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STL celebrates lifelong learning & fosters community connections through innovative educational & cultural experiences.
STL celebrates lifelong learning & fosters community connections through innovative educational & cultural experiences.
EFFECTIVE JULY 1st 2024
Monday 12:00-6
Tuesday 10:00-6
Wednesday 12:00-6
Thursday 12:00-7
Friday CLOSED
Saturday 9-1
We will be closed
Saturday August 30th and Monday September 1st
for Labor Day Weekend
Book: My Friends by Fredrik Backman
What our patron had to say:
“It's a story looking back at four teenage friends -- characters who only really fit with each other and the different paths their lives took. It's also about the transformative power of art. The audio version is great -- very well read!”
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Coming to your local library on September 21st 2025.
Outdoor Concert
Time: 1 PM
Location: Stockton Public Library on Pearl Street
Bring your own chair
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history.
Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a mid
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history.
Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, crime and debacle that unfolds in the close-knit community. Months earlier, Martha documented the details of an alleged rape committed by two of the town’s most respected gentlemen—one of whom has now been found dead in the ice. But when a local physician undermines her conclusion, declaring the death to be an accident, Martha is forced to investigate the shocking murder on her own.
Over the course of one winter, as the trial nears, and whispers and prejudices mount, Martha doggedly pursues the truth. Her diary soon lands at the center of the scandal, implicating those she loves, and compelling Martha to decide where her own loyalties lie.
Clever, layered, and subversive, Ariel Lawhon’s newest offering introduces an unsung heroine who refused to accept anything less than justice at a time when women were considered best seen and not heard. The Frozen River is a thrilling, tense, and tender story about a remarkable woman who left an unparalleled legacy yet remains nearly forgotten to this day.
ALSO AVAILABLE IN LARGE PRINT, EREAD AUDIO & CD FORMATS
If you haven't been to the library in a while come and see all that's new! The Atwood Room, located in the lower level, is ready for you to enjoy. Gather family and friends and work one of puzzles, play cards, or one of our games or you can bring your own. Maybe you just want to come and enjoy a cup of coffee, tea or cocoa and visit with your friends.....Stop in today to see all that is new!
The Charlene Huso Children's Library
In Fond Memory Of Charlene Huso
Dedicated in gratitude for her many years of exemplary service and commitment to the Stockton Township Library
Vega Discover is the new public catalog for the PrairieCat consortium as of Nov 30, 2023. Support for the Encore catalog will be phased out in the coming months.
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September 21, 2025 1:00pm
Outdoor Concert - Bring Chairs
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