The 2009 Town of Chelmsford Annual Report is available. The library has reference copies at the Reference Desk and in the Local History Collection, located on the lower level.

The Town has also been putting electronic versions of recent Annual Reports on their website. These can be accessed by visiting http://www.townofchelmsford.us/Annual_Report.cfm.

For more information on Chelmsford’s Town Reports, or the information it contains, please contact the Chelmsford Town Clerk’s office at http://www.townofchelmsford.us/Town-Clerk.cfm or

As you may have heard, Chelmsford’s 2010 One Book selection, Shutter Island is being released as a movie this month. We’re hoping that many people will see it, in addition to reading the book.

The movie opened Friday, Feb 19th, and has been getting good reviews. If you haven’t seen it yet, how about seeing it with the Library? Details are still being worked out, but we’re hoping to have a “Chelmsford night” at a local cinema, so many of us who read the book can all watch the movie together.

More information about the movie:

• Official Movie Website
• Reviews from newspapers and websites
• Review by WBUR’s Ed Siegal or listen to his review
• Details at the Internet Movie Database
• Details at Rotten Tomatoes

In other movie news, the February and March Library Cinema Nights will be showing Dennis Lehane movies. February’s showing was Mystic River, and the March 18th Cinema Night will be another of his books. Check the Cinema Night webpage or the Library’s Calendar for more details.

The winning photographs from the Winterfest 2010 photo contest are currently on display on the lower level of the library. We also uploaded these photographs to the library’s flickr account for an online gallery, but seeing them in person with their ribbons is much more impressive.

The winners in each category are listed below, and are also linked to the online photographs.

Amateur

1st Place: Peter Lee
2nd Place: Stephen Mayotte
3rd Place: Kevin McCarthy
Honorable Mention: Stephen Mayotte
Honorable Mention: Wayne Daigle
People’s Choice: Jenn Holden

Professional

1st Place: Robert Moll
2nd Place: Vera Kaufman
3rd Place: Vera Kaufman
People’s Choice: Lee Fortier

Student

1st Place: Lucy Schultz
2nd Place: Lucy Schultz
3rd Place: Lucy Schultz
People’s choice: Lucy Schultz

The photo contest is a part of every Winterfest, so be sure to carry your camera with you and submit your best shots next year!

As a patron of the Chelmsford Library, you have access to the books, movies, magazines and other materials of the 36 member libraries of the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium.

You can request items in Chelmsford and/or from other libraries, and these items will be sent to Chelmsford for you to pickup.

To request an item through our online catalog, first search for the title you’re looking for. Then, on either the search results screen or the item details screen, you should see a “Request Item” button on the right side.

When you click that you’ll be prompted to enter your library card number (no spaces) and your PIN. Your PIN should be the last four digits of the telephone number you gave us when you signed up for your library card.

If that doesn’t work, please call us at 978-256-5521 x211 and we can reset your PIN.

Come out and celebrate Wintefest with the rest of the Chelmsford this weekend!

Events are scheduled all over town, starting Friday night with snowshoeing at Russell Mill Forest and ending with a winter nature walk at the Archer Meadowbrook Reservation, with all sorts of fun indoor and outdoor activities for the entire family in between.

Check out the Wintefest Schedule of Events for complete details, and a map to each event location.

And if you go snowshoeing Friday night, be sure to stop by the library afterward to warm up with our “Sweet Suspense and Lethal Libations” event – lots of desserts, books and conversation.