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- September 8, 2021:
- We’re now a fine-free library!
- It’s Library Card Sign-up Month
- ART@EPL: Meet Deborah Haaf
- Just added: 55 items + 316 eBooks
- LawDepot now available free on Libby
- Last Plant A Row Collection is Sept. 13
- Events: Fall storytime, Alzheimer’s support, Community Heroes & more
- We’re open Fridays!
- August 21, 2021:
- Labor Day holiday hours
- Opening Fridays starting in September!
- Evening book club returns this fall
- July private-funding & STEM workstation updates
- Just added: 73 items
- Plant A Row date change and check-in
- New: A-Z World Foods & World Culture
- Events: Get good at delegating, find your ancestors & more
- SRC 2021 is a wrap!
- August 05, 2021:
- Mask update (effective 8/4)
- SRC important dates & closing party
- Understanding Alzheimer’s & new monthly support group
- Just added: 57 items + 25 eBooks
- ART@EPL: Meet Anne Landis
- Congrats to Unsung Hero Ricki!
- STEM/Makerspace Station update
- Events: Princess storytime, art workshops & more
- Get bonus Hoopla borrows this month
- July 24, 2021:
- New carpeting coming to adult area
- Just added: 102 items + 26 eBooks
- June private-funding update
- Help EPL add a STEM Makerspace!
- We have an edible campus
- Dog days, freedom from clutter & more
- Feed me: Take a green gremlin home
- Christmas in July on Hoopla
- July 09, 2021:
- Kids: Create with clay this Saturday!
- No Plant A Row collection on July 19
- Countdown to ‘Chill with a Penguin’
- Take the family to the ballgame August 4
- Summer Reading Club check-in
- Just added: 69 items + 96 eBooks
- Bicycle safety event with Tracy Fox
- Clowning around, Camp NaNo & kat koozies
- June 27, 2021:
- ‘Do I still have to wear a mask?’
- 4th of July holiday hours
- Get your Iron Pigs tickets by July 14
- SRC 2021 is off and running — join up!
- Donating books? Read this first
- Chill with a penguin from the LV Zoo
- Just added: 36 items + 8 eBooks
- Lit Lunch returns: free books for first 10 @epl,>
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- Summer Reading Club starts now!
- Come to the SRC kickoff party June 19
- Just added: 183 items + 6 eBooks
- May private-funding update
- Plant A Row returns June 21
- Princess storytime, back-pain relief & more
- LAMP helps more people in PA read for life @epl:>
- ###a href="https://madmimi.com/p/f1fb521/preview" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">May 24, 2021:
- Memorial Day holiday schedule
- New hours starting June 1
- Just added: 216 items + 34 eBooks
- April private-funding update
- New displays and welcome sign
- Volunteer Ricki named an Unsung Hero
- Summer book bingo & more great events
- Have you used your May Hoopla yet?
- May 3, 2021:
- Come to the book sale!
- Just added: 73 items + 59 eBooks
- March private-funding update
- Star Wars May-nia and more events
- A great Tee Time was had by all @epl:>
- April 18, 2021:
- It’s Tee Time! Get all the details
- Just added: 131 items
- More COVID-19 vaccine info
- May Day, Baby Yoda & teen ‘call for art’
- Friends’ big spring book sale is back!
- Make every day Earth Day
- April 5, 2021:
- Be part of National Library Week!
- Countdown to Tee Time at the Library ###li
- Just added: 64 items + 17 eBooks
- Spring storytime starts April 6
- Home-office tips, craft kits & more
- Save the date: Friends’ book sale!
- New month, new Hoopla borrows @epl:>
- March 21, 2021:
- Spring @ EPL preview
- COVID-19 vaccine update
- Tee up for fun in the stacks
- Safe driving for teens and their parents
- Just added: 101 items + 205 eBooks
- February private-funding update
- Start your garden with free seeds
- PA state tax forms are here!
- March 7, 2021:
- Help us save lives with mammograms
- Share a book & champion reading
- Book your ‘Tee Time at the Library’
- Just added: 145 items + 72 eBooks
- Be the smartest person in the room
- Teen kits, staying close & more
- Get crafty with Hoopla
- #February 4, 2021:
- Hoopla’s here — sign up today! ###li
- Digital magazines have moved
- Just added: 94 items + 42 eBooks
- One-on-one career & job-search help
- Take-home kits and online events
- COVID-19 vaccine info @epl:>
- January 25, 2021 (special issue):
- It started off like any other year…
- When the going gets tough…
- Green means GO!
- Outdoor events, take-home kits and virtual parades
- This too happened in and around the library in 2020…
- You got us through a crazy year
- What’s ahead in 2021
- January 17, 2021:
- Library building is reopening Jan. 18
- Just added: 58 items + 51 eBooks
- Private-funding update: 2020 total
- Play board games online (free)
- Check out more great events
- The first tax forms are here!
- December 31, 2020:
- 2020 staff & volunteer favorites
- Just added: 82 items + 31 eBooks
- Play Winter Book Bingo!
- Winter Zoom Storytime starts Jan. 5
- ‘New Year’ stories, STEM to go & more
- Public Domain Day 2021
- December 11, 2020:
- PA health insurance & financial assistance
- Just added: 40 items + 62 eBooks
- November private-funding update
- Update on 2021 state & local funding
- Virtual cheer, new career & more events
- You’ve truly outdone yourselves this year
- Holiday hours
- November 26, 2020:
- COVID update and new weekday hours
- Just added: 137 items + 60 eBooks
- Shop small this Saturday, get some swag
- Crafts to go, virtual cheer + more events
- Trexler Trust grant funds new HVAC
- Patron creates EPL Giving Tuesday page
- Name the wolf, win a wolf stuffie! @epl:>
- November 12, 2020:
- Thanksgiving holiday hours
- Survey: Give us your input on 2021 hours
- Just added: 126 items + 208 eBooks
- October private-funding update
- Dino to-go kits, Wolfenoot and more
- Help fill the Toys for Tots boxes by Dec. 1
- Shop small and local on Nov. 28
- October 30, 2020:
- Come trick or treat at the library
- Join us for spooky stories on Halloween ###li
- Just added: 182 items + 79 eBooks
- September private-funding update
- NaNoWriMo, mini-locker kits & more
- Artful hydrants brighten up Emmaus @epl:>
- October 15, 2020:
- It’s a Friends’ fang-tastic book sale!
- Ride safer and win a kids’ bike helmet
- Get LinkedIn to a great new job
- Just added: 172 items + 71 eBooks
- Kitchen goals, kids’ mask kits, and more
- Trick or treat & Halloween week @ EPL
- Congrats to volunteer Shirley!
- Can it be Toys for Tots time already?
- October 3, 2020:
- Fall storytime kicks off Oct. 6
- A spooktacular Friends’ book sale
- Just added: 172 items + 162 eBooks
- ART@EPL in October: Meet Rose Mavis
- Watch for your annual fund letter
- Kids’ mask kits, kitchen hacks and more
- Get in the Halloween spirit with EPL
- Make $20 feel like $75+
- September 18, 2020:
- A salute to our amazing volunteers
- Join the last outdoor art class Sept. 21
- Just added: 79 items + 125 eBooks
- August private-funding update
- Make travel safer for little ones
- Fall storytime, October book clubs & more
- Save the date for a Friends’ book sale!
- Sen. Boscola resumes mobile office hours
- Have you filled out the Census yet?
- September 4, 2020:
- Holiday weekend schedule
- Help friends and family lasso a library card
- Final charcoal class & sculpture classes
- ART@EPL: Meet Laura Elmore
- Just added: 60 items + 88 eBooks
- Enter the September raffles
- Child safety, Animal Faire & more events
- The EPL cat has a name!
- August 23, 2020:
- Help shape the future of EPL
- Don’t miss the last outdoor art classes
- ART@EPL: Meet Barbara Greco
- Just added: 70 items + 39 eBooks
- July private-funding update
- Origami ‘to go’ and more fun events
- Teen SRC prize winners chosen
- Vote to help name the library cat!
- August 8, 2020:
- Butterfly Release (…and key SRC dates)
- More outdoor art classes offered
- Just added: 64 items + 91 eBooks
- Print from anywhere and save time
- Sign up for September book clubs
- Fairytale craft kits, Mythology, and more
- Need puzzles or books at great prices?
- Enter the August raffles! @epl:>
- July 24, 2020:
- ART@EPL update & August workshops
- Check out our ‘Recent Reads’ section
- Just added: 47 items + 39 new eBooks
- June private-funding update
- Harry’s 40th, ‘to go’ craft kits and more
- Teen SRC prize roundup – sign up to win!
- Contest: Help us name the EPL cat
- Catapult fun @ home – get yours
- July 12, 2020:
- Welcome back!
- ART@EPL goes outdoors (and has openings)
- Just added: 138 items + 34 new eBooks
- Win a grill and gift cards in the July raffles
- Digital magazines expand to 3,700+ titles
- Smart apps, catapults, hopscotch & more
- Get your tickets for the Emmaus Chill Trail
- Our Summer Reading table is open!
- Jimi Hendrix goes gnome for a good cause
- June 25, 2020:
- Drive-up book sale for kids is tomorrow!
- We’re reopening July 6: what to know
- Card expiring or items due July 1? Listen up
- Just added: 185 items + 145 new eBooks
- May private-funding update
- Watch parties, cute cat planters and more
- Reading has its rewards
- Tax deadline is July 15: where to get forms
- July 4th holiday schedule
- June 11, 2020:
- Curbside pick-up starts Monday
- Friends’ Drive-Up Book Sale is tomorrow!
- Have you joined Summer Reading Club?
- Just added: 101 items + 31 new eBooks
- Attend the June Board meeting online
- Catch Miss Sue’s great events on Zoom
- Plant A Row collections start June 22
- Happy Father’s Day!
- June 1, 2020:
- Curbside pick-up to begin June 15
- Summer Reading starts June 8
- Last call/new gifts for Friends’ $$ match
- Friends’ Drive-Up Book Sale now June 12
- 43 eBooks added to OverDrive/Libby
- Join us for Virtual Coffee Hour June
- Update on ART@EPL events
- Summer Storytime, Miss Jolie and more
- Online card registration now available
- May 16, 2020:
- Library update: the next chapter of EPL
- 72 books added to OverDrive/Libby
- April private-funding update
- Join the May EPL Board Meeting online
- June book club & more online events
- Staff check-ins from quarantine
- Giving Tuesday results & Matching May
- Book-cover-double challenge
- May 1, 2020:
- Dedicate a gift book to honor Mom
- ART@EPL workshops moved to June
- Come to the #EmmausDanceLibrary
- College financial aid webinars in May
- Quarantine crafts & Pinterest parties
- Estate Planning & more online events
- Turning the tables on Giving Tuesday
- Plant a ‘Corona Victory Garden’
- Catch Monday Mornings with Miss Sue
- April 17, 2020:
- Fine limit raised for online access
- 127 books added to OverDrive/Libby
- Feb./March private-funding update
- Join the April EPL Board meeting online
- Virtual events and May book clubs
- Update on ART@EPL
- Bookish podcasts to check out
- Enjoy TumbleBook collections for all ages
- Celebrate National Library Week
- Save the date for EPL’s 80th!
- April 02, 2020:
- Get a library card by email
- New dates for taxes, voting and more
- April 6: Pinterest Party Happy Hour
- Join the ‘1984’ book discussion online
- Friends’ book sale, Iron Pigs postponed
- 4300+ books added to OverDrive/Libby
- Miss Sue brings storytime to you!
- NewsBank: 10,000+ free news sources
- Support EPL while you shop online
- March 20, 2020:
- Update on library services
- Visit & add to our COVID-19 resources page
- Meal Planning Like a Pro — online March 23
- Access eBooks & eAudiobooks online
- Read digital magazines online
- More great EPL online resources
- March 06, 2020:
- Stress-free meals every day of the week
- Spring storytimes start March 11 & 17
- Just added: 124 items + 32 new eBooks
- Win a new grill in the March raffle
- It’s a Gold Cap Giveaway at the Iron Pigs
- Career changes, STEM, and more events
- Morning Call archives + 100s of news sources
- February 20, 2020:
- Monthly private-funding update
- Just added: 83 items + 17 new eBooks
- Catch the Iron Pigs’ first home game
- Check out the March book clubs
- Seussical Jr. and more great events
- Save the date for the big book sale!
- Top 10 circulating books of 2019 @epl>
- February 08, 2020:
- ART@EPL: Meet Aryn Coyle
- Where to get 2019 tax forms and help
- Just added: 119 items + 64 new eBooks
- Win a handmade cat or dog quilt!
- Amazon adventures and more events
- We’ve added more digital magazines
- January 23, 2020:
- Siri, you can drive my car
- Come out for SnowBlast Feb. 1!
- ART@EPL February lecture & workshops
- Private-funding update: 2019 total
- 2019 EPL metrics show strong growth
- Just added: 126 items + 33 new eBooks
- Check out the February book clubs
- Iron Pigs home opener and more events
- 1040 & 1040-SR tax forms are here
- January 6, 2020:
- New Creatives Connection starts Jan. 9
- ART@EPL: Meet Marianne Knipe
- Just added: 45 items + 60 new eBooks
- Get organized for 2020
- Enter the January raffles
- SAT prep, winter storytimes, and more
- Save the date for SnowBlast 2020!
- December 27, 2019 (special year-end issue):
- The year in review
- What’s ahead in 2020
- What’s on your EPL wish list?
- Spread the word!
- December 21, 2019:
- End 2019 with crafts and a wrap party!
- Winter storytime series starts Jan. 15
- Monthly private-funding update
- Just added: 95 items + 47 new eBooks
- Free ART@EPL talk & classes on pastels
- Don’t miss out on the Dec. raffle!
- Vision boards 2020, book clubs & more
- We’ve updated our online research tools
- December 13, 2019:
- ART@EPL Opening Exhibit
- Jan: Pastels with Marianne Knipe
- Feb: Impressionism & Painting in Technicolor with Aryn Coyle Charcoal & Chalk with Barbara Greco
- May: Watercolor with Elena Shackleton
- July: Expressive Brushwork & Water-Soluble Oil Paints with Carol Perlowski Sculpture with Laura Elmore
- December 06, 2019:
- Get to the Friends’ book sale tonight!
- Join Emmaus to celebrate the season
- Be part of ART@EPL Dec. 14
- Tote-ally awesome new book club kits
- Just added: 53 items + 37 new eBooks
- There’s still time to place your bid
- Enter to win the December raffle
- It’s a wrap party, a crafty month & more
- You guys are toy-tally amazing too!
- November 22, 2019:
- Announcing ART@EPL, opening Dec. 14
- Book Sale & Old-Fashioned Christmas
- Monthly private-funding update
- Just added: 117 items + 37 new eBooks
- Golf or wine? That is the question…
- Last call for the November raffle
- Dec. book clubs and more great events
- Keep those toys coming!
- November 8, 2019:
- Kick your career into high gear
- Love golf or wine? Let the bidding begin!
- The Friends’ Holiday Book Sale is Dec. 6
- Just added: 121 items + 92 new eBooks
- Serve on the library’s Board of Trustees
- Enter to win the November raffle
- Old-Fashioned Christmas + events galore
- Drop off Toys for Tots donations at EPL
- October 24, 2019:
- A decade of library financials
- Just added: 91 items + 20 new eBooks
- Monthly private-funding update
- Countdown to NaNoWriMo
- Get a Schantz ‘Monthly Maddness Card’
- Last call for the October raffle
- Event Planning 101 & more great events
- Thank you, Stephen King!
- October 10, 2019:
- Volunteer Profile: Jerry
- Plant wildflowers at the library tomorrow
- Just added: 147 items + 57 new eBooks
- Have you entered the October raffle?
- Check out the November book clubs
- ‘Smart devices’ and more great events
- Be part of the Halloween fun at EPL
- September 26, 2019:
- Fall storytime series kicks off Oct. 2
- Monthly private-funding update
- Enter to win the October raffle
- Just added: 82 more items + 52 new eBooks
- New monthly groups and great events
- Win a ‘Banned Books’ mug
- Help Plant a Row top 300 lbs!
- March in the Halloween Parade with us
- September 13, 2019:
- Show your card, enter to win $100!
- Coming Sept. 16: EPL Reads
- Rep. Simmons goes mobile
- Just added: 61 more items + 49 new eBooks
- Learn CPR, plus more great events
- From Silent Auction to Monthly Raffle
- August 30, 2019:
- Come out to Community Heroes Day!
- Monthly private funding update
- You had me at ‘wine tasting’
- Just added: 84 more items + 91 new eBooks
- Fixing your car? View repair manuals online
- Mark your calendar for great events
- August 16, 2019:
- Ready for some ‘weird science’?
- Treat yourself to a night out Sept. 27
- Meet Our Volunteers: Kathy
- Just added: 64 more items + 44 new eBooks
- Plant a Row check-in
- Winterthur update & great events ahead
- We did it!
- July 31, 2019:
- Get thee to the Renaissance Faire!
- STEM Fun with Johnny + Climate Camp
- Just added: 105 items + 22 new eBooks
- Your reviews are in…
- Make a splash at the SRC Pool Party!
- Teen Time @ EPL & more great events
- Save the date for Community Heroes Day!
- July 18, 2019:
- Meet the Books & Barks gang
- Just added: 75 items + 25 digital books
- Monthly private-funding update
- September means Winterthur, wine & chocolate!
- Climate Camp and more great events
- Too hot out there for you?
- July 4, 2019:
- Plant a Row Monday produce collections
- See the Bethlehem Mounted Police July 10
- Just in: 93 items + 88 new eBooks
- EPL goes to the Iron Pigs — Part II
- Great events and Stranger Things
- Still time to join SRC!
- June 19, 2019:
- Emmaus High yearbooks go digital
- Just added: 86 items + 43 eBooks
- Monthly private-funding update
- Have you signed up for SRC yet?
- Summer at EPL means fun events galore
- SRC Kickoff cuteness overload
- June 5, 2019:
- Ready-set-read: SRC starts Monday!
- Meet Our Volunteers: Alan
- Just in: 65 items + 136 new eBooks
- Summer storytime & movie series
- Summer at the museum(s) = free
- Mark your calendar for great events
- May 23, 2019:
- Please note our holiday hours
- Just added: 119 items
- Monthly private-funding update
- Join us for two ‘tasty’ get-togethers
- Take me out to the ballgame!
- Plan a great summer with free events
- May 8, 2019:
- Estate planning in the digital age
- Dedicate a book to someone special
- Just added: 160 more items
- Summer Reading Club signups set
- Hop on the bus to Winterthur
- Mark your calendar for great events
- Eat pancakes for a good cause!
- April 25, 2019:
- Your family tree–where to start
- Meet Our Volunteers: Shirley
- Monthly private-funding update
- Coping with addiction
- Just added: 92 more items
- Mark your calendar for great events
- Save the date! Summer Reading kickoff
- April 13, 2019:
- Shop the Friends’ book Sale today
- Mobile printing is here!
- School security in an age of fear
- Macungie just got a book drop
- Free developmental screenings for kids
- What’s new? Almost 200 items
- Our seed library just grew a bunch
- Mark your calendar for great events
- We’re a PA Forward Gold Star library!
- March 27, 2019:
- Get your free seeds!
- Monthly private funding update
- What’s new? More than 150 items
- STEM for Teens and Smart $$ Week
- Mark your calendar for great events
- Celebrate National Library Week!
- March 13, 2019:
- Spring storytime series
- Meet Our Volunteers: Debbie
- Countdown to Friends’ BIG book sale
- Just added: 113 new items
- Check out the new Book Tote titles
- Sign Language 101 + more great events
- Get ready for…LIBRARDY!
- March 1, 2019:
- What’s new? Groundhog stew
- Where does the library get its money?
- Join the Board of Trustees
- Use our new tutoring/study room
- Mark your calendar for great events
- What a difference a year makes
- January 30, 2019:
- Your ‘library’ just got a LOT bigger!
- 101 more new items added
- Meet Our Volunteers: Chris A!
- Books ‘N’ Beer tickets on sale Feb. 2
- Mark your calendar for great events
- Let it SnowBlast!
- January 16, 2019:
- Where to get 2018 tax forms and help
- Check out the first new items of 2019!
- Meet Our Volunteers: Linda H
- Grab coffee at the library
- Mark your calendar for great events
- Shop at the Friends’ new Book Nook
- January 2, 2019:
- New (old) works now in the public domain
- Sen. Boscola expands ‘Mobile Office’ hours
- Winter storytimes start next week!
- Mark your calendar for great events
- New year = new cards are on the way
- December 22, 2018 (special year-end issue):
- The year in review
- New library cards coming in 2019!
- So much more than books
- How you can support the library
- Help us end 2018 on a high note
- November 28, 2018:
- Kids’ STEM series kicks off Dec. 8
- Friends Indeed: The Friends of the EPL
- Meet Our Volunteers: Johnny
- Love Oreos?
- Open House highlights
- Mark your calendar for great events
- Celebrate Old-Fashioned Christmas!
- November 14, 2018:
- Celebrate the holidays @ EPL
- How to create online reading lists
- Love magazines? Get free digital issues
- Mark your calendar for great events
- It’s official!
- October 31, 2018:
- Meet Lauri, our newest team member
- Confused about health insurance?
- Puzzlemania
- New children’s wing celebrations
- Mark your calendar for great events
- We won first place!
- ###a href="https://madmimi.com/p/6843fc/preview" target="_blank" class="fusion-no-lightbox">October 3, 2018:
- From the director — Fall at EPL!
- How to renew your books online
- Want to donate books? Read this first.
- New storytimes for fall
- Mark your calendar for great events
- Save $6 at Crayola Experience
- September 19, 2018:
- How to access your account online
- Free museum passes with your card
- Save time with Book-a-Librarian
- What’s next in your book series?
- Mark your calendar for great events
- Community Heroes highlights
- September 5, 2018:
- Amy’s farewell message
- 18th annual Community Heroes Day
- It’s Library Card Sign-up Month
- Oh hey, we have a blog now
- Mark your calendar for great events
- Today you saved …
- #SummeratEPL was terrific
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