As I watch the final days of the election campaign, I keep thinking about the words of writer-philosopher George Santayana, who said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
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10/29/20
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Despite the coronavirus pandemic closing all public libraries on Long Island, Peninsula Public Library in Lawrence will still hold their annual summer reading program.
Children of all ages are …
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By Matthew Ferremi
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6/8/20
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“Hello I’m new here, and I’d like to play. Maybe now, maybe later or even all day.”
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By Leslie Gang
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2/20/20
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Since its inception, Hindi’s Libraries has tried to bring books to those in need. For World Read Aloud Day, Leslie Gang and Dovid Kanarfogel brought books into the classroom at The Brandeis School in Lawrence.
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By Matthew Ferremi
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2/13/20
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The Kumon Method was founded in Japan in 1954. Toru Kumon, a high school math teacher, was trying to help his own child. Convinced that his second-grade son could be taught the necessary skills to understand advanced mathematics, he created . . .
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By Teri Ann Loeser
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1/10/20
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Peninsula Public Library celebrated the children aged 4 to 13 who read 1,700 books during the summer reading program with a party in the Lawrence library’s community room on Aug. 15.
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By Matthew Ferremi
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8/22/19
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Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library has a free reading program for all ages — A Universe of Stories — open to HWPL cardholders.
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6/27/19
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I’m offering a ticket to ride. This summer, if you can’t actually get away, if you can’t relocate your body to a distant shore, then at least think about relocating your mind. Reading, we know, is our escape from reality . . .
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6/14/19
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If the ending of another school year has led to an influx of books in your home, you night want to consider donating them to Better World Books, an online for-profit bookseller for used and new books founded in 2002 by Christopher “Kreece” Fuchs, Xavier Helgesen and Jeff Kurtzman, who have stated their mission is to “extend the life-cycle of the book through reuse.”
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By DENA GERSHKOVICH
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7/12/18
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Mark Twain said that a classic was a book that people praised but didn’t read. Unfortunately, Twain’s, and so many other terrific writers’, works are now often left to gather dust while lighter literature flies off of the shelf. But for nearly 20 years, the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library has hosted a Great Books Discussion Group, giving lovers of literature an opportunity to revisit the classics.
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By Tyler Marko
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12/21/17
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