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Published June 03. 2021 9:00AM
By Bill Stanley, Special to the Times
My friend, Mike DiMauro, the sports columnist for The Day, wrote a column recently celebrating the re-opening of New London’s iconic Dutch Tavern after a pandemic-related closure of more than a year. In describing The Dutch’s cozy interior, he pointed out, among other qualities at this fine establishment, that there is no Wi-Fi.
“But there are several newspapers,” he wrote, adding parenthetically “A newspaper is a printed publication issued daily and commonly contains news, sports, features, commentary and advertising, in case the word is unfamiliar.”
As is often the case, DiMauro was writing with tongue firmly implanted in cheek. Or was he?
Washington Twp. library gets funding to address climate change
Updated Jan 30, 2021;
The Margaret E. Heggan Free Public Library in Washington Township has received a $500 stipend from Resilient Communities: Libraries Respond to Climate Change, an initiative of the American Library Association to help libraries engage communities in programs and conversations on the climate crisis.
As part of ALA’s Resilient Communities programs, the library will host a Zoom talk on “Climate Change Fiction: Just for Fun or Forecasting the Future,” 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 10, with Rowan University writing arts professor Edward “Ted” Howell.
The library will host a “community read” book discussion of “The End of the Ocean” by Naja Lunde on Zoom on Wednesday, April 7, at 7 p.m. The book is available in print and audiobook format through curbside pickup, or it can be downloaded as an ebook or audiobook using the Libby app.