By GINA RAE | Wilton librarian
Are current events your bag? Please join us at 10 a.m. Friday for coffee and civil discourse on entertainment, sports and politics.
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We have received the Farmland Preservation Plan and the amended Monroe County Comprehensive Plan from the Monroe County Planning and Zoning Department. These documents are available only in digital format. If you’d like to stop in at the library, we’d be happy to set you up at a computer so that you can view this information.
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Our new session of the Wilton Writer’s Workshop is underway, and it is not too late for you to join us. Our schedule is as follows: Oct. 28, birth order; Nov. 4, an event; and Nov. 11, an opportunity missed or an opportunity taken.
We will meet on those Tuesdays from 2-4 p.m. If at all possible, please submit your story by email (wiltonlibrary@wrlsweb.org/wilton) ahead of time so that I can have a printed copy on hand. Attendance each week is not mandatory, but I do think there is much to be gained by sharing your work and hearing the work of others.
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There will be no school Friday, Oct. 31, and we will show the movie “Hocus Pokus” in the library at 10 a.m. This will be a fun morning for kids of all ages to pass the time before trick-or-treating.
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We will be join the Norwalk and Ontario community librarians at Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School’s Lights on After School event on Monday, Oct. 27. Stop at our table to register for a library card, make a craft or just to say “hello!” We are excited to participate.
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Preschool playgroup is at 10 a.m. Wednesdays. Join us for stories, crafts and a snack. N-O-W teacher Kathy Johnson’s 4-year-old kindergarteners will join us Wednesday, Oct. 29. We’d like to invite preschoolers to come in costume on that day for a Halloween-themed program and some practice trick-or-treating. Mostly treating.
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The Wilton Public Library’s book group will discuss “The Chaperone” by Laura Moriarty at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 10. This work of historical fiction tells the story of Wichita’s own 15-year-old Louise Brooks as she descends upon New York City with her chaperone in tow. Copies are available at the circulation desk.
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Save the date! We will spend a morning with local author Larry Scheckel on Monday, Nov. 17. Scheckel has just released his new book, “Seneca Seasons: A Farm Boy Remembers.” In the book, he recalls growing up in the hill country of southwestern Wisconsin, where he and his eight siblings lived on a farm and attended a one-room school.
He will lead a discussion of his rural life experience and sign copies of his book. This event will be free of charge, and copies of his book will be available for purchase.