Freedom Town Column: Library welcomes assistant librarian Caroline Nickerson to staff

The Freedom Community Club recently had their Christmas party at Camp Calumet with an excellent turkey dinner. The entertainment was provided by Freedom resident Judy Smith from Calumet with the piano and Christmas song sing along that was enjoyed by all. In the spirit of giving. $306 was collected and matched by the club for a total of $612, which was given to the Ossipee concerned Citizens Fund. The first meeting of the new year is Wednesday, Jan. 14, at 6 p.m. and a pot luck dinner will be served. Reservations are required by calling Sandy at 539-7791 or Dean at 539-8617.

The library is pleased to welcome assistant librarian Caroline Nickerson to the staff. Caroline will begin on Jan. 6, 2015. Her primary responsibilities will be as head of circulation, volunteer coordinator and teen librarian. We hope you will join us in welcoming her. Hooray, the library's winter film series is almost here. The series consists of six films showing every other Sunday at 4 p.m. from January through March. Following each film will be a free soup and bread supper. The series will kick off on Jan. 11 with the Polish film, "Ida," about an 18-year-old novice raised in a convent and preparing to take her vows. She is ordered by her mother superior to travel to Lodz to meet an aunt she didn't know existed who reveals that Ida is Jewish. Flyers for the Winter Film Series are available at the library and on the library's website freedompubliclibrary.org.