Ballston Reader
What's Happening at the Town of Ballston Community Library
Friday, February 2nd, 2018
Drop In Technology/Computer Help
Bring your device, or use ours, and bring your questions! Sarah McFadden from the Rensselaer Cornell Cooperative Extension will help you!
Friends of the Library Monthly Meeting
Tuesday, Febraury 6th - 9:00am
Fidget Grows a Pizza Garden
*Registration required, for grades K-5
Thursday, February 8th - 1:30pm
Valentine's Day Cookie Decorating
Monday, February 12th - 6:30pm
*Registration Required - Click here to register!
Take a Look at These Books
White Houses by Amy Bloom
A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America by T. Christian Miller
"In a Seattle suburb in 2008, an 18-year-old girl woke up to find a stranger with a knife in her apartment bedroom. He bound, blindfolded and gagged her, then raped her and photographed the assault. After he left, she reported the rape to the Lynnwood, Washington, police. They didn’t believe her. They thought Marie had invented the story to get attention and charged her with making a false report.
Two years later in Colorado, the same man raped another woman. Then another. And another. Luckily, the detectives there believed the victims and investigated aggressively. But the harm was done: A serial rapist was at large because the Lynnwood police had failed to do their job properly." - Excerpt from Book Page Book Review article
Jefferson's Daughters by Catherine Kerrison
"Much has been written about Thomas Jefferson, his family and his illegitimate daughter, Harriet Hemings. But historian Catherine Kerrison eloquently manages to shed new light on the Founding Father and his relationships with three of his very different children in her new book, Jefferson’s Daughters.
Jefferson married a young widow, Martha Wayles Skelton, in 1772, and eventually had six children with her, although only two would reach adulthood—Martha and Maria. But these girls had half-siblings mothered by Sally Hemings, a slave who was their lady’s maid and companion." - Excerpt from Book Page Book Review article
Community Display Spaces
Calling all artists & collectors!
Tax Forms
It's That Time of Year Again...
Tax forms will be available at the Library as soon as they are received. They are expected NO EARLIER than Thursday, February 8th. We will update the website and Facebook as forms and booklets become available. Feel free to call the Library to check what forms are available before stopping in.
https://www.irs.gov/forms-instructions
https://www.tax.ny.gov/forms/
Town of Ballston Community Library
Email: web.toblibrary@gmail.com
Website: toblibrary.sals.edu
Location: 2 Lawmar Lane, Burnt Hills, NY, United States
Phone: 5183998174
Facebook: facebook.com/toblibrary