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Making “Friends” at Martin Library

If you’ve spent any time around York, you’ve probably seen Randy Flaum, the “York StoryMan.” He’s often out documenting daily York County life from behind the lens of his camera. He has honed his visual storytelling skills for more than 50 years. During this time, he has worked both independently and as the assistant managing...
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Starting a Business: Learn from the Experts of SCORE!

Starting a Business: Learn from the Experts and See If You Have the “Right Stuff” Is this you? Are you thinking about starting a business? Are you interested in listening and talking with an expert? Perhaps you aren’t quite sure that you want to plunge into starting a business?  If you’re a little bit curious...
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Photo of Warming Tree with gloves, hats, scarves, coats.

Warming Tree Service Project at Martin Library

For the 3rd year in a row, Boy Scout Troop 94 and Cub Scout Pack 94 have teamed up with Martin Library in York, PA to provide a Warming Tree Service Project to the York City community. What’s a Warming Tree? It’s a special holiday tree decorated with hats, gloves, mittens, scarves, socks, coats, and...
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Looking Back, Moving Forward

Martin Library began 2019 as the Library of the Year in Pennsylvania and received a Downtown First Award. It was rewarding to be recognized by both our peers statewide and in our local community. Children Our Children’s staff impacted our community through various programs and services. During 2019, families were engaged in 1000 Books before...
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Up Coming Adult Programs for Oct/Nov

The leaves are changing, cool air is coming, and, most telling, pumpkin spice it back. Fall must be here! Join Martin Library as we celebrate the autumnal season with new adult programs. To start things off, we will again be hosting one of our favorite civil war historians, Scott Mingus. For this edition of “Sundays...
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Martin Library to Honor Georg Sheets

The Martin Library Honors Committee has announced its selection of Georg Sheets as its Fall 2019 Martin Honors honoree.  Georg Sheets has served the York community in a variety of roles over the years, which will be recognized in an honors ceremony on October 20, 2019, at 2pm. About Georg Sheets Georg’s family moved to...
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Unlocking your past with libraries

“We all carry, inside us, people who came before us.” Liam Callanan.                 As humans we seek answers. We want to know how we got here. Who made me? Sometimes, that’s a hard question to answer. My question was; Who were my great grandparents? I knew nothing about them except for their names. What color...
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Need Help Finding Grants

Did you know that Martin Library can help you research grants?  If you are a nonprofit or individual grant-seeker, we have a resource for you! We are a Foundation Information Network (FIN) partner.  Which means we provide free on-site access to the Foundation Directory Online, from Candid. What is the Foundation Directory? The Foundation Directory...
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