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April Tech Class: Word Basics

Friday, April 10, 2:00-3:00 PM OR Wednesday, April 29, 6:00-7:00 PM Join us to learn the basics of using Microsoft Word!  This is a great class if you want to learn about a word processing program for typing letters, resumes, papers, and more.  Plus, Microsoft Word is available on the library’s public computers! It’s FREE to […]

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April Adult Events at HPL

4/1 | 6:30-8 PM | Fiber Arts Group Calling all fiber artists! Bring your current project(s) of knitting, crocheting, hand stitching, hand quilting, and embroidery, or whatever else, to work on in the company of other fiber arts enthusiasts! Instruction is not offered at this event but fellow attendees are always happy to offer advice […]

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Featured Digital Resource: Gale OneFile: Vocations and Careers

The Haverhill Public Library provides access to several digital resources with tools and information for job seekers and folks exploring career options. One of these resources, Gale OneFile: Vocations and Careers, includes articles from a wide variety of trade publications, academic journals, and general news periodicals. In fact, there are over ten million articles in […]

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The Durrells in Corfu (TV show)

If you need a little escape, dive into the clear, blue waters of Corfu! In the spirit of All Creatures Great and Small, this is the small-town, feel-good story of a widow and her four children who, down on their luck in England, impulsively move to the Greek island of Corfu. Based on a true […]

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March Booklist: Women’s History Month 2026

Dive into Women’s History Month this year by reading some of our many titles focusing on women and/or written by women! “. . . the critics who shaped our modern idea of the novel in English so frequently dismissed women writers that the systematic excising has a name. It’s called the Great Forgetting. Only Austen […]

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The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George

Nina George takes readers on a journey to Jean Perdu’s Parisian bookshop. He discovers a letter from his long-lost love and is determined to find her. He meets a young character, Max Jordan, and gives him life advice through books and traditions. The Little Paris Bookshop proves how books can be an escape from reality […]

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March Displays Around the Library

Check out the March displays around the library! Our nonfiction display is dedicated to Women’s History Month, our fiction display is Mythical March (fiction based on myths and folklore), and our Staff Picks board is full of librarian recommendations! Nonfiction: Women’s History Month Fiction: Mythical March Staff Picks

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America’s 250th Birthday Essay Project

To celebrate the 250th Anniversary of America, Special Collections is asking the community for their stories about coming to America – and to Haverhill, Massachusetts! Whether your family came over on the Mayflower, you arrived recently, or if your family was here all along, we want to hear your story. The Special Collections Department is […]

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March Tech Class: Excel Basics

Excel spreadsheets allow you to easily store, organize and modify data. In this class, you will learn the basics of Excel, including inserting text, basic formulas, AutoFill and more, by creating a personal budget. Two classes will be offered and held in our second-floor computer lab, one on Tuesday March 24th from 6-7:30 PM and […]

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“Widow’s Point: The Complete Haunting” by Richard and W. H. Chizmar

Built in 1838, the Widow’s Point Lighthouse in Harper’s Cove, Nova Scotia, has been cursed since the beginning. From construction workers dying in mysterious accidents, to a string of recorded suicides and strange disappearances, to an infamous axe murder, the Lighthouse has become the eternal prison of many lost souls. Which is exactly what drew […]