Sandstone High schools…read moreand towers The Gale Free Library is a stunning and amazing building indeed. The building is actually called The Damon Memorial Building and until 1926 housed both the high school and the library. The high school received it's own building and the Gale Library took over the entire building. The library is made of lovely granite from local quarries with brown sandstone trim and the roof is black and red slate from the state of Maine. The library was designed by the famous Boston architect Stephen Earle in the Romanesque Revival Style and even includes a clock tower. The money for the library was donated by Sam and Susan Damon Gale and was opened in 1888. This was the great era of library building and the inside is as impressive as the outside. A stunning and wonderful building, libraries like this will never be built again.

Perhaps I miss understood the situation. I only relaying what my son told me. I believe may be the…read moreday that she asked him to go elsewhere to read perhaps it was busy, which would explain asking him to go to a more private area. We still go here in the librarians have been great event tolerated my sometimes noisy baby in the play area.

Granite clocks and…read morebells The Princeton library is simply amazing. Not just impressive or kind of cool but just amazing. Difficult to come up with the proper adjectives to describe this library, especially consider what an itty, bitty little town Princeton is. The library's beginning was in 1884 when the generous and obviously very wealthy Edward Goodnow gave some money to have a library built. Actually Goodnow wanted a building built to be part library and part school. Another school for the kids was built around 1900 so the library took over the entire building. And what a building it is. Made of rose tinted granite and framed by brownstone, the building includes a huge clock tower with a thousand pound bell that still rings out every single hour. The site was selected because it had a great view and the library is indeed an imposing and stunning sight as you enter into the very, small town of Princeton. Once inside it just gets better. An incredible spiral staircase, the only one I have ever seen in a library is just the start. Lovely stained glass, great old pictures and some wonderful antique furniture is scattered about along with great wooden shelves and doors. Had to describe a library this wonderful. What made it even better were the two sweet and friendly librarians that took the time the tell us all about the incredible library that they were so proud of. I don't know if any library can ever be called perfect for everybody. But the stunning library in the tiny town of Princeton is as close to perfect as I've yet seen.

Two lane main street ~ twenty m.p.h. No traffic lights ~…read moreexcept one blinking yellow.  Sidewalks welcome feet.  Waves and hello's from all. A small town,  full of friendly down-to-earth people. It's my hometown where I can leave my doors unlocked at night, and still feel safe and sound.

Love this little town library. It has changed quite a bit throughout the years, but for the better…read more This is a great historical spot, with many pieces of the town and such throughout the building. There has been quite a few building upgrades which were much needed. They were also done without affecting the beautiful stone exterior and the old windows of the building. Inside is cozy and unique. There are three floors. You walk in the main entrance to the adult and sections on both sides. There is a balcony above where many more books are located. If you go downstairs, there is a great children's section. The staff is all very sweet and accommodating. They are all there to help and are great with recommendations or with locating material. They do many activities and meetings in this building. They also have passes available for local museums and parks. There was a major technology upgrade as well. Gone are the days of the massive card catalog with the lengthy drawers of cards stating the location and reference information of the books. There are now several laptops you can borrow for the sitting area or look up and get your book checked out all via computer programs. It's a great spot to bring a coffee in and browse or read for hours. Love this little place. Ps- it also doesn't get crazy crowded and there doesn't seem to be many unwanted visitors that pass through here.

At a time when the future of public libraries is questioned in terms of relevancy, Leominster…read morePublic Library is a celebration of literacy and community resources. The staff is welcoming and helpful. The meeting rooms and other facilities are first rate. This is a gem that all Leominster can be proud of.

We spend a lot of time at the library. The staff is helpful. Some of the librarians are quite…read morefriendly, which I think is very nice. It always feels good to be greeted by name and with a smile. My older boys like "The Bob" -- the Robert Cormier teen room -- a lot and attend the monthly trading card Duel Night. My youngest son loves Sarah's reading/singing hour. Bathrooms are always clean. Great book selections and quite a good amount of toys in the children's room. They need a lot more DVDs, though, IMO, and could get rid of all the video tapes.

The library has a great kids section with a play area - it's an excellent place to meet other…read moreparents.

Located in the town center of Shrewsbury, this newly renovated and redesigned library has a very…read morewelcoming floor plan. The 1903 original library building is blended seamlessly with the newer structure. As you enter, there are many wide open spaces to sit and read throughout the library. For the children, there is a large children section which has a lot of fun animal characters. We were visiting in the winter so the outdoor area was closed but it did look very nice. The parking lot is good but I would imagine that it would always be great to have more parking. Finally, the book self-check-out system is definitely state of the art and there is an electronic drop of book drop off at the main entrance. The architect, Michael Pagano, and the entire library team did an amazing job with this new town community hub. Don't miss the "Let your quest be for knowledge" inscription on the stained glass in the 2nd Floor staircase of the original 1903 Library building.

I have a friend with an autistic son living out of state and her nonverbal son was expressing a…read moreneed to get back to the library so we worked with the staff to get some pictures and the games he used to play. The staff were absolutely amazing and so very helpful and accommodating to work with us to get some pics of the games he used to play. Huge shout out to Kenzie

I've been going to Hudson library once a week for five years. The employees are very courteous,…read morehelpful, and professional. I love when they do themes; My favorite was the Alice in Wonderland (book displays and amazing decorations throughout the library). My other favorite was from February, relating to Valentine's day: 'go on a blind date with a book' on the display upstairs. the books on display were beautifully wrapped with the only bar code showing, so you would check it out and then unwrap it for the 'date.' So creative. You can tell how passionate they are about reading, and how much they enjoy their work. They have a small area just for teens. Play area and big checker board downstairs in the children's library; I always encourage my students to visit. I've received tons of books through inter-library loan.

So I like this place a lot but I have been almost kicked out and my friend got kick out once but…read morethat didn't stop him there's a lot of good employees but the ones upstairs eh I don't like them as much probably because when they see us they know something bad about to happen

What happened to this library? I moved out of state 15 years ago. Just returned. I loved this…read moreplace...back then. Now...it's so dark and closed off. The children's section is nothing of what it used to be. There used to be this old looking historical part with old books...enticing as a kid. Too bad. Looks horrible now. The newbies of this town will never know what they missed out on :(

Amazing staff! Soo friendly and helpful. Most librarians are stingy, grumpy, and a bit snooty…read more This crew is thoughtful, knowledgeable and generous with their books. They want you to use their service and read books! Best library (for that reason) ever!

I had fond memories of this library and decided to revisit it when they finally lifted their mask…read moremandate. They still had a sign up saying make sure your mask covers your nose but were not enforcing masks. Half the new book section has been replaced with computers and the selection of new items is very limited. A disproportionate number were about transgenderism given that less than 1% of the population identifies this way, though perhaps that is because of the recent Transgender Day of Visibility, or just to make up for a past lack of books on this topic. In any case I usually leave a library with so many books I need a big Market Basket bag to carry them all, but I only found two of interest here.

Quilts clocks and…read morebaseballs The Beaman Memorial Library is a medium sized library constructed in 1911. It reminds me a lot of an old school building but as far as I can tell it was originally built as a library. Beaman Memorial has a pleasant charm that only old libraries can have and even though the outside looks rather pedestrian, the inside reveals a different perspective. Lovely fireplaces, windows, staircases and curved walls as well as random statues, library quilts and even a cool old baseball collection gives the old library a real personality. The librarians are very friendly and of course the library has wifi and the usual modern library stuff. A pleasant library that has managed to retain it's own personality while heading off into the future.

It was more first visit. They were welcoming as I walked through the door…read more Very quaint. Met with a client downstairs. We had privacy and were able to speak quietly without disturbing anyone.

A lot of open spacing, a lot of seating for readers and students. The floor plan is really spaced…read moreout, so I wonder if they would be willing to compress the shelves in order to hold more volumes. Parking is also a bit of an issue.

Havent had a physical copy of my library card in a few years, and needed the card number for free…read moreaccess to the Mango Language learning app. So I headed in to get a new card. The librarians were immensely helpful. Best $2 I've ever spent(replacement card fee) When I needed help accessing Mango I called and they were able to figure it and get me situated. Can't wait for the library to be back in its own building!