Halloween Skywatch aims at astronomical readings

A Skywatch with the New Hampshire Astrological Society is set for Oct 31, at 6:30 p.m. Milton Town Beach, and the public is invited.

Society members will arrive before sunset, set up their equipment and choose their celestial targets with public education and outreach in mind.

An educational slide presentation may also precede the skywatch if a suitable venue is available.

The society tries to work with the requesting organization to schedule these events at locations where streetlights are not visible since you can see more deep sky objects like galaxies under these conditions. However, the moon and planets still make wonderful targets in more light-polluted areas. On nights when the moon is visible we try to schedule events around the first quarter moon (as opposed to full moon) because the low sun angle on the moon around first quarter allows lunar craters and mountains to be seen in much more detail.

Solar observing with special filters is also possible during the day, but use caution and never look through any kind of telescope (even a small one) at the sun without proper filters.

1000 Books Before Kindergarten:

Do you want to give your child an advantage that only you can give? Do you want your child to start school ready to learn to read? Then challenge your family to read 1000 books before your child starts Kindergarten! It CAN be done! It's easy! Let us help you get started today!

Little Red Schoolhouse renovation update

The building that houses the Milton Free Public Library has undergone some needed repairs . The outside of the first floor has been resided and painted. The rear egress has been refigured as well.

Ribbon cutting of the new accessibility lift

The Milton Free Public Library has installed a lift to make your library more accessible to all our patrons. We will officially "open" the lift with a special ribbon cutting ceremony Oct. 18 at 11 a.m behind the library.

The Milton Free Public Library is supported in part by a grant from the New Hampshire State Council of the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Homeschool meeting

Meet other homeschool families . Share ideas! Thursday , October 8 at 10:30 AM.

Survey Says

Help MFPL help you! Please take a moment to complete the library survey. Click on the link on our home page http://MiltonFreePublicLibrary.org or from our Facebook page.

Programs resume at MFPL

Interested in crafts? Join the Kninjas Friday afternoons 3:30 -5:00 PM