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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Fallsington Library Celebrates Official Grand Reopening

Members of the Falls Township Board of Supervisors, Fallsington Library board members, and library patrons cut the ribbon to the recently renovated Fallsington Library Company on Saturday.

The Fallsington Library Company held its official reopening ceremony with an afternoon reception and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday. While the building reopened last January, the official ceremony was held last weekend. Various local authorities and library patrons helped cut the ribbon to the library last Saturday including Robert Harvie, chairman of the Falls Township Board of Supervisors, Jeff Dence, Falls Township supervisor, Paul Keller, Fallsington Library board member, Robin Prestage, library board president, Sheri Putnam, library board vice president, and Eleanor Backes, longtime library patron of Fairless Hills. Young patrons included Fallsington residents Alyssa McGurrin, Elizabeth Kappil, Rachel McGurrin and Magdelena Hadly…

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

10 Best Books to Read This Winter

Patch comes up with a list of 10 titles that are available at the Bucks County Free Library Levittown branch.

Many current bestsellers and "Best Books of 2010" aren't yet available at the Bucks County Free Library Levittown branch or have been checked out and wait-listed by so many patrons that it might be easier to just purchase or borrow a copy of your own. Instead, Patch has come up with a list of 10 titles that are available at the Levittown branch. There are a few copies in the system, so you won't have to fight anyone for a good read this winter.  Liar's Poker - Michael Lewis' The Big Short, which documents the events leading up to the crash of Wall Street in 2008, has been a bestseller since its release last winter. And for good reason: his simple, easy, insider style makes for a good read. This is his first book about his experience in a …

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