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“Milk Street Cookish” by Christopher Kimball

Recent changes in my personal schedule gifted me a fresh start – an opportunity to get back into the habit of cooking regularly! I am really enjoying this change and hope to keep things interesting by trying a variety of recipes, but also need to keep it simple and quick. As with many people, I […]

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Dive into Reading!

Pools can be a lot of work, but don’t worry, we have your books to help with that! And when the hard work is over, we have some summer themed books and movies to help you relax! Visit our Booklist page to download this and other custom booklists prepared by our librarians! You can also […]

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Truly, Madly, Deeply by Alexandria Bellefleur

Truly Livingston is a romance author and hopeless romantic. She believes in happily ever afters. And then…she walks in on her fiance cheating on her. Not only that, her parents, whom she believed to be in the perfect marriage, have announced they are separating. She is devastated, angry, and lost AND she was just invited […]

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August Adult Craft: Make Your Own Fairy and Gnome House!

Session 1: Saturday, August 10 at 2:00pm Session 2: Wednesday, August 21 at 2:00pm Make a fairy and gnome house! All supplies will be provided. This program will have two sessions: Saturday, August 10 from 2:00pm-3:00pm, and Wednesday, August 21 from 2:00pm-3:00pm. Please register for just one session. These sessions are for adults, and will […]

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August Adult Events at HPL

Check out these adult events happening in August! 8/1 | 5:30-8:30pm | Game Night Join us Thursdays for a night of board games at Haverhill Public Library! Strategy games, abstract games, filler games, complex and non complex alike, come and try out whatever you like. Feel free to bring your own games! All experience levels […]

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“The Innocents” by Jack Clayton

“The Innocents” (1961), directed by Jack Clayton and starring Deborah Kerr just a few years after she filmed “An Affair to Remember” and “The King and I”, is a creepy, dark ghost movie-cum-psychological thriller well worth a peek (during the daytime, with a friend in the room). Based on Henry James’ iconic ghost story The […]

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Museum Passes

Get great discounts on a bunch of local museums and more! Did you know you can use your library card at Haverhill Public Library to get great discounts at a variety of local museums (and more!), including the Boston Children’s Museum, New England Aquarium, Boston Harbor Island Ferry, the MFA, and Massachusetts State Parks? You […]

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“The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye” by Briony Cameron

During the Golden Age of Piracy, Jacquotte Delahaye, the daughter of a French father and Haitian mother, is forced to flee her life as a shipwright in Santo Domingo when her father is assassinated. Unfortunately, the ship she escapes on is captured by pirates. She and a fellow refugee named Teresa are made indentured servants […]

Special Collections

Bradford College Collection Photos

We are happy to announce the addition of Bradford College photographs to the Senter Digital Archive! As part of an ongoing project to make our archival collections discoverable, we have been working on our largest one, the Bradford College Collection. The materials in this collection were transferred to the Haverhill Public Library following the closure […]

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Melissa by Alex Gino

Melissa by Alex Gino is a delightful story that highlights the importance of being yourself. The big, bright letters spelling “be who you are” on the back cover suggest it, but the story inside makes it clear. The titular protagonist is a young transgender girl who navigates her gender alongside interactions with family, her best […]