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Franklin Park Library Board Vacancy
The Franklin Park Public Library District Board of Trustees is seeking an appointee to fill a vacant Trustee position on the Board. Library Trustee is an elected position; however, a vacancy has arisen that must be filled by appointment. If the person who is appointed to this position wishes to remain on the Board and […]
Become a Friend
Friends of the Library The Friends support the Library through volunteerism, fund-raising activities and sponsorship of programs and activities. This year, the Friends Group of the Franklin Park Library organized community wide discounts for library card holders in support of National Library Week in April. They also provided three grand prize gifts for raffles […]
August @ the Franklin Park Library
For Families Let’s Party! Saturday, August 3 at 1-4 pm Wrap up another successful Summer Reading Program with our End of Summer Reading Party on Saturday, August 3 @ 1-4pm. We’ll […]
Library Asks Patrons to Beta Test New Catalog
The Franklin Park Public Library will be unveiling the beta version of its newest online catalog, Enterprise, to the public at the end of June. This highly interactive catalog features enriched content that improves the relevancy of search results and we hope will enhance the search experience. Enterprise features a choice of front page slide […]
July Events @ Franklin Park Library
Programs@your Library For Families JG’s Reptile Road Show Monday, July 1 at 3 pm & 6 pm […]
Have Book Will Travel
This year’s Summer Reading Program at the Franklin Park Library begins on June 1 with a kick-off party featuring fun, food and the Barefoot Hawaiian Dancers. The program will continue through July 27. Sign-up at the Information Desk and you’ll receive your reading packet. Everyone who participates will be eligible to win a number […]
GATEWAY FOUNTAIN DEDICATION
Angelo Caputo owner and founder of Caputos chain of food stores, founded in Elmwood Park in 1958, celebrates the dedication of the village’s new Gateway Fountain at Grand and Harlem with Village President Silvestri and incoming president Saviano!
World Book Night in Franklin Park
On April 23, 2013, 25,000 volunteers from Berkeley to Boston and Sitka to Sarasota will give away half a million free books in more than 6,000 towns and cities across the country. World Book Night U.S. is an ambitious campaign to give thousands of free, specially printed paperbacks to light or nonreaders across America on […]
Prom “shopping” @ your Library
News From the Library 2nd Annual Once Upon A Prom event held! Again this year, the Franklin Park Library, along with Leyden High Schools and the Northlake Library, held a formal-wear exchange for our local prom goer’s. The event was held Friday evening (April 5) from 5:30 to 8:30 PM. A bevy of area students […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – APRIL, 2013
Dear Editor, I believe I’d rather vote for candidates whose parties’ fondness for spending bundles of wasted money on explosions of eye-sore campaign lawn signs did not exist. Thank you. Marge Henderson Harwood Heights Dear Editor, I wanted to take a few minutes to respond to outright lies and innuendo that have been printed recently […]
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