Where do we get the money to run this place? A few months ago, in June, the Library’s Board of Trustees passed the budget for the new budget year which began on July 1st. There are all sorts of items considered in the budget including salaries and benefits, books, DVDs, online database subscriptions, day-to-day maintenance […]
Nothing screams Halloween like watching a bunch of scary movies with your best ghoulfriends. We’ve compiled a list of frightful flicks from hoopla, a free digital media service that offers thousands of movies, TV shows, and music titles (all free with your Niles-Maine library card), that are sure to get your blood pumping. Most of […]
I am not in the habit of checking books out of the Library. As a matter of fact, I tend to buy a lot of the books I read. As a member of Costco, I find myself browsing their book selections and picking up two or three at a time. After all, who wants to […]
Happy National Video Games Day! One of my earliest memories was being six years old, and getting a Gameboy on Christmas morning in the early 90s, I would spend HOURS playing and failing at games like The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, Super Mario Land, Frogger, Paperboy, and eventually Pokémon Red Version. I’m proud to […]
