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March 28, 2023 — Daily Hampshire Gazette – Guest Column by Russ Carrier – 3-24-2023

January 27, 2023 — Throughout the month of February, Forbes Library is collecting toiletries to support local residents who are experiencing homelessness. The following supplies are needed: deodorant, shampoo, shaving materials, lip balm, small bar soap, hand or foot warmers, men’s underwear (new in package), small packages of tissues, small packages of Bandaids, snack bars, and insulated water bottles…

January 18, 2023 — Reception Saturday, February 4, 2-3:30 PM The public is invited to a reception spotlighting the new art works by local and regional BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) artists which we have acquired in the last two years. In 2021, Forbes Library received a $10,000 anonymous donation with the express intent of supporting the library…

December 5, 2022 — https://friends.forbeslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Newsletter-winter-22-c.pdf

November 16, 2022 — https://forbeslibrary.org/info/trustees/meet-the-trustees/

October 24, 2022 — Russell Carrier has received the 2022 Library Trustee of the Year award from the Massachusetts Library Trustee Association (MLTA). The award was presented to Mr Carrier at the MLTA annual meeting held at the Shrewsbury Public Library on Oct 22, 2022. Mr Carrier is in his 41st year as Trustee at the Forbes Library in…

September 21, 2022 — Forbes Library was recently awarded a federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant for $7500 from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC). “Each community in Massachusetts is unique and has its own local needs,” said Robert Favini, Head of Library Advisory and Development at the MBLC. “These grants allow libraries to address those…

September 15, 2022 — Forbes Library is developing a new strategic plan. Your responses will guide the library’s decisions in crafting a plan for a better Forbes Library. This survey is voluntary and anonymous, and will take five to ten minutes to complete. All questions are optional. Thank you for participating. Participants may enter to win one of two…

September 12, 2022 — Forbes Library is joining the cause to bring awareness that September as FASD Awareness month, and September 9th as International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day. The goal is to increase awareness and support for people living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs). Local artist Angela Zammarelli and Jessica Tanner, adoptive parent of children with…

June 21, 2022 — Forbes Library archivist Julie Bartlett Nelson and librarian Brian Tabor are quoted in this excellent Hampshire Gazette article which features historic photographs from Forbes Special Collections. The authors are journalism students of Naila Moreira, Forbes Writer-In-Residence Emeritus! https://www.gazettenet.com/Matching-Memory-with-Paper-Northampton-and-the-1950s-Census-46833150 (June 17, 2022)

June 2, 2022 — Summer 2022 Friends of Forbes Newsletter