HANOVER — A grant from the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation will enable the Gardner Roberts Memorial Library to stay open during most of the winter months.
Volunteer librarian Peg Susbury said the library received $5,000 from the King Foundation this month to purchase a propane stove and insulate the ceiling.
Susbury has held office hours in the adjacent town office during the winter months, shoveling a path to the library occasionally to get books for people. Although the new stove may not provide enough heat during the coldest part of winter, it will allow the use of the library well into the season.
She said a family who wished to remain anonymous also donated money to buy 16 new children’s books in memory of former state Sen. Norman Ferguson, a longtime resident of Hanover, and Peter Baker, a former resident of the Howard Pond Road.
Two of the books are about or by Democrats. One is about Bo, President Barack Obama’s dog, and the other is written by former U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy.
In the three years since the Victorian-style library was moved from the Howard Pond Road to a site next to the town office, dozens of volunteers, along with thousands of dollars raised by permanent and summer residents have turned it into a community center filled with hundreds of books and offering numerous activities.
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