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August 31, 2012

Library Closed for Labor Day Weekend

In observance of Labor Day, both branches of the Irondequoit Public Library will be closed on Saturday, September 1 and Monday, September 3. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, September 4. Also, since the Fall is here, expanded Saturday hours will begin on Saturday, September 8. Both library branches will be open on Saturdays from […]

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August 31, 2012

New Teen Books – Week of Aug 27th

, Angela Johnson After a terrible accident, Scotty feels responsible for the death of someone she hardly knew and struggles with her own reality while her friends and family deal with their own troubles, but the prospect of a boy and a dance add positive possibility back into Scotty’s life. The Dragons of Winter (The […]

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August 30, 2012

Trivia Fun at Evans!

Time to test your knowledge of useless facts!  Bring your smarts, but please leave your Smartphones at home.  Prizes and snacks provided. Tuesday, September 11, 2012 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Pauline Evans Branch 45 Cooper Road For adults 18 and older.  Registration is required.  Please phone 336-6062.

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August 28, 2012

September 2012 Book Discussion Book Available

More copies have arrived of the Contemporary Book Discussion Group’s September title Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland (Fairport Public Library chose it for their August book group!) They are available at both McGraw and Evans branches. The book group will meet Wednesday, September 12 at 7:00 pm and Thursday, September 13 at 3:00 […]

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August 24, 2012

New Teen Books- Week of August 20th

, Rebecca Rupp After the death of his older brother, Daniel Anderson became engrossed in recording details about dead people, how they died, and whether their deaths mattered but he is eventually drawn back into interaction with the living. Carter’s Unfocused, One-Track Mind, Brent Crawford Fifteen-year-old Will Carter’s sophomore year at Merrian High presents new […]

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August 24, 2012

New Adult Books for August 2012

Here are some of the new titles we’ve ordered: FICTION 12.21 Dustin Thomason A tale inspired by the 2012 apocalypse phenomenon finds a CDC expert and a Mayan scholar racing against time in the wake a confounding medical mystery and a priceless artifact from the scholar’s lost ancestral home. Battleborn Claire Vaye Watkins A debut […]

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August 23, 2012

2012 Adult Summer Reading Winners

Thank you to all those who participated in the Irondequoit Public Library’s Adult Summer Reading Program! Below are a list of winners from each branch. Congratulations! Helen McGraw Branch Prize Winners Week 1: Maria DeVita Week 2: Becky Luxon Week 3: Lisa Dunn Week 4: Tara Oakes Week 5: Judy Hall Week 6: Carolyn Wilson […]

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August 21, 2012

MVP Managing Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Program @ McGraw on 8/22

Come join us for a program from MVP on Managing Blood Pressure and Cholesterol!   When: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 7:00 PM Where: Helen McGraw Branch, 2180 E. Ridge Rd. Why: Our blood pressure and cholesterol numbers are affected by many things, from age to heredity to foods that we eat. Learn the new […]

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August 20, 2012

New Teen Books- Week of August 13th

, Kirsten Miller Haven Moore and Iain Morrow leave Rome and head back to New York after Haven’s friend Beau mysteriously disappears, andencounter the Horae, an underground group of women who agree to help Haven discover Beau’s whereabouts in one of her past lives if she will in exchange infiltrate the Ouroboros Society and lure […]

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August 17, 2012

New Teen Books – Week of August 13th

Enclave, Ann Aguirre In a post-apocalyptic future, Deuce, a loyal Huntress, brings back meat while avoiding the Freaks outside her enclave, but when she is partnered with the outsider, Fade, she begins to see that the ways of the elders may be wrong.   The Kill Order, James Dashner Mark and Trina struggle to survive […]

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