Holiday Closings
The Library will be closed December 24, 25, and January 1.We wish you all a safe and joyous holiday season.
Storytime Stay & Play
A short storytime with picture books, rhymes, songs, and activities for children ages 0-5. After storytime, stay and play!We’ll provide toys and activities for children and their grownups to meet and interact.
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Library Opens at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday Dec. 18
The library will open late on Thursday December 18 due to staff training.Thank you for your understanding.
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Community Craft Connection
Bring a craft or project to work on while visiting with your neighbors!Most Fridays from October 31 to December 26, 2025 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PMOctober 31November 7, 14, 21December 5, 12, 19, 26No registration is required. We can’t wait to see what you’re working on! Food and drink are welcome. Clean-up is just
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Preschool Storytime Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m.
Join us for Storytime Wednesday mornings at 10:00 a.m. No registration is necessary. Storytime offers an incredible array of benefits for kids beyond enhancing their reading and language skills. It fosters focus, cultivates friendships, improves communication, and ignites their imagination and creativity! Sharing those precious moments of reading together can truly deepen your bond with
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MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival: You Be the Judge!
Discover your inner film critic by attending the 27th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival screening at Sturm Memorial Library. You’ll join film lovers in over 500 venues across the globe gathering to see the ten short films featured in this year’s event. By virtue of their selection by MANHATTAN SHORT, each short film is automatically
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Front Parking Lot is Open!
Library patrons and staff are pleased to have the parking lot south of the library available! The riverbank has been stabilized with rip-rap (also known as rock armor in British English) and steel pilings, and the blacktop has been replaced where the heavy equipment was used. A bit of landscaping will be completed to level
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Front Parking Lot Closed
The riverbank stabilization project south of the library is in progress. The library will be open regular hours during this project.What to Expect– The front parking lot will be unavailable.– Visitors should travel east on Beach Rd (near the funeral home) and enter the back parking lot from the north to access the library.– Patrons
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Biblio Bingo January 20 – March 15, 2025
Biblio Bingo Begins! Sturm Memorial’s annual adult reading program, “Biblio Bingo,” begins Monday, January 20, and runs for eight weeks, ending on Saturday, March 15. This annual program encourages readers to leave their comfort zone and read books and authors they might not otherwise read. Library staff create the Bingo categories and find the books
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Join the Big Library Read from November 7-21.
Join the Big Library Read from November 7-21. What is the Big Library Read? It’s a worldwide digital version of a local book club. The program is free through your local library- all you need to get started reading is a library card.Download the Libby App and get ready to read! “Montgomery and the Case
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