by CPH Friends | May 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
Why I love the library - Click Here We all know that the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library is one of the crown jewels of our community. Now, more than ever, it is important that everyone knows the impact the library can have on the quality of their lives. The...
by CPH Friends | May 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Friends of the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library (FOL) plays a significant role in connecting our library and community. Membership contributions and FOL fundraisers allow the Friends to support the library by underwriting such things as Museum Passes, Books...
by CPH Friends | May 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Friends hosted two events the weekend of May 16-18: our tri-annual Used Book Sale, and annual Plant Give & Take. Both events were a success, thanks to our wonderful community of volunteers – and patrons! The spring book sale went well, with fiction books...
by CPH Friends | May 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
By guest author Jamie Hanley As we know, Spring comes late to upstate NY and all the gardeners I know are anxious to get their hands in the dirt. Last month, we embarked on a journey of constructing a backyard greenhouse…..a long and arduous journey, but one that will...
by CPH Friends | May 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge is a novel inspired by the true story of two giraffes who survived a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic in 1938, on their way to the San Diego Zoo. A main character in the novel is a young photographer named Augusta Ann (or...
by CPH Friends | Apr 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
On April 1, the first quarter FOL membership promotion to win a New York Times best-selling book ended. From January 1 through March 31, we had 295 new and/or renewing FOL memberships. In early April, using a random number generator, we selected a winner from the...