Mythic Beasts…in your living room!

If you missed today’s storytelling event, here’s another chance to enjoy it! Storyteller Tracy Chipman is allowing us access to this recording of the session for 7 days from today, 11/27/2020, so, take advantage and travel with her to lands where giants make the earth shake and unicorns dwell and dragons guard lost princesses. Here’s…

NOTICE OF BOARD VACANCY

The Forest Lodge Library is in search of applicants interested in serving on the Board of Trustees. The role of Trustee is a serious commitment, vital to the success of the library. The three year term of service will commence in January of 2021 upon appointment by the Town of Cable Board of Supervisors. The…

Budget Hearings!

If you’re interested in knowing what’s happening in your community, why not attend your Town’s Budget Hearing? And then take part in the Town Elector’s Special Meeting immediately following. The Town of Cable’s Budget Hearing will be on Weds., 11/11/2020 at 7:00 p.m. at the Cable Community Centre,. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, masks will…

LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS

Here’s a compilation of local election results: Presidential Election                            Cable     Namakagon             County             State Trump/Pence                                   …

Grab Bags!

We know you’ve missed access to our donated and deselected books. We’ve missed offering them to you, both in the library’s vestibule and in The Book House. At least we’ve come up with A way to offer them to you…grab bags! Our clever and capable Book House volunteers have assembled grab bags with various themes…and…

What’s the What?

  Saying it’s election season is practically the same as saying it’s misinformation season. Candidates WANT you to believe the best of them and the worst of their rival…and, shocking, we know, are not always scrupulous about adhering to the strict truth to market their message. But you, YOU can do better! Here’s another shocker:…

Hey, I already brought that back!

Sometimes it feels like a convenience, other times, not so much. Our library system will send you an email advising you that an item you had checked out is about to be due. You think, “Wait a minute! I already returned that!” Just so you know…until we hear otherwise, we will continue to quarantine returned…

REFERENDUMS on the November Ballot

Don’t you just hate it when you look at your ballot…and find a couple of referendums that you didn’t know were going to be there…and don’t know quite what to think? Here’s some advance notice of three referendums that will be on the November ballot. Two deal with local issues. The other will appear on…

We’ve Got The Power!

Thanks to the Northern Waters Library Service system and grant funds from LSTA, the Library, Science and Technology Act, we were able to enhance the reach of our 24/7 wifi signal! Technically it’s a Unifi wireless mesh access point…we call it “the new gizmo.” It improves accessibility anywhere in the vicinity of the log cabin…

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We are Open-For Curbside Pick-up

November 11, 2020: Given the current state of COVID-19 cases in our own and adjacent counties, the staff and Board of the Forest Lodge Library have determined that, to protect the health and safety of our patrons and our staff, we will offer curbside pickup only service. This determination will be reviewed at regular intervals…