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CLEARVIEW TV
Watch Planning/Zoning Board, School Board, Selectmen, Deliberative Session, Budget Committee and many more meetings and events.

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GAFNEY ON THE GO - CURBSIDE SERVICE IS HERE!



Easy as 1, 2, 3 - reserve, wait for a call to schedule a pickup appointment, pickup!

Here's how it works

 

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GAFNEY LIBRARY ADULT LEARNING CENTER AND HiSET STUDY.


We've reopened to help you study and take the HiSET exam! 

Are things a little different during COVID-19?  Sure, but it's all to keep you and our tutors safe.  So for now we are working on an appointment schedule on Wednesdays between 3:00 and 6:00pm.  Call Rosemary Stewart at 986-1116 to make your one-hour appointment to work with a tutor.  They all have a truckload of resources to help you.  

We also have a HiSET testing center - so study and test at the same location.  At this point we are only administering the HiSET exam to those who are studying at our center.  Exams are set up by appointment after students pass a pretest in any one of the five areas - science, social studies, math, reading and writing.

Both the tutoring and the HiSET exam are held at the Greater Wakefield Resource Center on Main Street in Union - big white building at the railroad tracks.

 

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WREATH SALE FUNDRAISER - ORDER NOW!


Yes, we know it's only September, but the Gafney elves need to begin making bows, wiring pinecones and planning for distribution early this year.

So order yours now and don't miss out - there is a limited supply.

Here is the order slip,

• print it out put it in an evelope with a check
• drop it off in the outdoor book drop at the library

And remember to pick up your wreath the Saturday before Thanksgiving, November 21st at the building next to Tumbledown Cafe between 9:00am and 1:30pm...there is no cold storage after that date.


 

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SEPTEMBER IS LIBRARY CARD SIGN-UP MONTH!




Make sure your kids have the most important school supply of all—a library card! Get one this September and kick off the school year right. To fill out an online application for a Gafney Library card go to the library catalog and sign up!   Just click the sign up button under the login.

 

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NEW! HOOPLA - DOWNLOAD MOVIES, MUSIC, COMICS, EBOOKS, AUDIOBOOKS AND TV SHOWS



HOOPLA

• Create an account with your email and a password.
• Once logged in, find your library - Gafney of course!
• Log in with your card number and phone number on record.

Choose from movies, audio & ebooks, comics, music and TV shows!

We are grateful that The Friends of Wakefield Libraries is helping to fund this service.
 

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NEED A LIBRARY CARD?

Just go to our catalog: https://gafney.biblionix.com/catalog/ and click on the sign up button under the login.

Forget your card number?  Call 522-3401 or email gafney@gafneylibrary.org and we'll get you up and running.

 

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DON'T FORGET OUR READ ALONG EBOOKS FOR KIDS


There are ebooks and audiobooks for kids, teens and adults...check them out here:

https://nh.overdrive.com/

 

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WE ARE WIRELESS OUTSIDE THE GAFNEY - 24/7!!


Use your laptop, phone, iPad or other hand held technology to access the internet while sitting in your car, on your bike, in the adirondack chairs or on the library steps or grass outside the library.  Please remember to social distance.

 

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COVID 19 INFORMATION SITES

Governor Sununu's Executive Orders related to Covid 19
          EXHIBIT A to Emergency Order #17 - list of essential services

NH Department of Health and Human Services - Covid 19

National Library of Medicine

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

World Health Organization

Directory of Local Health Departments

Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Map

Washington Post article on how to "Flatten the Curve"

EBSCO Covid 19 information - trending topics, news, maps and visualizations

 

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TO FILE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

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STAY IN TOUCH WITH YOUR TOWN GOVERNMENT!



TOWN OF WAKEFIELD




TOWN OF BROOKFIELD

 

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HEY KIDS! WANT TO BE A PARK RANGER?

Junior Ranger Online

 

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NASA AT HOME FOR KIDS AND FAMILY

NASA for kids and family fun and education

 

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EXPLORE TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT

For children, adults, educators (lesson plans!)....all you who are curious!

EXPLORE!

 

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PAPER WEAVING CRAFT FOR KIDS

Miss Susan thinks you might have some fun doing some paper weaving...try it with lots of different colors.

PAPER WEAVING INSTRUCTIONS

 

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COMMUNITY GUIDE FOR CORONA VIRUS

This document could answer many of your questions about contact info for unemployment, Social Security Benefits, Utilities, Food Stamps, SNAP, WIC, Cash Assitance, Medicaid, Domestic Violence, and much more during the covid 19 pandemic.
 

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VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR - ANIMATED!




 

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RECOVERY RESOURCES - YOU ARE NOT ALONE

Online recovery resources

The Doorway - NH

 

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NH AUDOBON SOCIETY - ADULTS AND KIDS!

Note the weekly streaming videos and storytimes

NH AUDUBON SOCIETY

 

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GIRL SCOUTS AT HOME - OPEN TO ALL GIRLS

Checkout all the free badge activities
A  guide to keep the kids busy for at least a day!
Goals and activities to achieve the goals

Girl Scouts at Home
 

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BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AT HOME

Guided activities for the kids

Boy Scouts of American at Home
 

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FREE EBOOKS - EXAMPLE OF HOW TO FIND THEM

Here is an example of where you can find free ebooks

 

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ADULTS! FEELING CREATIVE? THE SKETCHBOOK PROJECT - BROOKLYN ART MUSEUM

Check out The Sketchbook Project from the Brooklyn Art Museum.  They are offering a challenge to you while you lately spend more time at home.  Use your creative powers to create your own sketchbook..and they put it in their collection!

 

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HOW ABOUT DOING SOME FAMILY RESEARCH?

Some resources now available free for your genealogy projects!

Ancestry.com Library Edition can be accessed on our catalog page by logging in with your library card and phone number, then scrolling down under electronic resources.

HeritageQuest Online is available to anyone by using the login information on the handout.

New Hampshire State Library Researching your NH family history online from home.



 

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ARE YOU MISSING DISNEYWORLD DURING SPRING BREAK?


HOP ON A RIDE HERE

 

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FREE MAGAZINES, EBOOKS, AUDIOBOOKS AND DOCUMENTS

SCRIBD

Free for 30 days with no credit card required!

 

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TOUR THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM

Explore the Guggenheim from home

Browse their over 200 art books and catalogs

And here is a link to the sister museums in Venice and Bilbao



 

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LIVE READINGS


List of authors or illustrators who will be doing live readings or interactive sessions.

 

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SITES FOR KIDS



Some of these are available under the Kids link, to the left here.  Others are new, so have fun!

 

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GO TO A MUSEUM - VIRTUALLY

Visit a museum!  (click on the blue link after clicking on the colored link)

 

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GET TO KNOW YOUR FAMILY (TREE!)
Great family activity



Heritage Quest

Getting Started

The NH State Library has arranged for us to offer HeritageQuest software free of charge during this period of pandemic. 

Note the login info after you click on the HeritageQuest link.





 

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FUN STUFF FOR KIDS


What should I do today?

Day to day activities from Scholastic

 

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GET THE REAL FACTS, NOTHING BUT THE FACTS!!

There is a lot of false information about the coronavirus out there, so get your facts straight from the sources:

WHO   - World Health Organization

CDC - Center for Disease Control  

NH Department of Health and Human Services - For NH specific information

Before forwarding social media posts check for truthfulness by going to SNOPES .

 

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NEW FOR PARENTS!
check out these award winning learning sites for kids



Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award by The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is awarded to PBS for:

Play and Learn Science    


With Honor Awards going to:

Coral Reef by Tinybop
Lexi's World by Pop Pop Pop

 

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DOWNLOAD EBOOKS AND AUDIOBOOKS

Be sure to download the Libby app when you get to the site!

While you're there, check out the Great Stone Face and read-along ebooks for the kids.

Need help?

 

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