Posts from Tottenville Library

The Tottenville Branch had a tremendously successful Bake Sale this past Saturday. It included a “bake-off” which had over 10 entries and was judged by one local business owner, one local resident, and one of our pages. Gift certificates from two local business were the prizes. There were a lot of people in the branch, many of whom were here for the first time. The branch added over $300 to the SSG account. The community loved it!

Kudos to all those who helped organize it, especially to Paula Amore and Judy Gifford!

We’ll probably have another 

First place winner of th Adult Summer Reading Club is Joanne Olson, who will be receiving a $25 gift certificate to the Cape House Gallery. Natasha Leone came in 2nd place and received a $10 gift certificate to Egger’s Ice Cream Parlor, and Annette Reid finished in third place, and she will receive a gift certificate for one large cheese pie from Classic Pizza. Congratulations to them!

We had a really nice music program on Saturday, thanks to SI Boro Adult Specialist Kelly Yim, which was a performance by the two person acoustic  band called The Hum. They are from Staten Island, and they have played together for about 15 years. They played for about an hour, and I thought they sounded really good. They are working on a CD which they said would be out soon. They are appearing at Richmondtown this coming Saturday, and I think a few other branches in the coming weeks.

The three laptops are operational and available for public use. Myself and Judy, along with computer pages Sarah and Kristen have been shown how they work.

We will loan out two at a time and keep the third one as a back-up to have as the batteries in the other two run down.

One of the most important things to know is that the laptops are not hooked up to the printer, so no printing can be done from the laptop.  Work can be saved to a flash drive which can be purchased at the circulation desk for $10.

From Linda Hauck, President of the Tottenville Historical Society:

All the details of Carib II’s arrival will appear in our next newsletter, The CART.

Everything was perfect. It was a crystal clear, sunny day.

The boat is beautiful. Inside and out. Boat owner David Soule is passionate about his 

On Saturday September 8 at 2:30 the Tottenville Branch will be hosting a music program.  A two person local acoustic rock band called “The Hum” will be performing.  The Hum performs melodies that challenge the boundaries of pop culture and contemporary music.  They have been featured on MTV, VH1, Staten Island Cable, and other places. Some have compared them to “Simon and Garfunkel.” Thanks to Kelly Yim, Staten Island Boro Adult/Reference specialist for setting this up.  Another FREE program!

I went to the Tottenville Pavillion, which is on the extreme southern tip of Staten Island, to watch the arrival of the Carib II along with members of the Tottenville Historical Society.  The boat was actually built in 1924 (not in the 30’s as I mistakenly wrote in another post) at the now closed A.C. Brown Shipyard in Tottenville.  It was escorted by 8 small boats, with sirens going and even a cannon shot.  About 30 people were there to welcome the boat, which unfortunately didn’t have it’s