Lowell Spinners discounted tickets at the library!

 
The Friends of the Library have once again generously purchased a Lowell Spinners pass that library patrons can take advantage of to get discounted tickets to terrific minor league baseball just 30 minutes north of Maynard. The Spinners are the Single A-Short Season affiliate of the Boston Red Sox and play in beautiful LeLacheur Park on the campus of UMass Lowell. Former Lowell Spinners that have gone on to play in the major leagues include Jacoby Ellsbury, Clay Bucholz, Kevin Youkilis, Jonathan Papelbon, and many more.

In addition to great baseball, the Spinners have lots of great giveaways and promotions throughout the year. To see their complete promotional schedule, click here. 

Anyone with a valid Minuteman Network library card can check out the pass, which is valid for up to 6 general admission tickets for $3 per ticket at any of the 38 Spinners home games. This is a 50% discount! The pass must be presented at the Spinners ticket office on the day of the game to receive the discount.

Reserve the pass at the Circulation Desk or by calling 978-897-1010 x100. 

Know your community resources: Maynard Historical Society

In what will become a semi-regular feature on this blog, I'd like to take a look at community resources that some in Maynard may not be aware of or might be in need of a reminder of. As you already know, Maynard is a fantastic small town with a lot of great things happening in it. And now to lead us off...

While the library does have many resources for those looking to learn more about Maynard's history including town reports, all the books written about Maynard, most of Maynard High School's yearbooks, and more, we are far from the only stop for local historians seeking more information. For those serious about really delving into it, The Maynard Historical Society exists entirely to promote the need to remember the town's proud history since its inception in 1871.

The society does an excellent job of cataloging its collection online and posts photos of most individual items as they are put into the system. There are so many interesting pictures of buildings, people, and artifacts from all periods of the town's history. One of my favorites is their extensive collection of postcards that you can view here. You may search or browse the collection here: http://collection.maynardhistory.org/

The society also puts out a quarterly newsletter with bits of interesting newspaper articles from years past along with first-hand stories from those that have lived in the town for a long time. If you join the society, which you can do here, you can get the newsletter mailed to your house with each new issue.

Also worth noting is that the society will be soon be holding its June meeting on Monday, June 17th at the Maynard High School. It will be one of the final functions to be held in the building before it gets turned over to the demolition company. The program for the meeting will be the history of Maynard schools with an extensive slideshow and program covering the history. There will be a select number of prints on display from their collection - every MHS yearbooks in their collection and a bunch of artifacts.

Lastly, the Historical Society is currently housed in the Maynard Medical building of Clock Tower Place. The only time to visit is on Wednesday mornings and it is recommended that you contact the society's president, Dave Griffin before going down to make sure that they are open and able to take a visitor. You may contact Dave 978-394-2375 or email him at davebets@mac.com.

Back issues of the Maynard Beacon-Villager

Hello, Maynard!

We just started a subscription to America's Newsbank, a service that will provide library patrons with access to current and archived issues of the Maynard Beacon-Villager from August 2005 to the most recent issue published.

America's News allows you to easily search or browse news articles, editorials, birth/marriage announcements, obituaries, and special sections. Just about everything you see in the Beacon-Villager goes into this database.

Interested in reading past articles and editorials on the 129 Parker St. location? Do a search for it and you'll get 174 relevant results. The library alone has almost 1,400 results but you can narrow down your search by adding other keywords or by selecting a date range for the results to fall into. We're very excited about this resource for all kinds of purposes and hope you take the chance to try it out as well.

You can try America's Newsbank by clicking here or find it later at www.maynardpubliclibrary.org/databases. Remote access from home is limited to Maynard residents only. For more information, contact the Reference Desk at 978-897-1010 x103 or mayill@minlib.net