Bibliobites in May: “-Ish” Again

June 15, 2023Bibliobites, Book Groups, Books, Reading Room Featured, UncategorizedAndrea Grant

The melting pot* that is America is never more beautifully expressed than in its foodways. Sure, it’s easy to poke fun at our love of fast food and fried everything; but the variety of cultures represented in our supermarkets and on our plates is astounding. Ingredients that a few years ago might have been looked … Continue reading Bibliobites in May: “-Ish” Again →

Bibliobites in June: Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of…. Salad!

July 7, 2022Bibliobites, Book Groups, Reading Room FeaturedAndrea Grant

For many of us, salads equal summertime. In the winter, we may be happy to hunker down with steaming bowls of soup or sturdy casseroles, but when warmer weather (finally) arrives, we’re more likely to crave something lighter. A cool, crunchy main-dish salad can be the perfect dinnertime solution– substantial without being too heavy, refreshing, … Continue reading Bibliobites in June: Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of…. Salad! →

Chelmsford Newspapers Obituary Search

A PDF index to the obituaries listed in the Chelmsford Newsweekly (6/20/1940 – 8/26/1993) and the Chelmsford Independent (1/2/1986 – present). When you locate the correct obituary, you can use the newspaper name, date, and page number to look up the obituary text on our microfilm records, or contact the Reference Desk at askus@chelmsfordlibrary.org or … Continue reading Chelmsford Newspapers Obituary Search →

Finished Game of Thrones? Binge your next literary TV show with us!

May 24, 2019Reading Room FeaturedJeff Hartman

History, romance, thrillers, and fantasy! The golden age of TV has given us some amazing adaptions of some of our favorite novels. Check these titles out from the library as we give you access to them both on the page and on the screen! Can’t find the latest season? Just put in a request and … Continue reading Finished Game of Thrones? Binge your next literary TV show with us! →

Summer 2020: Books to Film

June 18, 2020Books, Reading Room, UncategorizedJessica FitzHanso

Here are some suggestions of books that were made into films:

Winter Reading Challenge: What Chelmsford is Reading

March 23, 2023Books, Reading Room, Reading Room FeaturedJulia Sullivan

Spring is in the air, and our Winter Reading Challenge has officially come to a close! Our winners this season are Betsey D, Alexis G, and Ibrahim S. Congratulations to our winners, and thank you to everyone who participated! Read on to explore what our forty entrants read this winter, which you can pick up … Continue reading Winter Reading Challenge: What Chelmsford is Reading →

CPL’s Most Borrowed Titles 2021

December 29, 2021Books, Reading Room, Reading Room Featured, Uncategorized2021, best books, Best of List, Best-of-the-year, readers advisoryDeanna Parsi

You heard from us about our staff picks of 2021, but how about what YOU were reading this year? Here are Chelmsford Public Library’s most borrowed Fiction and Nonfiction titles of the year. How many did you read?

Read This Next…Scary Books!

October 25, 2021Book Reviews, Books, Reading Room, Reading Room Featured, Staff Picks, UncategorizedHalloween, readers advisoryDeanna Parsi

‘Tis the season for spooky reading! What is the scariest book you have ever read? For me? I had to sleep with the lights on for two weeks after reading Salem’s Lot by Stephen King! Whether you like truly scary stories like that, or ghost stories, or gothics, or classics like Dracula and Frankenstein, see … Continue reading Read This Next…Scary Books! →

Meet the Staff: Jeff Hartman

Jeff Hartman Marketing and Community Outreach Specialist jhartman@chelmsfordlibrary.org 978-256-5521 x1109 Jeff loves reading many different genre, but particularly likes science fiction and fantasy, historical fiction, mysteries, and nonfiction that touches on American or medieval European history. He prefers to read authors who create complicated nuanced characters and worlds that teach us something about ourselves and … Continue reading Meet the Staff: Jeff Hartman →

Read This Next…Check Out Our Nonfiction

January 24, 2022Reading Room, Reading Room Featured, Reference, Resources, Uncategorizedreaders advisory, reading challengeDeanna Parsi

Have you been downstairs at the library lately? If not, the Winter Reading Challenge is the perfect opportunity to take a peek! This year, our challenge has several categories that encourage us to read bigger by venturing into nonfiction categories. READ A TRUE CRIME BOOK ABOUT A HEIST, A CULT, OR AN UNSOLVED CRIME … Continue reading Read This Next…Check Out Our Nonfiction →