Our latest StoryWalk is set up at the Cottekill Rail Trail Trailhead. Read The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by Rafael Lopez. more
Early Bird Knitting Sale
This year we are offering something new for the Saturday Knitters’ Sale—the Early Bird Knitting Sale. Kind of a take off on curbside book delivery, but with knit goods made by our Saturday Knitters, to benefit the Library! This sale is in addition to the traditional in-house knit sale to take place after Thanksgiving.
Library Resumes Regular Hours, Announces Improvements
The Coronavirus pandemic forced a New York lockdown, including of the Stone Ridge Library, but behind the scenes, carefully and quietly, the Library was at work improving its 222-year-old stone building. The results are now on display as the Library has opened again—with some cautionary changes—for regular public hours.
SRLF Online Auction
The SRLF Annual Online Auction is open for bidding through October 11th!
This year’s Online Auction includes gift certificates for local restaurants, bookstores, gift shops, landscaping & design services, health & wellness services, online art classes, flowers, pet care, music lessons, writing workshops, local crafts and much more!
Stone Ridge Library joins Ulster County Libraries in “Food Fight” to support local food pantries
October 1-17
Drop off at the Library
The Ulster County “Food Fight” is a food collection contest held in cooperation with eleven libraries throughout Ulster County from October 1-17. The “Food Fight” is part of the Great Give Back that is happening on October 17 throughout New York State.
Bonni Leu Banyard
Bonni’s one quote:
“Sisterhood is wonderful.”
Don’t we feel it in our hearts after knowing her! -Sherry
Bonni Leu Banyard, age 72, of Kerhonkson, died September 15 at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, NY. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio October 29, 1947 to Jim and Margie Banyard (nee Melhuish) who pre-deceased her.
Welcome Back – a Video Tour
Back to Normal Hours
Monday – 1:30-7:00pm
Tuesday through Friday – 10:00am-5:30pm
Saturday – 10:00am-3:00pm
Fall Book Discussion Series (Zoom) — Focus on Women – Fran Sutherland, Facilitator
Artist and retired high school teacher Fran Sutherland will lead us in a three-part book discussion featuring stories about women in various times and locations, creating a rich and relevant theme for our times.
Thursday, October 22, 11 amThe Engineer’s Wife by Tracy Enerson Wood
Set in the late 1860s, this historical fiction about Emily Warren Roebling tells the story of the educational exploration into engineering by the “Woman who built the Brooklyn Bridge.”
Library Election
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Susanne Warren and Rob Miraldi were re-elected to four year terms.
The budget of $277,964 was approved, there was no increase in the budget from last year. The vote was 35 yes, 0 no.
LIBRARY IS OPEN
Curbside delivery will continue during normal library hours. Please call 687-7023 from the parking lot and someone will bring your materials to a table near the entrance for you to pick up.
- Browsing in the Library: maximum capacity in the building at one time will be 12 people.
TEA TIME Book Group
Wednesday, November 11
a Zoom meeting at 11am
In November we will be reading Signature of All Things – Elizabeth Gilbert. Inspired by the true-life adventures of real 19th century female botanical explorers, Gilbert created an unforgettable character in Alma Whittaker – a brilliant, determined, and thoroughly scientific woman, struggling to express her intellectual curiosity in a society where women’s lives are confined to the domestic sphere.
HOLMES & CO. Mystery Lovers Book Group
Wednesday, November 18
an 11am Zoom meeting
an 11am Zoom meeting
This month we are reading Second Street Station: A Mary Handley Mystery by Lawrence H. Levy. At age 12, Mary Handley observes a tall man leaving the railroad compartment of a murdered Frenchman. Although the conductor rules the death a suicide, Mary decides to become a detective, much to her mother’s bewilderment.
CLIO’S MUSE – A History Reading Club
Zoom Meeting Wednesday, November 11 at 7pm
In November book is The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher Clark. Drawing on new scholarship, Clark offers a fresh look at World War I, focusing not on the battles and atrocities of the war itself, but on the complex events and relationships that led a group of well-meaning leaders into brutal conflict.KNITTING GROUP
Every Saturday
10am-noon in the Library yard
The Stone Ridge Library Knitters meet every Saturday morning from 10am – 12noon. All ages and experience levels can join us and drop-in knitters are also welcome. We each bring our own supplies and do our own work, but one of the best things about us is that whatever obstacle or confusion you might encounter, you’re likely to receive as much comment and advice as you need to get where you’re going with a project.
POETRY with Rosemary Deen
Every Thursday
1:30 – 3pm on Zoom
Join us for an afternoon of poetry with Rosemary Deen.
Please contact Diane Dechillo at manager@stoneridgelibrary.org if you’d like to join the group.
Writers’ Group with Cathy Arra
Group 1 is meeting November 9, 23,
December 7, 21
December 7, 21
at the Marbletown Community Center
This program is designed for those who are actively writing and publishing work and who want to participate in a structured critical feedback process. Cathy Arra, a poet, writer, and former teacher of English and Writing in the Rondout Valley School District, facilitates the group.
Book Donations
Ulster County Crime Victims Assistance
Coronavirus Information
Some helpful links:
Ulster County Covid 19 Hotline:
Monday-Saturday, 9am-5pm 845-443-8888
Monday-Saturday, 9am-5pm 845-443-8888
Ulster County Dept. of Health Facebook
New York State Dept. of Health Information
NYS Coronavirus Information Hotline:888-364-3065
CDC – Centers For Disease Control
The Mid-Hudson Library System has put together a couple of informative PDFs:
CoronavirusCOVID-19Resources
Coronavirus-COVID19SmallBusinessGuidanceAndLoanResource
Online Services
Electronic services are posted on the Library’s website listed under Services/Online Resources. At each logo, there is an explanation of what it provides. Whether you are using a phone (See MENU) or a computer (Find the logos on the left-hand side of the screen), these sites provide a variety of resources.
