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YORKWISE Grant Brings New Life to Teen Room
The new academic year has begun, and York teens headed to the Library after school have an improved space to hang out, thanks to a room update funded by Yorkwise. YORKWISE, the community-based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting drug and alcohol prevention and education for York’s youth and families, funded the room refresh with a $14,500 grant. The teen space has been a labor of love for YPL youth librarians and many years in the making. The 450 square-foot Teen Room, now located...
August 2025 Staff Picks
Dive into a good book this August with our library staff picks. Michelle: The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry Late 1920s: Clara Harrington, age 8, is devastated when her mother, a writer of some renown, disappears off the coast of South Carolina. In addition to leaving her husband and young daughter, she also leaves behind the sequel to a book that launched her into literary stardom...written when she was only twelve. The sequel was never published because it was written in a...