Welcome to the home of the Merrick Public Library! Here you will find many useful resources, information and hopefully some fun!
HOLIDAY HOURS: Closed, Saturday, May 25th for Memorial Day weekend
Regular Hours of Operation:
- Tuesday 1 pm - 8 pm
- Wednesday 11 am - 5 pm
- Thursday 1 pm - 8 pm
- Friday 11 am - 5 pm
- Saturday 10 am - 1 pm
- Sunday & Monday CLOSED
Meetings:
- Friends of the Library: Thursday, May 2 at 4:30 p.m.
MAY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Check out our currently running events including our LEGO club and Chronicles of Narnia!
Lawyer for a Night
Tuesday, May 7, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Lawyer for a Night! This free program is scheduled for the first Tuesday of every month and organized by James Hoffey, Counselor at Law. Brookfield residents seeking civil legal advice or having questions on specific situations are welcome to attend. Information is available on free public access to legal materials in the Worcester Law Library and other Trial Court Law Libraries. They, also, provide free Notary Service.
Silent Auction
Items for the May Silent Auction have been dropped off during regular library hours! So come in and bid on all the unique items donated! We have Patsy’s wonderful handmade shopping bags, children’s toys, hand knit toddler outfit, and many more items. The Auction ends Friday, May 31 at 5:00 p.m.
Coke Rewards
My Coke Rewards are needed to renew the 10 magazine subscriptions the Friends have purchased!
Annual Police Station Visit
Wednesday, May 15, 11:30 a.m. Annual Brookfield Police Station Visit (during pre-school story time!) with Chief Michael Blanchard. Rain date is the following Wed., May 22 at 11:30 a.m.
Help With Cross-Stitch Sampler
A library patron is looking for an early cross-stitch sampler, made in Brookfield preferably during the 1700s or 1800s, with the maker's name, date, and “Brookfield” included in the stitchery. If you have one that she can examine to reproduce for her own use, please contact Bonnie Olson at 508-867-7851.
Greeting Cards
Beautifully crafted all occasion (Usbourne) greeting cards are now available for purchase at our main desk for $1.00 each…children’s birthday cards, blank and other events. A box of 30 cards is available for $30.00.
CW/Mars Cards
Now available!! CW/Mars cards and complete online ordering of books, audios, DVDs, e-books, etc. for our patrons with Evergreen! Your own free account is available online! Register and ask for more information at the library. Click here to log in: Bark.cwmars.org. All Brookfield materials will be checked out on your CW/Mars cards.
The Library is still a drop-off location for:
- Ecumenical Food Pantry — non-perishable canned goods and paper goods
- Brookfield Police Department — old cell phones
- Brookfield Elementary School — Campbell labels for points, ink cartridges
- Rainbow Girls — Can tabs
- Lions Club — old eyeglasses and hearing aids
