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Jungle Bob brings his exotic pets to Mattituck
KATHARINE SCHROEDER PHOTO | A brave mom wears a skink like a hat at the Jungle Bob show at Mattituck-Laurel Library Saturday. It was a wild afternoon at Mattituck-Laurel Library Saturday as exotic...
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Photo book details history of Mattituck & Laurel
PETER KREN COURTESY PHOTO | The Mattituck Yacht Club Regatta was a popular annual event in Southold Town, with most of the stores closing as they would for a major holiday. The popular “Images of...
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Mattituck library creates a digital copy of itself
Did you know that there are two Mattituck-Laurel Libraries? There’s one in the real world, but also an exact replica in the virtual world of Minecraft, an online video game that has grown tremendously...
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Unique items and services at North Fork libraries
CLAIRE LEADEN PHOTO | Southold Free Library employee David VanPopering with one of the fishing poles residents can check out. In recent years, libraries have become much more than just places to borrow...
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Take CPR, AED courses at Mattituck-Laurel Library on Saturday
The Mattituck-Laurel Library is hosting a cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) course and an automated external defibrillator (AED) class at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 21. Individuals completing the...
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Learn about beekeeping at Mattituck-Laurel Library
The Mattituck-Laurel Library is hosting ‘How About Beekeeping?’ at 6 p.m. on Wednesday. Expert beekeeper provides information and offers opportunity to taste honey from a local apiary. Register at...
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‘Mermaids: Tales of Greenport’ presentation Wednesday
Gail Horton. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder, file) The Mattituck Historical Society is presenting “Mermaids: Tales of Greenport” on Wednesday at Mattituck-Laurel Library. Gail Horton will also share a...
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Mattituck-Laurel Library budget approved by voters
On Tuesday, voters approved Mattituck-Laurel Free Library’s $1.3 million spending plan by a wide margin. Assistant director Jeffrey Walden said Wednesday the 2015 spending plan passed by a vote of 56...
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Mattituck-Laurel Library director set to retire
Mattituck library director Kay Zegel is retiring at the end of April. (Credit: Rachel Young) For the past 24 years, Mattituck-Laurel Library director Kay Zegel has been guided by the philosophy that...
View Article3…2…1…Liftoff! Launching model rockets in Mattituck
Participants in Mattituck-Laurel Library’s Baby Bertha Model Rocket workshop launched their creations at Strawberry Fields in Mattituck Saturday afternoon. The workshop, led by Todd Giordano, began in...
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Libraries say there’s high demand for ‘Go Set a Watchman’
The recent release of Harper Lee’s novel “Go Set a Watchman” has piqued the interest of library patrons across Suffolk County — where every copy of the book has been checked out and over 700 people...
View ArticleLocal libraries to hold budget votes this week
Southold Town residents will head to the polls over the next week as they decide whether to approve the budgets of several local libraries. The Mattituck-Laurel Library will hold its vote Tuesday...
View ArticleMattituck-Laurel Library budget approved by voters
Voter’s approved Mattituck-Laurel Library’s proposed $1.37 million budget Tuesday night. The 2016 budget passed by a 62-7 vote and carries a 1.55 percent increase over the current spending plan. The...
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Rio Olympics are a hit — in Mattituck
The Olympics have arrived. Not in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but in little Mattituck. With the real Olympic Games to start on Aug. 5, an early burst of Olympic fever was experienced Monday at the...
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Greenport man’s vast genealogical database donated to library
In the margins of hundreds of pages filed in binders, Greenport native Bill Hulse took copious notes and tucked them away in boxes of old family photos, newspaper clippings and cemetery maps. Next to...
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Documentary tells the story of a woman learning her mother’s Holocaust...
When Marisa Fox was growing up on the Upper West Side of New York City, she believed her mother’s maiden name was Tamar Fromer. She was in her 40s when she learned that wasn’t her mother’s name at...
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Claire’s Corner unveiled at Mattituck-Laurel Library in memory of Claire Anne...
Charlie Lincoln stood between his parents as they each grasped the giant, gold scissors. Together, they cut the pink ribbon tied across the entrance to Claire’s Corner to mark the official opening of...
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Special presentation of Vietnam film to be held at Mattituck-Laurel Library
The Mattituck-Laurel Library will host a special presentation of the film “Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam” — a documentary that takes a deeper look into the letters that were sent from battle...
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Mattituck High School student honored with President’s Volunteer Service Award
Luke Altman remembers playing with Legos in the children’s department at Mattituck-Laurel Library as a toddler. The 16-year-old from Laurel recalled that children’s librarian Barbara Moore would watch...
View ArticleMaking a Difference: Curbside pickups and online programming are among...
This isn’t your grandparents’ library. Heck, today’s libraries aren’t even the libraries they were a mere three months ago. Thank COVID-19 for that. Ever since closing their doors in mid-March because...
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