The Northampton Area Food Bank wishes to thank the many volunteers and contributors – area businesses, churches, clubs, individuals and schools – for the support in 2013.

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St. John's Friendly Fifties will meet Monday, Jan. 13, 1 p.m., in the church's social hall, 1343 Newport Ave.

Time with Tim will be the entertainment.

If the Northampton schools are closed due to inclement weather, the meeting will be rescheduled for Jan. 20.

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The Northampton Area Public Library is seeking volunteers to help with its Teen Cyber Space, an afterschool program that provides teens with their own area within the library where they can study, socialize and learn. The library also provides laptop and tablet computers for their use.

This space is open Monday through Thursday, 2:30-4:45 p.m. Volunteers are needed to monitor the room to help things run smoothly; no computer skills are necessary.

If interested in helping, contact Melissa Hawk at mhawk@northamptonapl.org.

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The library's Stitch-In Group will meet Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1-3 p.m.

The Civil War Discussion Group meets the same day but at 6:30 p.m.

The book discussion group will meet Wednesday, Jan. 22, 6:30 p.m.

These meetings are free and open to the public.

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The Friends of the Northampton Area Public Library group will hold its next meeting Tuesday, Jan. 28, 7 p.m., at the library, 1615 Laubach Ave.

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Send in your news! Does your church, Scout troop or civic organization have an event coming up? Email the information to tklutter@ptd.net, and I'll include it in an upcoming column.