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Announcement from the Rehoboth Antiquarian Society 

Posted on: March 17, 2020 - 8:57am
RAS

In order to protect the health and safety of our community and reduce transmission of COVID-19, RAS will be temporarily closing the Blanding Public Library and the Carpenter Museum. Events and programs are also postponed. Please see below for full details.

Blanding Public Library
 

Blanding Public Library will be closed beginning Tuesday, March 17 until further notice. All programs and events are canceled. 

This is an update on the Blanding Library as of 3-24-2020. As you may know, the library has been closed to the public for the last week and the staff has been doing their best to provide pick-up and drop-off service at the door. Following Governor Baker's announcement yesterday, and the advice of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, we will regretfully end that service as well for the next two weeks. 

Due dates for materials will be automatically extended. Any overdue fines accrued during this time will be waived. Expiration dates on library cards will be extended. 

While the physical library will be closed, the library's online services will be available 24/7 from www.sailsinc.org, as well as the Overdrive and Libby eBook apps.  You may also sign up for an e-card with Boston Public Library to access additional online resources, https://www.bpl.org/ecard/.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we all pull together as a community to get through this difficult time.

Whitney Pape
Library Director

Carpenter Museum
 

The Carpenter Museum and Research Center will be closed through March 31. All programs and events in March at the Museum are also cancelled. 

The Carpenter Museum Mayflower planning meeting scheduled for March 29 has been postponed to April 26 at 2:30pm. For more information, please contact Rebecca Smith at president@rehobothantiquarian.org or 508-252-5767.
 

Arts in the Village
 

The Arts in the Village concert scheduled for March 28 has been cancelled and is tentatively rescheduled for May 30. The April 25 concert has been cancelled and will be rescheduled to take place at a later date.  For more updated information, please visit the Rehoboth Antiquarian Society website @ http://www.rehobothantiquarian.org/