• February 23 -- All Souls : a family story from Southie by Michael McDonald
• March 30 - The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
• April 27 - Here If You Need Me by Kate Braestrup
• May 18 - Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez
• June 29 - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

Thursday Morning Book Discussion Group:
Program starts at 10 a.m. - Walnut Street entrance

• September 17, 2009 -- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
• October 15, 2009 -- The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
• November 19, 2009 -- Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Fowler
• December 10, 2009 -- Silent Night by Stanley Weintraub
• January 21, 2010 -- Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
• February 18, 2010 -- The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett
• March 18, 2010 -- The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Zafon
• April 15, 2010 -- I'm a Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson
• May 20, 2010 -- The Commoner by John Schwarz

MassAnswers, a chat service in which librarians answer questions 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This service is available to all residents in Massachusetts.

Boston Public Library remote access
Sign up for a Boston Public Library ecard--it's easy and you can access databases and downloads. You have to be a resident, employee, or property owner in Massachusetts and be at least 13 years old. This is fantastic, so check it out!

Millicent Library databases
Electronic Resources
Visit the library for homework and research without leaving your house!
Databases

Miscellany

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Read about the effort to get a Massachusetts Libraries license plate made. You have a chance to get in on this, help libraries, and get to be character in a book.

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• Perkins School for the Blind website--Are you print-disabled or know anyone who is? Check out the Perkins School for the Blind website to find out about services they offer.
• Millicent Library MySpace site
• Millicent Library Teen Blog
  Find out what's new in the Young Adult section of the library, recommendations on what to read and a chance to be involved in helping to write the blog. See a picture of Ms. Laura kissing a goat!!!!!
• Fairhaven Community Wind Project documents
• Take a look at an animation on the Atom Films website done by our former staff member Colin Elliott. Colin also had a hand in the new movie "The Lion, The Witch, & the Wardrobe."
• The old Millicent Library annual reports are kind of interesting, both for the facts and figures and also for the attitudes toward books, reading and children. Check back for new additions. We are also looking for volunteers to type a year into a Word document.
• Collection of images of some old postcards with a book theme.
• Recipes! If you're nostalgic about the French meat pie and apple crisp you used to eat at Fairhaven High School, you can get Ellen Iddon's recipes and cook them up for your class reunion. Also available is Steve Foster's pear-rum pie. Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy!

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Do you think the Library is haunted????
Maybe it's haunted, and maybe not!
What do you think?

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The Library's Relatives

Coe Hall at Planting Fields was the home of H.H. Rogers' daughter, Mai. Mai (nee Mary) was married to William Robertson Coe.

Read the story in Newsday.com about the Fairhaven Copper Beech that was moved by HH Rogers' daughter to Long Island.

The Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos, New Mexico, founded by Rogers granddaughter, Millicent (not our Millicent!). (Mary) Millicent Rogers was the daughter of Henry Huddleston Rogers, our founder's only son.

Anglesey Abbey, home of Lord and Lady Fairhaven. Lady Fairhaven was Cara Rogers (our Millicent's sister) who married Urban Broughton. It is just outside Cambridge, England.

The American Museum in Bath. This museum in Britain was co-founded by Dallas Pratt. His mother's mother was Anne Engle Rogers, another sister of our Millicent, who was married to William Evarts Benjamin.

Fairhaven Alumni Association
Fairhaven Improvement Association
Fairhaven Heritage Center
Fairhaven Police Department
Official Town of Fairhaven web page
Fairhaven Office of Tourism page
Fairhaven Fort Phoenix Page
Fairhaven Recreation Center
Fairhaven Fire Department
Fairhaven Public Schools

Hours

Library Hours:
Monday and Wednesday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Tuesday. Thursday, Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 
Closed Sundays and Holidays
Archives and Historical Research by appointment (see separate page)

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We really welcome comments on the site and suggestions as to what you would like to see. For example do you want more links? Or more pictures of Fairhaven? More old photos and historical articles? Please let us know. Thanks!