To the Editor:

The Berne Library trustees would like to thank everyone who took the time to participate in the community survey for long range planning for our library. The results are on the Berne Library website www.bernepubliclibrary.org.

To the Editor:

Spread the Word!  The Friends of the Berne Library are sponsoring a Scrabble Fundraiser at the Berne Public Library on Saturday, May 16, from 2 to 5 p.m.

Play two games of Scrabble and enjoy refreshments between games.  There will be prizes for the highest scorers.

BERNE — A box draped in a white sheet was a transformative device on the floor of the Berne library. In went a gray-haired man after reading a book, and out crawled a baby boy.

Children trailing colorful balloons carted picture books down Helderberg Trail in wagons and wheelbarrows, accompanied by their relatives, to the new home of the Berne Public Library on Oct. 19. They ran, rode, and strolled from the old library at Town Hall to their resting place inside the former St.