Thursday, December 4, at 7 p.m.

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Novelist and short story writer Jennifer Haigh will speak at Beebe Library on Thursday, December 4, at 7 p.m. Her first book, Mrs. Kimble, won the 2004 PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. Her second, Baker Towers, was a New York Times bestseller and won the PEN/L.L. Winship Award for outstanding book by a New England author. Her latest novel is The Condition.
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Wrote The House on Fortune Street

Margot Livesey, author of six novels including her latest, “The House on Fortune Street” (May 2008), will speak at Beebe Library on Wednesday, June 4, at 7 p.m. in the Lecture Hall.
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Finding interesting websites was my New Year’s resolution this year and one I have a good chance of keeping (much, much easier than losing weight or getting more exercise!). The following is a list of fun, interesting websites that are worth bookmarking:
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If you are like most people, you probably had a spending spree during the holiday season. Even people who started out with a budget seem to have wavered and become carried away buying food and gifts.

Soon enough, January comes and reality sets in. Credit card bills arrive and the hard truth must be faced. In some cases, panic results because the amounts that are now owed are way beyond the resources available to pay them.
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