Book Recommendation

Book, Line, and Sinker (Book 3: A Library Lover's Mystery)
by Jenn McKinlay

 

Lindsey is enjoying her second year in Briar Creek as the library director, meeting with the crafternoon club, and happily dating tour boat captain Mike Sullivan. But when a salvage company arrives in town to dig up treasure buried on Pirate Island over three hundred years ago, the locals are torn between protecting the island and welcoming the publicity.

When Trudi Hargrave, the local tourism director who hired the company, is found murdered at the excavation site, the president of the Friends of the Library is accused. To help him, Lindsey must do some digging of her own before the real killer buries the truth for good…

Book Recommendation

Defending Jacob
by William Landay

How well do you know your children?  Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for more than twenty years. He is respected in his community, tenacious in the courtroom, and happy at home with his wife, Laurie, and son, Jacob. But when a shocking crime shatters their New England town, Andy is blindsided by what happens next. His fourteen-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student.

VITA Tax Help

Volunteer Income Tax Assitance (VITA)

Volunteers form the Town of Hempstead Department of Senior Enrichment will help prepare 2012 income tax returns on a first-come, first-served basis.

Volunteers will prepare income tax returns at the Library free of charge. 

Bring copies of;

1. Last year's federal and state returns
2. All 1099 and W-2 forms
3. Property tax bills
4. Social Security cards for all names on tax return
5. Current government issued photo ID

This is a free service; however, it is not available for those with involved finances or those who own a business.

Volunteers cannot prepare time-consuming returns.

MONDAYS, FEBRUARY 11 through APRIL 15  (except February 18), 10 a.m to 1 p.m.
TUESDAYS. FEBRUARY 19 through APRIL 9 (except February 12), 5:30 to 8 p.m.
SATURDAYS, FEBRUARY 16 through APRIL 13, 1 to 4 p.m.

All dates and times are subject to change. VITA is a volunteer program.