On July 4, we opened the fifty-year-old time capsule that was buried in the library front lawn! Hundreds of people gathered together to celebrate Meredith history on a very hot day! 

The items pulled from the capsule will be preserved and displayed at the Meredith Historical Society at a later date.

To see our photo gallery of the event, CLICK HERE.

A full list of items in the time capsule is under the read more break!

We have events and prizes for babies to adults. We kick off June 30 and have at least one event nearly every day this summer. Read for prizes at every age level. More information to follow in a special newsletter supplement in mid-June focused on Summer Reading.

What's going on this summer?  Download brochures listing activities for:
Adult Summer Reading
Teen Summer Reading
Children's Summer Reading

Our June Artist of the Month is photographer Pat Corlin.

Pat Kennedy-Corlin is an award winning, New Hampshire based photographer providing a wide range of services while specializing in fine art photography, studio portraiture and ‘Creatively Classic’ Pet Imagery.

Pat is a founding member of The Seacoast  Photographers Studios of Exeter and Dover, NH. She is a juried, exhibiting member of the New Hampshire Art Association at the Robert Levi Gallery in Portsmouth, the Massachusetts Plymouth Art Guild & the Best Top Photographer International Photographers Gallery, exhibiting in the Netherlands.

An avid wildlife, landscape and travel photographer, Pat can also be found exploring the globe, photographing people and locations including Cuba, Cambodia, Africa, Hawaii, Canada, Europe and the Caribbean Islands. She can also  be found hiking, skiing or photographing the mountains of northern New England, the Rockies and the Austrian Alps.

Her industry memberships, professional and local, include the Professional Photographers of America PPA, the NH Chapter of PPA, NH Society of Photographic Artists, the Seacoast Camera Club of Portsmouth, the Seacoast Artist Association and Gallery. Her award  winning photography is well received in numerous exhibits & galleries throughout New England.

Artist Statement:'The artistic legacy I strive to create is a body of work honoring where I have journeyed and all the beings I have encountered along the way' -   Pat Kennedy-Corlin

www.PatCorlinPhotography.com            

 Pat@PatCorlinPhotography.com       (603) 781-5916

​As a child, instead of begging to go to the park, or the beach, Kaitlyn wanted to go to the library. A shy child, she found the library helped her balance her love for reading and learning with a chance to interact with other children. As she grew, she became more outgoing and this year was named the Meredith 250th's Youth Ambassador. We are so proud of her and congratulate her on her many accomplishments, including being accepted to Dartmouth College to study biology. "The Meredith Public Library was my home away from home as a child, and I still love it dearly," says Kaitlyn. "It is a part of Meredith that will always stick with me."

Diane Sawler McLaughlin lives and works in Saugus, Massachusetts and Tilton, New Hampshire. She also works with VynnArt in Meredith, NH. Many of her paintings are inspired by the New Hampshire Landscape. Please visit her website for more information.

On Tuesday, May 1 at 10:00AM, the Meredith Public Works Department will be removing a time capsule from the Meredith Public Library lawn, 91 Main Street, that was buried in 1968.  

"The time capsule will be officially opened on July 4, 2018 at 2:00PM at the Chase House.  The Common Man is donating an ice cream social for the first one hundred people.  Carl Johnson, Jr. will be emceeing the opening and we will have a slideshow displaying events from Meredith's 200th Anniversary in 1968," said Meredith Public Library Director and Time Capsule Committee Chair Erin Apostolos.

The Time capsule was buried in 1969 as the final celebration of Meredith's 200th anniversary in the previous year.  Citizens of Meredith in 1968 chose to put items in the time capsule that largely commemorated the events celebrated in the 200th.  Those events will be explained at the July 4 opening.

"We are also inviting everyone who was present when the time capsule was buried in 1968 to the library lawn at 1PM on July 4 for a group photo and to escort the capsule to its official opening at the Chase House," said Jonathan James, Chair of the Meredith Select Board and member of the Time Capsule Committee who will be donating the use of one of his antique vehicles for the occasion.

The time capsule is being removed on May 1 because the Friends of the Library will be planting a festive Red, White and Blue garden to help commemorate Meredith's 250th anniversary. Since the time capsule is currently in the garden bed, it will need to be removed prior to the planting of the garden so as not to disrupt it.  It will be securely stored in one of the Town's vaults.  

The library is also inviting anyone who was involved in the 200th anniversary of the Town in 1968 to contact Linda Hough at the library.  We are looking for people who might be interested in a short interview about their experience as part of an Oral History Project.  These interviews will be transcribed and then placed into the new time capsule which will be opened at Meredith's 300th anniversary.  Please call 279-4303 or email us.

The winner of our Library Leads contest for National Library Week is Bodey! Bodey will receive a $25 gift certificate to Once Read Books courtesy the Friends of the Meredith Library.

Honorable mention goes to Susan Goodnough for her entry.

Thank you to everyone who submitted their poetry! It was a difficult decision to choose just three!   The top three poets will receive a gift certificate and will have their poetry entries published in our May newsletter. The winners of our national poetry month contest are:

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" by Elliot Finn, "The River Bank" by Gordon Dubois and "Books" by Kaitlyn Gable. Congratulations! 

See all of the entries below!