On Saturday, December 2nd, the Story Station from OurStory NH will be visiting the Richards Free Library. Registration is now open! OurStory NH seeks to create, share and collect stories across New Hampshire via multiple media and from multiple sectors of life, experience, feelings, hopes and thoughts of life during, before and in anticipation of a post-pandemic reality. The Story Station is… Read more The Story Station is coming!
Local History
A Spring Poem
Published in the Republican Champion April 30, 1885 in Newport, NH Originally published in the Detroit Free Press by Hal Berto The old man sits in the garden chair, Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring, His hat is off, so his head is bare, Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring, He readeth Tupper, it makes him weep, And anon… Read more A Spring Poem
The RFL Needs Help with the Roof!
Dear Patrons, Supporters and Friends, Can you imagine a worse place for a water leak than a library full of books and an art gallery full of photos and paintings? For several years the Richards Free Library and the Library Arts Center have been battling leaks with repeated repairs that didn’t solve the long term… Read more The RFL Needs Help with the Roof!
Dedication of the Richards Free Library
Published in the New Hampshire Argus and Spectator March 1, 1889 The dedicatory exercises incident to the opening of the Richards Free Library to the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Newport, took place in the town hall during the afternoon of the 22nd inst. The weather for such an occasion was most propitious.… Read more Dedication of the Richards Free Library
Upcoming Author Talk- Kenneth M. Sheldon
Join us Wednesday, March 22nd at 6pm as Author Kenneth M. Sheldon talks about his book Deep Water. Read more Upcoming Author Talk- Kenneth M. Sheldon
