Library.  You’re invited to read the…

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“StoryWalk®” at the Library 12/20/2021

We’re trying something new, a “StoryWalk®” at the Library.  The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library.  This is a way…

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