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Dropping in for fun at the Islington Branch

By Riley Fontana

Hometown Weekly Reporter

The Westwood Library’s Islington Branch has been hosting drop-in activities on Monday afternoons. These activities change every week and everyone is allowed to show up and participate. These events are low-stress ways for kids to have fun within the library. 

A paw-fect afternoon at WPL

By Madison Butkus

Hometown Weekly Reporter

Westwood residents were in for a furry treat this past Thursday, January 18th, as the Islington Branch of the Westwood Public Library (WPL) hosted a therapy dog for all to come and play with. This therapy dog welcomed everyone to the...

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WPL hosts poetry workshop 

By Madison Butkus

Hometown Weekly Reporter

Newbie or Wannabe poets in the Westwood area were in luck this past month as the Islington Branch of the Westwood Public Library (WPL) hosted a workshop for all to come and enjoy. This workshop was broken up into two different...

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Jane Healy discusses new novel

By Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Correspondent

On Wednesday, April 12, at the Islington Branch of the Westwood Public Library, author Jane Healy discussed her March 2023 release, Goodnight from Paris. She presented an informative slide show of characters and scenes from her novel and then answered questions from the audience.

Library hosts Boston Harbor presentation

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By Daniel Curtin Hometown Weekly Reporter [caption id="attachment_27809" align="alignright" width="200"]Marguerite Krupp shows a map of the Boston Harbor and its different islands. Photos by Daniel Curtin Marguerite Krupp shows a map of the Boston Harbor and its different islands. Photos by Daniel Curtin
[/caption] Last Thursday, the...
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Little Olympics at Islington Branch

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By James Ensor Hometown Weekly Reporter Although the young athletes would have been forgiven to think they were in Rio when they were baking in the sun, they were in fact escaping the heat in the Islington Branch library on Thursday, August 18. For an hour on that hot morning, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30...
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