iPads, Kindle Fire Stolen From Library

Someone stole high-priced tech equipment from the library in Doylestown.

Quick, think of the most repulsive places and people to steal from. Hospital patients? Homeless shelters? Nursing home residents? How about libraries? The library in Doylestown reported this week being the victim of a high-priced theft. A representative from the Bucks County Free Library, Doylestown branch, reported that someone removed several pieces of electronic equipment recently. Two iPads, four Nexus 7 tablets, and a Kindle Fire HD are among the items taken, according to police reports released this week. The equipment was taken from a locked storage closet on the second floor of the library building on Pine Street. It happened sometime between Thursday, Feb. 21 and Thursday, March 7, library officials said. The missing items are …

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February is Love a Library Month

February is more than just Valentine's Day. Stop in the library in Doylestown to celebrate Love a Library month.

Great White Sharks Swimming to the Doylestown Library

A program Saturday will celebrate the release of 'Danger in the Deep Blue Sea,' by Bucks County children's author Debbie Dadey.

Great white sharks will 'attack' the Doylestown library on Saturday. Children's author and Bucks County resident Debbie Dadey will host a special program to celebrate the release of her newest book. The latest in her "Mermaid Tales" series, "Danger in the Deep Blue Sea" finds main character Pearl stirring up trouble after sharks are sighted in Trident City. Dadey, who lives in Furlong with her husband, three children, and dogs Bailey, Skip and Shadow, will read from the book, which goes on sale on Jan. 29. The free program runs from 1 to 2 p.m. in the Pearl Buck Room of the library on Pine Street. Light refreshments will be served and the entire family is welcome. Dadey has authored or co-authored 152 children’s books, including The …

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Sarah Larson

3:11 pm on Saturday, January 26, 2013

Hi Tom and Connie. Thanks for your input. The info on this was first posted on Thursday: http://doylestown.patch.com/blog_posts/sharks-coming-to-doylelstown-library And actually, it was supposed to have been posted even earlier, but was held up by a glitch on the back end that has since been resolved – I hope! Also, I think a lot of people don’t know that you can search the event calendar …   more ›

Library to Host Kids' Gadget Fair

If your kids have been angling for some tech, here's their chance to try it out, first.

The library in Doylestown is offering a free program for kids to expose them to new technology. Kids' Gadget Fair will give children the opportunity to get their hands on everything from an iPad to a Nook e-reader to a Leapster. No registration is necessary for the drop-in program, which will be held on Saturday, Jan. 12 and Saturday, Jan. 26. The family program will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the children's department at the library on Pine Street. The Gadget Fair is part of the library's robust children's program, designed to entice kids into the library and get them reading more.

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Doylestown Library to Host Native American Storytelling

Learn more about Native Americans before Thanksgiving in this fun, free program.

Just in time for Thanksgiving, the Doylestown library will host a free program this weekend on Native Americans. Local author Juilene Osborne McKnight will visit the library Saturday, Nov. 17, to perform Native American storytelling. The program is free and starts at 1 p.m. Organizers said it is appropriate for all ages. McKnight teaches Celtic and Native American Myth and Culture and Creative Writing at DeSales University in the Lehigh Valley.

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Used Book Sale Adjusts to Economy

The Doylestown library's annual fundraiser is making a concession to make it easier for people to afford books.

As many people still are keeping tight hold of their pocket books, even the charity used book sale is lowering its prices this year. The Friends of the Library's annual used book sale, which kicks off at the library in Doylestown this weekend, is lowering its prices for nearly all of the thousands of books that will be for sale. "Given the still depressed state of our economy, and the mission of the Friends of the Library to support the community and encourage reading, we have a new price policy so books can be more accessible to all," said Maria Martino Evans, of the Friends group. This year, for the first time ever, all books will be $1, Evans said, with the exception of a few special antique or coffee-table type volumes. Young childrens…

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Doylestown Library Offers 'See You Saturday'

The Doylestown library will offer several kids activities during 'See You Saturday' programs.

  If you're looking for something to do with the kids this weekend, the Bucks County Free Library might be just the ticket. The library center in Doylestown will offer 'See You Saturday' on Saturday, Oct. 6. The drop-in program offers fun stuff to keep the kids entertained. Activities can range from Lego mania to a session on making the perfect paper airplane, and it's a different activity each time. The program is drop in, so no registration is required. It runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Doylestown Library Kicks Off Summer Reading Program

Kids keep a summer reading log and can win weekly prizes, with a shot at the grand prizes of a Kindle Fire or a trip to the Great Wolf Lodge.

When Linden Elementary students left school last week, they went home with a special message from librarian Mike Wolf. Reading over the summer would help them retain the skills they had spent all year learning - and the Doylestown library's summer reading program was a great way to make that reading fun. On Saturday, the Doylestown library will host a special event to kick off that annual program. The theme for 2012 is "Dream Big - READ!" "It’s to keep kids reading over the summer, but to do it in a fun way," said Katie Ringenbach, Youth Services Librarian at the Doylestown branch. All seven branches of the Bucks County Free Library system will be running a summer reading program, said Bonnie White, branch manager at the Doylestown library…

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Carol Higgins Clark to Speak at Library Luncheon

The mystery writer will be the guest author at the annual author luncheon on April 28.

Mystery writer Carol Higgins Clark will be the featured speaker at a luncheon this month organized by the Friends of the Library Center, Doylestown. She will headline the Friends' annual Author Luncheon scheduled for April 28 at Warrington Country Club in Doylestown Township. The daughter of best selling author Mary Higgins Clark co-wrote five books with her mother. She has said she learned the basics of fiction writing as she retyped her mother's manuscripts and offered her suggestions for character names and plot locations. On her own, she has written 15 books featuring private investigator Regan Reilly, the most recent of which, Gypped, was released Tuesday, April 3. While Regan is not Higgins Clark's alter ego, she is the daughter of a…

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A Civil Education About Doylestown's Past

Longtime borough resident and Civil War buff portrayed a lieutenant for a rapt audience.

“Lt. Edwin Fretz” returned to Doylestown Saturday to share his exploits and those of his fellow soldiers during the Civil War. Dressed as Fretz, Richard Neddenriep led the first Friends of the Library program of the year. He regaled a packed house with stories of a Doylestown that, in 1860, had only 1,800 residents, a brand new train station and a militia that met weekly to drill in Camp Lacey – now, Central Bucks West’s War Memorial Field. He told of 100 residents who went served time briefly in a Washington, D.C., that  “was much like Doylestown, with dusty streets, open sewers, clapboard houses and animals in the streets.” A week after their first engagement concluded, they answered President Lincoln’s call for 500,000 soldiers and a …

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