Did you know that the East Kingston Public Library has solar panels? Half of our roof is covered!
The first installment was solar panels the library was able to purchase outright. These solar panels cover about 20% of our solar intake. The second installment of solar panels was done through a program with Revision, located in Brentwood, NH. The program allows us to "rent" the panels for a handful of years before we can buy them at a reduced cost. If you'd like to view how our solar panels function, the emissions they reduce, and more, click the button below! |
The Library is embarking on a plastic/film recycling challenge sponsored by NexTrex! Starting January1 and ending June 30, the library will try to collect 500 pounds, or 40,500 plastic film and bags. We have three different collection boxes stationed around town (Library, EKES, and the Town Offices).This program is to help remove some of the excess waste from your trash bins, as well as keeping these light plastics out of our soils and our oceans.
At the end of our six month collection window, if we succeed in our goals, we will get a NexTrex bench, made entirely out of the recycled plastics from the program! It’s a win-win situation for all of us! |
EKPL Mission Statement
The East Kingston Public Library is a nonprofit municipal entity of the Town of East Kingston, New Hampshire. The Library strives to inform, enrich and empower each person in the community by:
- promoting access to a vast array of ideas and information,
- serving as a community resource for lifelong learning, self-improvement, and self-expression,
- defending an individual's right to access information in the interest of intellectual freedom,
- becoming a place where the community can meet its educational, informational and recreational needs.
A Little E.K. Library History
“So the town prospered. When it was 150 years old, in 1888, there were one hundred forty-four registered voters. It had 119 horses, 37 oxen, 166 cows, 80 sheep, 18 carriages and 40 dogs. ‘No one,’ the school committee reported, ‘between 14 and 21 is illiterate.’
Perhaps because of this fact, the town established a public library in 1894 with 143 books, which opened on July 11 at the residence of Albert F. Crowell, with Mrs. Crowell as librarian. Within two years, with funds from the town and the Ladies Harmony Club, the library moved to a room in the Town hall. (East Kingston New Hampshire. A Souvenir History, pg. 20)
The Pound School was one of four one room schoolhouses that served in town. It served as a school until the elementary school on Andrew’s Lane was built. The town voted, in 1972, to house the library in this building” (pg. 24).
In March of 2007, the voters of East Kingston voted to build a new library building where the Maplevale Turkey Farm used to be. The building opened in January of 2008, and has resided here at 47 Maplevale Road ever since.
Perhaps because of this fact, the town established a public library in 1894 with 143 books, which opened on July 11 at the residence of Albert F. Crowell, with Mrs. Crowell as librarian. Within two years, with funds from the town and the Ladies Harmony Club, the library moved to a room in the Town hall. (East Kingston New Hampshire. A Souvenir History, pg. 20)
The Pound School was one of four one room schoolhouses that served in town. It served as a school until the elementary school on Andrew’s Lane was built. The town voted, in 1972, to house the library in this building” (pg. 24).
In March of 2007, the voters of East Kingston voted to build a new library building where the Maplevale Turkey Farm used to be. The building opened in January of 2008, and has resided here at 47 Maplevale Road ever since.
Town Hall - 7 Main Street
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Pound School - 41 Depot Road
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Current East Kingston Public Library - 47 Maplevale Road
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