Yearly Archives: 2013

Hope to see you all on Sunday, October 6, 2013 for the 1st ever Deutschenstadt Tag!  (Germantown Day)  Germantown is 180 years old and we are celebrating on Munster St. downtown from 11am to 4pm.  This event is sponsored by … Continue reading →

Did you know that the library purchases new adult, young adult, children’s books, and audio books every month?  In addition, we lease new ebooks monthly and purchase DVDs and Blu-ray movies as our budget allows.  We want to provide what … Continue reading →

The library will be closed Monday, Sept. 2., so that our employees may enjoy the Labor Day holiday.  Hope you can also enjoy the day off.  See you again beginning Sept. 3!

Today a truly great and generous man, Paul “Trotter” Bergmann was laid to rest.  Without him and his 2 older brothers, Ray and Jack, we probably wouldn’t even have a library in Germantown.  When Paul’s brother Jack died he left … Continue reading →

Will you have children in school this year?  Be sure to come in and get them registered for a library card.  Every class, from Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade, at Germantown Elementary visits the library on a regularly scheduled basis and … Continue reading →

Just wanted to remind everyone that the library will be CLOSED Tuesday, July 30, for the annual St. Boniface Church picnic.  You may return items in the drop box and our parking lot will be available that day for picnic-goers. … Continue reading →

On Saturday, we held our last event of the summer reading program.  Dangerous Dan showed the kids lots of experiments using “Fire, Wind and Ice!”  They learned everything from how to make balls float in the air to how to … Continue reading →

Hey all you young summer readers!  Don’t forget our wrap up party will be next Saturday, July 20 at 11am.  It’ll feature “Adventures in Fire and Ice” with Mad Science of St. Louis.  Of course, there will be snacks and … Continue reading →

The library will be closed Thursday, July 4 to celebrate Independence Day.  Please stay safe, display our flag proudly, enjoy our freedoms responsibly and come visit us during our regular hours the rest of the week.

  There were balloons everywhere as we kicked off Summer Reading 2013, “Have Book-Will Travel!”  Over 30 kids have signed up so far to travel around the world with books.  As they read, they bring in their passports to be … Continue reading →