Transparent Languages is yet another great new resource available to Forest Lodge Library patrons, and all patrons of the Northern Waters Library Network. Transparent Languages is a very robust resource, offering instruction in 120+ languages, including American Sign Language and English for native speakers of other languages, like Ukranian. All you need is a library…
Welcome to Creativebug…one of the latest resources available to you through your library system. Offering instruction in art, design, sewing, knitting, crocheting, quilting, paper crafts, jewelry, food, home decor and plenty of kid crafts, Creativebug will guide you through just about any project you might imagine at levels from beginner to expert. You really must…
There’s a Town of Cable election coming up on April 4th! Three candidates (two incumbents) are running for two Town Supervisor seats and incumbent Town Chair Malcolm Haag is running for re-election. As has been done in past years, Director Kristine Lendved of the Forest Lodge Library has conducted Zoom interviews with the candidates which…
Right around a year ago the Forest Lodge Library signed up for a subscription to the streaming service KANOPY which gave our patrons access to thousands of films, documentaries and t.v. series as well as hundreds of The Great Courses. We know you’ve enjoyed and appreciated the service, because you’ve told us so! We are…
The Katie Flowers Endowment is the fundraising arm of the Forest Lodge Library…and THEY could use a hand! With a public fundraising campaign on the horizon, the Katie Flowers Endowment (KFE) Board could use assistance with everything from grant-writing to data management. Unlike the Forest Lodge Library Board, board size and residency requirements are not…
LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! We’re celebrating Valentine’s Day by asking you to tell us what your favorite literary romance is. Maybe it would be better to say “fictional” romance because we don’t care if it’s rendered in classic lit, as in Shakespeare…or comes from a sprightly bodice ripper, as in something from Julia Quinn’s BRIDGERTON series…
How do you love us? Let us count the ways? Is it the authors we recommend for your enjoyment? Is it because of free access to the internet? Is it that we’ll find a way to get (just about any) book you can think of sent here for you to read? Did information you got…
Thanks to a grant from the federal Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) we have a couple of Kajeet mobile hotspots to loan to patrons who can confirm that that they lack access to services sufficient to access the internet. Internet service with this wireless hotspot will depend on cell tower technology and coverage in your area.…
Why, yes, something amazing DID happen in the yard between the library and the Book House! In August, an aging and damaged white pine was removed from the property…all but a 10 foot stump! The Forest Lodge Library Board of Trustees quite liked the idea of having the stump carved and Board Trustee Mary Jean…
The Book House closed down donations right after Fall Fest and will start accepting them again in the spring of 2023. Check in to our website for information on when that might be! In the meantime, if you have only a few books and if they are fairly recently published, check with the Forest Lodge…