Accommodating Workers with Disabilities: A Local Perspective on Saturday, Feb. 11

On Saturday, February 11, at 1PM, our partner the Attleboro Area Industrial Museum will host an in-person, panel discussion as part of our NEA Big Read: Attleboro set of events. Entitled Accommodating Workers with Disabilities: A Local Perspective, the session will highlight three representatives from local companies and the Attleboro Public Schools who will discuss how they adapt for workers with disabilities. A question-and-answer […]

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NEA Big Read: Attleboro event on Jan. 26: Author Will Dowd

On Thursday, January 26, at 7pm, Boston-based author Will Dowd will present his session Writing in the Dark: A Virtual Writing Workshop. After developing a visual disorder, Dowd was forced to throw out everything he knew about his vocation. With the help of assistive technology, he developed a new writing process, one that transformed the […]

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Observing MLK Day in Attleboro

The library will be closed on Monday, January 16, 2023, in observation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We will resume our normal operating hours of 8:30-4:30 when we reopen on Tuesday. To learn more about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. visit The King Center online. Information on the Martin Luther King Day of […]

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2022 at the Attleboro Public Library!

The APL staff took some time to reflect on 2022 and captured the library year in infographic form. It’s amazing to see the data in one place! From engaging summer programs to book bingos, new museum passes to multiple book groups, updating collections to the local history room, APL staff enjoyed serving you in so […]

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NEA Big Read Attleboro Author Presentation: “Real” by Carol Cujec and Peyton Goddard

On Thursday, December 8, at 7pm, authors Carol Cujec and Peyton Goddard will be joining us virtually to discuss their middle-grade fiction novel, Real. This fantastic novel was chosen asthe middle-grade companion title to this year’s NEA Big Read title Sitting Pretty: The View fromMy Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig for its messages […]

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