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

CHECK OUT THE KIDS & TEENS PAGE FOR THE JANUARY CRAFT, WINTER CARNIVAL VIDEO, AND MUCH MORE!
DIANE CASSIDY TO RETIRE ECEMBER 31st AFTER 17 YEARS AS CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN

A note from Diane to the Wakefield Brookfield Community
Diane was voted Wakefield's "Citizen of the Year - 2020"
She will continue the monthly "Music Together" for children on the Gafney Facebook page while the library remains closed to the public.
WELCOME Susan Dansereau, who will step into the newly created Interim Youth Coordinator position beginning January 1st!
GAFNEY ON THE GO - CURBSIDE SERVICE

Easy as 1, 2, 3 - reserve, wait for a call to schedule a pickup appointment, pickup!
Here's how it works
DOWNLOAD EBOOKS AND AUDIOBOOKS
Be sure to download the Libby app when you get to the site! (Hit "Try Libby")
While you're there, check out the Great Stone Face and read-along ebooks for the kids.
Need help?
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.
We are grateful that The Friends of Wakefield Libraries is helping to fund this service.
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.
NEED A LIBRARY CARD?
On our catalog: https://gafney.biblionix.com/catalog/ click on the sign up button under the login.
Signing up for a new card if you already have one will not work!
- If you don't remember your card number, give us a call at 522-3401 or email gafney@gafneylibrary.org and we'll get you up and running.
- If your card number is not working, it may need updating. So again, give us a call and we'll straighten it out for you.
TO FILE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
visit www.nhes.nh.gov
click on the "File a Claim for Benefits" button on the left side of the homepage, or call the NH Unemployment Assistance Hotline, 603-271-7700.
click on the "File a Claim for Benefits" button on the left side of the homepage, or call the NH Unemployment Assistance Hotline, 603-271-7700.
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
STAY IN TOUCH WITH YOUR TOWN GOVERNMENT!

TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
LETTER FROM TOWN ADMINISTRATOR DINO SCALA

TOWN OF BROOKFIELD
MENTAL HEALTH, STRESS, AND ANXIETY SUPPORT DURING COVID-19
Common resources during COVID-19
Mental Health, Stress, and Anxiety Supports During COVID-19
If you, a loved one, neighbor, friend or an aquaintance need support during these trying times, this website is a good starting point.
LIVE CAMS, FILMS - EXPLORE!
For children, adults, educators (lesson plans!)....all you who are curious!
EXPLORE!
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.
RECOVERY RESOURCES - YOU ARE NOT ALONE
Online recovery resources
The Doorway - NH
NH AUDOBON SOCIETY - ADULTS AND KIDS!
Note the weekly streaming videos and storytimes
NH AUDUBON SOCIETY
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!
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.
ARE YOU MISSING DISNEYWORLD DURING SPRING BREAK?
HOP ON A RIDE HERE
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
GO TO A MUSEUM - VIRTUALLY
Visit a museum! (click on the blue link after clicking on the colored link)
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.
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 .