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Sunsetting Hoopla

Sunsetting Hoopla

7-11-2025 The East Troy Lions Public Library will be discontinuing access to Hoopla on December 30, 2025. We began offering Hoopla in 2022 in response to the increased demand for digital content during the COVID 19 shutdown. Unfortunately, budget cycles make such...

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Yes, December is Next Month

Yes, December is Next Month

11-7-2025 I can’t believe it’s November. On Sunday night I viewed a video of English comedian Michael McIntyre answering this frequently uttered statement. His response was, “Yes, you see we’ve had all the other months.” It was my first thought when on Monday a patron...

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Town Hall Meeting with HGA

Town Hall Meeting with HGA

10-31-2025 The week is the halfway-ish point between two community engagement events with our architectural team from HGA (Hammel, Green and Abrahamson). On Wednesday, October 22nd we hosted a meeting with community leaders from businesses, nonprofits, banks, ETCSD,...

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Baker & Taylor: The End of an Era

Baker & Taylor: The End of an Era

10-24-2025 The big news in the library world is the closing of the largest supplier of books to libraries in the country. No, it isn’t Amazon. Baker & Taylor, which was founded in 1828 has been struggling financially for some time. In the past ten years it has...

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Society Assets’ October Display

Society Assets’ October Display

10-17-2025 For the month of October, the library is hosting a display of assistive technology supplied by Society’s Assets. Society Assets is a 501(c)3 Independent Living Center with locations in Racing, Kenosha, and Elkhorn. Their mission is to support all persons...

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Friends Holiday Play

Friends Holiday Play

10-10-2025 Tickets are on sale now for the Friends of the East Troy Lions Public Library’s annual play fundraiser. This year’s play will be held a few weeks later this year: November 7, 8, 9 and 14, 15, 16. Friday and Saturday night performances will be at 7:30pm...

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Ink & Imagination

Ink & Imagination

10-3-2025 Burlington Public Library hosted a meeting this week for librarians in charge of adult programming. The meeting was interesting, filled with a lot of idea sharing and goodwill. More importantly, it gave me an opportunity to receive a fourth stamp in my Ink...

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Medicare, We’ll All Need it Someday

Medicare, We’ll All Need it Someday

9-26-2025 The article is primarily for anyone in the East Troy area with questions about Medicare. In July Adam Collins from Collins Insurance Group reached out to us about holding drop-in sessions at the library. These sessions are free, no pressure opportunities for...

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