This week’s Staff Pick is Roger Crowley’s Empires of the Sea: the Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World. With a sharp sense of pacing and clear prose, Crowley tells the story of the struggle between two Mediterranean Sea powers and their allies during the […]
Monthly Archives: June 2018
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“Fiona Maye is a leading High Court judge who presides over cases in the family division. She is renowned for her fierce intelligence, exactitude, and sensitivity. But her professional success belies private sorrow and domestic strife. There is the lingering regret of her childlessness, and now her marriage of thirty years is in […]
Summer Reading 2018 has officially begun! This year’s theme is Libraries Rock! On Tuesday, 6/19, the Library set up a registration table for the Adult, Teen, and Children’s reading programs. We had a great time talking with you and seeing so many people sign up! What exactly is the summer […]
The 2018 Summer Reading Program is here! Register online or in person at either library location. The Main Library is located at 485 DeMott Lane in Somerset, and the Branch Library is located at 3391 Rt. 27 S. in Franklin Park (corner of Rt 27 and S. Middlebush Rd.) There […]
June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month! Pride Month is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan. The Stonewall riots were a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. Show your Pride and check out one of these LGBTQ+ […]
“In the summer of 1956, Stevens, a long-serving butler at Darlington Hall, decides to take a motoring trip through the West Country. The six-day excursion becomes a journey into the past of Stevens and England, a past that takes in fascism, two world wars, and an unrealised love between the […]
Earn Raffle Tickets in order to win great Bi-weekly and Grand prizes! How does it work? Make sure you have your library card and pin. Visit www.franklintwp.org and click the link on the top of the page to sign-up. Log-in throughout the summer to record books, magazines, manga, […]
Digitization Day Saturday, June 23 2018 1pm – 3pm Community Room A + B In partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Somerset County Library System will be collecting, cataloging, and preserving the collective memories of Somerset County residents. Utilizing a suite of digitization equipment including high […]
Each June, LGBTQ+ Pride Month is celebrated throughout the world. “The purpose of the commemorative month is to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have had on history locally, nationally, and internationally (taken from www.loc.gov)” while also recognizing the everyday fight for equal rights in these communities […]
Ice Cream Taste Test Thursday June 14th @ 7pm June is National Dairy and Dairy Alternative Month! Come taste a variety of ice cream flavors, including some vegan brands! What’s your favorite type of ice cream???