
Get Ready for the 28th Annual Hubbardston Library 5K Run/Walk
Saturday September 6, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. SHARP! Rain or shine
The Twenty Eighth Annual Hubbardston Library 5K Run/Walk is scheduled for Saturday September 6th. This event marks more than a quarter century of community support for the Library, approaching $92,000 raised for ongoing operations. The race is an out and back course starting and finishing at the Hubbardston Center School.

Come to the the Library! Friday July 11, 2025 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
We Have Dragons!
Calling all teen adventurers! Come join us in the library for Dungeons and Dragons….and there will be dragons. Middle school to High School players will embark on adventures with characters straight out of your imagination battling monsters, quizzing wandering traders and making unlikely friendships along the way. If you are interested, please fill out the form https://forms.gle/LsS24pP13kmbVw8F7 and more information to come!

LEGO SPACE BUILD NIGHT
Thursday July 10, 2025 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Join us Thursday, July 10th from 5PM to 7PM for an out-of-this-world evening of creativity, imagination, and galactic fun!
- Build your own mini spaceships
- Bring your minifigures to trade with friends
- Celebrate all things LEGO because… everything is awesome at the library!
No registration required—just show up and get building!

How’s it going at your Library?
July 2024 to June 2025
From July 1st to June 30th our patrons borrowed 17,962 physical items and saved $254,414 by borrowing instead of buying! That’s over a quarter of a million dollars! Congratulations!
Top five items most checked out by patrons: Guiness World Records, The Bad Guys, Wings of Fire: The Graphic Novel, Kirby Manga Mania and The Museum Pass for the New England Botanical Garden at Tower Hill
Top five authors checked out by patrons: Dav Pilkey, Mo Willems, Aaron Blabey, Jeff Kinney and Katy Farina.

Libby Notes
Questions? Come to the Hubbardston Public Library! We can help!

Senior Book Club
Fourth Wednesday of the Month, July 23, 2025 11:00 a.m. at the Hubbardston Senior Center
Come join us and talk about books for an hour at the Senior Center. We will discuss “The Rosie Project” by Graeme Simsion.

Museum Highlight
Check out the New England Botanical Garden in Boylston, MA
This highlight brings us back to Worcester County. The New England Botanical Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston, MA is a is a living museum dedicated to creating experiences with plants that inspire people and improve the world.

Can’t find what you are looking for in the Library
Use the link below and tell us what it is
Is there an item that you think should be on the shelves at the library? We have a form for that. We will add your request to our purchase list. Please provide at much information as possible, such as the Title of the item, the author, performer or director, the year it was published and the ISBN or ISSN if available.
When we can’t get the e-book you requested
This month, a patron requested that the library acquire the e-book “Beneath A Scarlet Sky” by Mark Sullivan. When I went to order it from Overdrive for Libby, I could not find it in their catalog. I then searched for the book itself. I found it on for sale on Amazon in many formats. Unfortunately, this book is published by Lake Union Publishing, which is owned by Amazon. At this time, Amazon does not plan to alter their business model to license their products to Overdrive. For further details, you can read the article from the Washington Post dated March 10, 2021, or the article from the Verge from same date. There have been no updated articles regarding Amazon’s stance since then.
I offer my apologies to the patron who requested this title, I am unable to fulfill your request.
July 9, 2025

Storytime with Miss Tricia!
Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m.
Come join Miss Tricia for Nonesuch Storytime! with a book and craft on Wednesdays! Children of all ages are welcome and no registration is necessary. Questions? Send Miss Tricia an email by clicking here

Not Just Knitting
July 22, 2025 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Bring your needles, hooks, cross stitch, felting, yarn or what have you and spend a couple hours with other crafters. No registration is necessary, Just come and have fun!