Get Ready to Browse: The Great! Basement Book Sale Is On Saturday

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Apr 272013
 

 

bookshelvesThe Great! Book Sale, the Friends’ principal fundraising event takes place in the basement of the Case Memorial Library on Tyler City Road, Saturday, April 27, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

All of the merchandise: books, tapes, records, CDs, videos, etc. are donated.

Thousands of items to choose from.

The Friends sells them at very reasonable prices. The money is used to purchase “extras” for the Library.

In the past they have purchased, among other things, a TV, a VCR, materials for the Children’s library, computer materials, a bike rack and many programs.

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Orange Library Hosts A Delightful Teddy Bear’s Picnic

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Jul 212012
 

Helena Estes reads to the guests at the library’s Teddy Bear’s Picnic

On Thursday, July 19, Teddy Bears of all colors and sizes brought their human children to the Case Memorial Library to celebrate the most special Teddy Bear tradition ever — the Teddy Bear Picnic.

Teddy Bear’s Picnic

If you go out in the woods today
You’re sure of a big surprise.
If you go out in the woods today
You’d better go in disguise.

For every bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain, because
Today’s the day the teddy bears have their picnic.

                   — John Walter Bratton (1907)

At 4 p.m. the bears sat down on and around the Shirley Prown reading wall behind the library and watched as Children’s Librarian Helena Estes read a few specially selected “beary nice” books to the young audience and their parents.

The children brought snacks and the library staff provided juice — another perfect Teddy Bear’s Picnic Day in Orange.

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Orange Library Hosts A Delightful Teddy Bear’s Picnic
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New Fiction at the Case Memorial Library in Orange

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Jul 142012
 

The Case Memorial Library is bright, comfortable and air conditioned!

The following titles are now available at the Case Memorial Library.

The Best of Kage Baker

XO by Jeffery Deaver

The Conviction
 by Robert Dugoni

The Family Corleone 
by Ed Falco

Gone Girl
 by Gillian Flynn

Istanbul Passage 
by Joseph Kanon

Princeps
 by L. E. Modesitt

Little Night 
by Luanne Rice

The Last Boyfriend
 by Nora Roberts


2312 
by Kim Stanley Robinson

Robert Ludlum’s 
The Bourne Imperative 
by Eric van Lustbader

Summer Breeze
 by Nancy Thayer

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Al deCant Not Idle In His Retirement

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Jul 022012
 

Al deCant performs for a captive audience.

Since his retirement at the end of this school year Orange singer-songwriter Al deCant has been concentrating on his music, making personal appearances and putting the finishing touches on his new children’s CD.

In the past weeks he’s performed at the Case Memorial Library in Orange and Capt. Kidd Pirate Day in Milford and the Waterford Public Library, just this past Wednesday.

He has 10 shows booked this month including Goddard School today and Orange Park and Rec summer camp next week.

deCant is over the moon with his retirement and the opportunity to do what he loves, entertain children of all ages from infants (See Video of 7-month old listening to his songs) to their grandparents, who say his tunes get stuck in their heads all day long after listening to the CD with their grandchildren.

If you would like Al deCant to perform at your event visit his website for booking information.

“I’m loving this,” he told Orange Live. “It’s so much fun.”

Al is excited about the upcoming release of his new CD and he hopes that everyone likes it as much as they do Meta Morphesis, which is available at Jesse’s Toys, 185 Boston Post Road, Orange.

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Town Offers Relief From The Heat

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Jun 202012
 

Emergency Management Director Fred Palmer said High Plains Community Center and the Case Memorial Library are the two official Cooling Centers in the town of Orange.

The Library will be open during its regular hours: Monday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

High Plains Community Center will be open 8:30am to 10:00pm.

At 3:50 p.m., Community Services Director Carol Nardini said High Plains was nice and cool (at least in her wing) and she was very comfortable.

If you are suffering from the heat and humidity, please take advantage of either of these locations or visit a local business that has comfortable seating where you can buy a cool drink or a snack.

It is extremely important to stay hydrated in this kind of weather.

The Orange Ale House has wonderful lunch offerings and non-alcoholic beverages for its customers. The newly remodeled dining room is open and comfortable and COOL.

If it’s frozen treats that you desire, check out NuVita Frozen Yogurt. Both of these family owned community businesses have free WiFi and offer quiet relaxing areas in which to chat, eat or work.

Don’t suffer from the heat this summer, be smart, and let your neighbors and family members know if you are having any health issues so they can be there for you or send someone to help if you need it.

 

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