Mount Holly Newsflash- Friday, March 5, 2021- morning edition

Mount Holly Newsflash - Friday, March 5, 2021 - Morning edition The weather today in Mount Holly - A chance of snow showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 18. Wind chill values as low as -10. West wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Archived Newsflash emails can be read at: https://mthollynewsflash.blogspot.com News About the ABLE Collection:  (Audio, Braille, Large-print, & Electronic books)     If you, or someone you know has a visual impairment, print disability, or has trouble holding books or turning pages, check out the ABLE LIBRARY COLLECTION: (https://libraries.vermont.gov/able_library). The ABLE Library connects patrons of all ages to the services of the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled and offers a collection of large print and digital talking books featuring all genres, print braille picture books, as well as audio-described DVDs. New items are regularly added for all ages. New Large Print titles being added the collection include; Promised Land by Barack Obama and Caste by Isabel Wilkerson. Vermont Author Archer Mayor's book Orphan's Guilt features the old-time favorite character Joe Gunther. Youth titles being added include; Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam, Endurance: My Year in Space and How I Got There by Scott Kelly,The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate and Patricia Castelao and The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman.   The ABLE Library welcomes new members to its Virtual Book Club. The book selection for the March 17, 2021 meeting is the award-winning The Underground Railroad [sound recording] by Colson Whitehead (DB 85212). Please contact the ABLE library to find out how to get a copy of the book. Email lib.ablelibrary@vermont.gov or call (802) 636-0020 or (800) 479-1711.   The ABLE Library staff is also happy to work with care and rehab facilities to provide access for residents. To receive services, which are free to qualifying Vermonters, fill out and submit the Application for ABLE Library Services (https://libraries.vermont.gov/able_library/application). Don't hesitate to contact the ABLE Library staff for help: lib.ablelibrary@vermont.gov or (802) 636-0020 or (800) 479-1711.     Be Well,   Jill   Jill Tofferi, director Fletcher Memorial Library 88 Main Street Ludlow, Vermont 05149 802-228-8921 www.fmlnews.org