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Five Things: Swansea Public Library Outreach Program

Did you know today was when the postal office was created?

1. Swansea Public Library Outreach Program: The Swansea Public Library is initiating an outreach program to provide services to patrons who are homebound due to health or transportation issues.

The library will work closely with each patron to identify the patron’s preferences. Specific titles or authors may be requested or the librarian will make selections based upon the patron’s interests. The items will then be delivered and picked up. Books in both regular and large print, as well as audiobooks, music CDs, movies and magazines are available.

If you or someone you know could benefit from this service, please contact the Swansea Public Library at 508-674-9609.

2. Did you tune into the Joe Kennedy III chat session yesterday?: If you didn't, read about it here.

3. What Else is Happening Around Seekonk and Swansea?

Check out the community gallery at the Attleboro Arts Museum.

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This month, it is James Baker:

"I believe that art best serves when the viewer is compelled to generate and speculate upon multiple meanings and possibilities. When art becomes didactic then discovery and new experiences become less possible for all involved. That being said, from a personal standpoint my work points to universal experiences. I use symbols shared by many times and cultures. At the core we are all still primal beings searching for transcendence from primal states. We want love and life and we are constantly distracted from that by loss and death. My current work reflects my confrontation with such subjects."

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 – James Baker

4. July 26 in History:  In 1775, - United States Post Office (U.S.P.O.) created in Philadelphia under Benjamin Franklin

5. Thursday's Forecast:

Day
A chance of rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 74. North wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Night
A slight chance of rain and thunderstorms before 10pm. Patchy fog between 9pm and 11pm, then Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. West wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%

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