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MARCH 23, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXII • NO 4
Octorara Envirothon Club Loving Nature BY FRANCINE FULTON
Youngsters who love nature, wildlife and taking part in outdoor activities make up the Envirothon Club at Octorara Elementary School. The after-school club is composed of third- and fourth-grade students who also spend part of the school
year preparing for the Envirothon competition held annually in May. During the club’s most recent meeting, students designed reusable tote bags, painted watercolor aquatic critters, researched Pennsylvania trees and birds and studied other facts in preparation for the competition. See Envirothon Club pg 12
The Atglen Public Library will open at 121 Main St., Atglen, on March 28.
Atglen Library Will Open Its Doors At A New Location BY FRANCINE FULTON
he new Atglen Public Library (APL), which is more than double the size of its current location at 413 Valley Ave., will
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Robbyn Kehoe, Atglen Library director
open to the public on Monday, March 28, at 10 a.m. at 121 Main St., across from the borough hall. Features of the new building include additional programming space, plenty of parking, a new snack area, a meeting room and exhibition space to hold art shows and more. The old library was scheduled to be closed on March 21 and 22 and will remain closed on Wednesday, March 23, through Saturday, March 26, during which time more than 12,000 books will be relocated and shelved at the new building. A grand opening celebration will take place on Saturday, April 2, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. “People can come in (and see the new library), and we will have a large collection of free, new children’s books to give away,” said Robbyn Kehoe, library director, noting there will also be a quilt display on exhibit for the opening. The main floor of the library features the adult fiction section,
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the teen section and the children’s area. Chairs will be placed in the front windows so that patrons can read while enjoying the sunlight. “ We will have a local history shelf and two comfy chairs where you can sit (and read),” said Kehoe. “ We have a small room - the Zimmerman Room - for meetings. (The name) is to honor the Zimmermans, who we rented from (at the old location) for 26 years.” According to Kehoe, the new library building is known by many as Sener’s Store, which was open from 1938 to 1978 and then John Brady’s Atglen Market, which was in business from 1978 to 2001. “We wanted to honor the building’s history and its importance in the town, but it needed to be functional,” said Kehoe. “We wanted it to be a blend of the old and the new. That’s why we have the dark wood shelving, instead of the regular steel cantilever shelving.” See Atglen Library pg 3
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A resident of Nottingham, Beth Foss has spent her professional career as a social worker and currently serves as an operations director for a nonprofit organization. Due to the line of work Beth’s husband, Bob, has been involved in, the Foss family has relocated several times over the years. Bob’s profession took him and his family to Maryland, Texas, Minnesota twice, and Pennsylvania. The move to Pennsylvania happened six years ago, and they’ve been in Nottingham ever since.
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Salisbury Launches Fundraising 5K . . . . . . . . .4 House Of Worship . . . . . . .8 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . .9
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Students in the Octorara Elementary School Envirothon Club recently created handmade tote bags.
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