Congratulations to our summer basket winners, 2026: *Annette, *Rhett, *Duke and *Harry! We really appreciate the support of FMPL (Friends of the Muehl Public Library) who paid for the prizes! In total: there were 1684 entries. (Patrons filled out chances from June 8 until September 4 each time they checked out. Some folks passed on […]
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The September, 2026 BookPage is available for free at your library. Thanks to Friends of the Muehl Public Library (FMPL) for purchasing this for our patrons every month. It is a tremendous resource! Library Cards and Lending About Renewing Renewing only occurs when there are NO HOLDS on an item. Persons can renew
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Our highly anticipated new library software was launched this week. We have had a few kinks to work out (expected!) and things are going very well OVERALL. We are so happy! Now we can set our sights on the Manhattan Short Film Festival! We have been running the Manhattan Film Festival at our library since
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Our highly anticipated new library software was launched this week. We have had a few kinks to work out (expected!) and things are going very well OVERALL. We are so happy! Now we can set our sights on the FMPL fall fundraiser. We have been planning all summer. We are very excited to try a
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The new InfoSoup catalog launches August 19! Here’s what to expect during the transition, including important dates for holds, the current app, and catalog access. Planning to place a hold? Holds can be placed through August 6, but holds placed July 28–August 6 will be suspended until the new catalog launches. Save this timeline and
August, 2026 will be so exciting as we change to a new library experience! Read More »
Colette Bezio made us aware that our puzzling board was both breaking and warping. She stated that it gave us a good life, lasting six years. Joint puzzles are done at the center of our library. Patrons work on them daily and it is pretty amazing how quickly they finish them. Colette takes pictures of
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The prints have arrived and been framed for the three photo contest winners, GIVE US YOUR BEST SHOT, 2025, an FMPL activity. It is great to see beautiful summer images as we are headed in that direction after winter solstice. Congratulations again to Stephanie Diermeier, Cathy Krull and Addie Jaykowski. (left to right as arranged
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One of our library stars is Ben Chan. He had a winning streak on the game show JEOPARDY and he lives and teaches in our region. We reached out to him to ask if he could help us out with our BUILD A BETTER LIBRARY fundraiser on November 8, 2025. Instead of being a contestant
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Our library star is Jason Wolf who manages Don’s Quality Market. In a dazzling pink and blue sparkly jacket he got the crowd fired up on November 8, 2025 in the Seymour High School auditorium for Family Feud Seymour style! We are so grateful for Jason’s good nature and humor. Later, during the BUILD A
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead FMPL understood that we needed a fundraiser for the library expansion only this year. I (Elizabeth) presented the Family Feud game idea and the committee immediately set to work making
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