The library’s last spring basket raffle will be held April 12-23.

The ticket prices have stayed the same.

Winners will be drawn April 24 and notified by telephone. If you win, you have a week to pick up your basket.

Some basket themes are gardening, cozy, family movie night, COVID-19, author book stacks and more. The library is planning to have 20-25 baskets on display inside the front door.

Thank you to all patrons who donated items, purchased tickets and supported the library.

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Contact Mrs. Santaliz at santaliz.l@whitehallpl.org to receive the Zoom links for kid’s storytimes.

These will be available every Thursday before the following Tuesday’s storytime.

We will continue to do weekly interactive Zoom storytimes 11 a.m. until May 25. At that time, we will decide whether or not we should continue or postpone.

All are welcome to attend, though the stories will be geared toward toddlers through second-graders.

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All library items need to be returned to the yellow drop boxes in our parking lot. No materials will be accepted at the front desk.

After they are returned, everything is put in a seven-day quarantine before being checked in. We will use the date you returned it as the check-in date.

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All of the kids, adults and family programs have been canceled or postponed until at least May 30.

We are sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you for your support.

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Patrons may come in for one hour to browse the collection, select items to check out and use our copier. No loitering is allowed.

You can come in for two hours to use one of our public computers. You must sign up at the front desk.

All patrons must wear masks or other facial coverings unless medical reasons prevent it, use gloves or hand sanitizer, which are available inside the library, and maintain social distancing.

We also encourage you to only touch materials you plan to check out.

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Don’t forget about all of the databases and resources available online.

Go to whitehallpl.org, click on Research & Learn, click on OverDrive, sign in to Carbon Lehigh downloadable, pick Whitehall TPL and type in the bar code and PIN. You will need a purple LCLC card to use all databases.

Call us for information and help.

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At this time, we will be staying with these temporary hours. We hope to expand hours in June. We need to keep staff and patrons safe.

The current library hours, until further notice, are 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Fridays.

We will do curbside pickup only 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays. The library will be closed to patrons Saturdays.

We are following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Office of Commonwealth Libraries guidelines to protect our staff and patrons during this pandemic.

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If you have questions or need help with a database, I can help you. I check my emails daily at vahey.p@whitehallpl.org.