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Come see Coal Country

Come see Coal Country

All are welcome to join us at the East Kingston Public Library on November 13th at 7:00PM.

We will be showing a new movie called "Coal Country". The movie explains what mountain top removal coal mining is, and how this practice affects us all.

Find out what your connection to coal is.

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Little Red Wagon

The East Kingston Public Library will host the University of New Hampshire's LITTLE RED WAGON professional children's theater troupe on Thursday July 30th at 2 PM at the library for a performance of "The Fisherman and his Wife".

The Little Red Wagon is the longest running nonprofit children's theatre tour in the US and performs at nearly 70 locations in New England each summer.


The program is sponsored by the Friends of the Library and is free and open to the public.

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Library Program

Library Program

The Friends of the East Kingston Public Library are proud to present Glen Swanson, PhD and "The Search for Identity in the Middle East".

Investigate the riddle of identity within Islam, the rivalries, the responses, the importance of education – and the value of cultural awareness.

When Muhammad brought the message of Islam to his followers, he revolutionized social, religious, and political systems. In place of the tribe he ordered a new focus, namely the “Ummah,” the community of Muslims believing in the oneness of God.

For some, this path has proven to be the ultimate answer in the search for identity. Many others in the Middle East – Muslims and non-Muslims alike – continue to ask, “Who am I?” Come here this insightful topic on June 4th at 7pm at the East Kingston Public Library

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Spring health series

East Kingston Library, 47 Maplevale Road, 642-8333

Spring health series

* Tuesday, May 12 at 7 p.m.: Louis Bornstein, licensed acupunturist at 540 Lafayette Road, Hampton, 773-9975, will discuss the health benefits of acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine and tai chi. This presentation will show the strength of this medicine as a stand-alone treatment or used in conjunction with Western medicine. Acupuncture has been found to be useful in all fields of medicine from fertility and pregnancy to migraine relief, allergies and physical injuries. Bornstein has just returned from mainland China where he performed acupuncture treatments. He will perform clinical treatments if time permits.

* Tuesday, May 19 at 7 p.m.: Dr Martin Pruss will present "Heart Smarts and the Metabolic Syndrome." Dr Pruss is a family practitioner in the local area who specializes in cardiac health and diabetes.

* Tuesday, May 26 at 7 p.m.: Anita Diresta, LPN, customer care specialist Exeter on Hampton Care and Rehab center, will present a discussion on long-term care. This is the opportunity to ask for all the information you need to plan for your future.

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author speaks April 8

East Kingston author speaks April 8 on 'King of the Forest'

April 06, 2009 9:40 AM

EAST KINGSTON -- The East Kingston Public Library will host a book reading event on Wednesday, April 8 at 7 p.m. Local author Lucinda Marcoux will sign and read from her recently published book “King of the Forest.”

This family tale of a brother and sister bond reads like a novel yet it is nonfiction — complete with flashbacks of early childhood antics set against the backdrop of detailed descriptions of the medical trauma they faced when he was treated for Hodgkin’s lymphoma and she became his stem cell donor.

Marcoux is a life-long resident of the area and works for a healthcare company in Beverly, Mass. All are welcome to attend. For more please visit www.eastkingstonlibrary.org or call 642-8333.

For information on “King of the Forest," visit www.peartreepublishing.net.

“King of the Forest” is now available for purchase at Water Street Bookstore, Inc. in downtown Exeter and at RiverRun Bookstore in downtown Portsmouth.

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Santa

Santa is coming to East Kingston. Please join us at the old Town Hall on Friday December 7th at 6:30 for crafts, refreshments and a visit from Santa. Santa will be arriving at 7 PM.

Don't forget your cameras!

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East Kingston hosts library groundbreaking

East Kingston hosts library groundbreaking
Building set to be finished in December

The groundbreaking for the new East Kingston library building was held Tuesday.

From left, Mike Todd, Conrad Moses, Joanne Postle,
Amy Robbins, Tracy Waldron, Dave Pendell,
State Rep. Mary Allen, Christine Walsh,
Diane Sheckells and Fire Chief Alan Mazur
photo By Ann Sanok

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EK New Library Construction Status: As of July 13

The Trustees of the Library are happy to announce we are having a ground breaking ceremony on Tuesday July 24 from 9:00-9:20 AM. We are anxious to start making physical progress on our new public library! The public (and children) are welcome. Please bring a shovel.

The last month has been consumed with initial work such as test pits, progression of structural plans, permit applications, and initial construction prerequisites such as insurance policy riders and such. The test pit results were favorable, and progress on the other fronts is steady.

The Library Trustees are happy to announce Dave Pendell has accepted a role as our “owner designated representative”. Dave is an East Kingston resident and a recent alternate Trustee on our board. As the owner designated representative, Dave is the single point of contact between our construction manager and the library trustees.

Dave earned his BS in Construction Management from Wentworth Institute of Technology. Dave has worked as project manager on many municipal projects in NH and MA for the last 12 years. Dave works with construction contracts, project plans, and construction budgets for a living and has already provided significant value to the project.

Dave offered to expand the donation of his time and efforts to the owner designated representative role to encompass the traditional Clerk of the Works responsibilities. The purpose of the clerk of the works is to provide daily monitoring of project quality and progress as well as reconciling the billing status. Dave’s commitment to the quality and success of the project is commendable and greatly appreciated.

Dave is also our liaison with the Board of Selectmen. Dick Poeleart and Rob Caron are working with Dave to facilitate the requirements from the Board of Selectmen. This is an important step in getting the Library Trustees and the Board of Selectmen work together on the project.

As of July 13th, we have received a building permit. The Trustees will be meeting with the Planning Board at the upcoming July meeting to present the plans.

The bond money amount of $467,500 will be wired to East Kingston on July 19th from the New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank. We anticipate discussing the payment schedule with the Selectmen at an upcoming BOS meeting.

Fire Chief Alan Mazur has provided an initial review of the plans and concluded we can proceed with a dry sprinkler system. This is excellent news. Many thanks to Alan for this initial review and for a couple other insightful suggestions that we plan to implement.

Hopefully future project status reports will be more frequent and brief! We will try to update EastKingston.org with a project status as we go along.

Happy Summer reading!

Joanna McGarry Postle
on behalf of the East Kingston Library Trustees

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East Kingston votes for library trustees to take c

East Kingston votes for library trustees to take control of building project
Residents give trustees authority over project

By Ann Sanok
newsletter@seacoastonline.com
June 12, 2007 6:00 AM

EAST KINGSTON — Following a heated and sometimes bitter exchange between those in attendance at last Thursday's special town meeting, residents decisively rejected the selectmen's efforts to control the construction of the new library.

The vote, 213-30, will allow library trustees the unequivocal right to oversee and manage the construction project.

On Thursday residents voted, by an overwhelming show of hands, to amend the selectmen's article by deleting it and replace it with language urging selectmen to refrain from taking any action, legal or otherwise, which would impede or delay the completion of the project.

Controversy over the library project began in March following the town vote to build a new facility. Selectmen declared authority over the building project and forwarded drawings procured by library trustees to a new architect.

After failing to reach an agreement on the issue, selectmen and the library trustees subsequently petitioned for a special town meeting with separate warrant articles addressing the parties' respective authority over the project.

In their petition, selectmen sought to hire a second architect to create new drawings and to repeat the bidding process

While all three selectmen professed their desire to get the library built and to work with the trustees, many residents in the large crowd that filled the East Kingston Elementary School gym accused selectmen of wanting control, racking up unnecessary legal fees, and duplicating work.

When questioned as to why selectmen had never attended any library trustee meetings over the past three years or previously involved themselves in the construction planning process, Selectman Robert Forrest said the selectmen were not informed of the meetings and not invited.

Selectmen told that audience that the law regarding which party had control over the project was not clear.

Forrest urged residents to consider voting for the selectmen's warrant article because it was inclusive and allowed both parties to share in the project.

Library trustee Ted Lloyd disputed selectmen's contention that the law pertaining to libraries was ambiguous and read aloud portions of the relevant library statutes to the audience. When another resident challenged the legality of selectmen's actions under state law, Forrest refused to respond, stating that he did not feel it was appropriate to comment on "the interpretation of a statute by a non-lawyer."

Following the vote, trustee Lloyd said he was thrilled with the resounding support the trustees had received from the town's residents, but expressed concern that selectmen would continue to block the library's progress.

"We'll see if they really support getting this built by whether they step aside, or whether they'll continue to create obstacles and push this into the courts. I truly hope they will honor the will of the people of this town and respect tonight's vote."

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Public Q & A at Trustees Meeting 6/14

The Trustees of the East Kingston Public Library will hold their regular weekly meeting this Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at the Library.

Time will be set aside for public questions and answers concering construction of the new Library.

All residents of East Kingston are welcome.

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A Sincere Thank You

To the residence of East Kingston –

We thank you for your presence.
We thank you for your vote of support.
We thank you for your patience.
We thank you for your good judgment.

A special thank you to our residents in Cricket Hill and Maplevale.
We thank you for your unity. We thank you for all your efforts.

The library trustee's are overjoyed by the support the town provided us at last evening's meeting. The turn out at special town meeting far exceeded our expectation. We are proud to serve East Kingston as Trustees of the Library.

We thank you for your trust.

We remain committed to getting the best new library that we can for our tax dollar. We look forward to communicating information about the building progress!

Sincerely,

Joanna McGarry Postle on behalf of the Trustees of the EK Public Library


PS Quick recap from my notes:
Article 1 passed with 213 Yes votes and 30 No votes.
Article 2 was replaced with the following amendment:
"Delete all the current wording of Article #2 and replace with: 'The
Board of Selectmen is urged to support and assist the Library trustees at every turn as this important community project proceeds, and should
refrain from taking any actions legal or otherwise that would impede or delay the prompt completion of the new library.'"
Article 2 passed by majority vote.