A new ordinance permitting consumption of alcohol (by those over 21 and from non-glass containers) on the town’s ballfield and beaches has made big-time news. “NH town is drinking in peace,” says Sunday’s Boston Globe, and as a casual observer
Authors benefit from library borrowing
An interesting library story: Ireland’s government recently decided that authors should be paid royalties each time one of their books is borrowed from a public library, rather than being paid the single royalty they get when a library purchases a
New books, end of July
New books at the library this week: No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy’s long-awaited new novel has great reviews; Vietnam War novel The Quick and the Dead by Randy Lee Eickhoff; Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa