The Arcata Library at 500 Seventh St. is hosting the following February programs: Teen Movie and Book Club The Teen Movie and Book Club meets the third Thursday of each month from 4 to 6 p.m. to watch a movie based on a book. This month’s gathering is on Thursday, Feb. 15 and features the…
‘The Village’ EIR posted, Planco takes project up Nov. 28
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – A couple of large housing projects – one for students, the other for seniors and others – have reached the stage of environmental review and imminent Arcata Planning Commission hearings. The Village The Environmental Impact Report for The Village, a large new student housing complex first announced…
Arcata Police Log: There’s no misunderstanding too trifling for a big ol’ screech ’n’ bleat
• Tuesday, August 1 4:15 a.m. A woman locked a man in a van on J Street, and he pounded on the windows for a time, screaming to be let out. “Let me out!” he screamed. Eventually she did, but then they both went back inside the van and the yelling subsided. 6:07 a.m. In…
Sue Parsons is Arcata’s new librarian
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – The Arcata Branch Library’s new librarian, Susan Parsons, hails from Plainfield , Ill. She replaces Nick Wilczek, who departed last September. While Central Casting couldn’t have sent a better person for the role of a small-town librarian, complete with glasses and a ready smile, library science is…
After 38 Years With The Library, Our Maggie Nystrom Is Retiring – September 3, 2011
My first column appeared in the Arcata Eye in January of 1999. Since then I have talked about books, videos, puppet shows, the new online public catalog, the Friends of the Arcata Library and anything else about the library that I hoped you would find interesting. Writing these columns has been a joy for me.
Maggie Nystrom: Sitting Out A Soggy Spring, Reading In The Rain – April 11, 2011
Today while I am writing this column we are having lots of rain and wind. I hope that by the time you read this the spring rains will have gone and the sun will have come out.
Maggie Nystrom: Get Going On Your Garden Now – March 9, 2011
The Arcata Library has many lovely and interesting books on gardening and on landscaping. Note the difference in the two subjects, because we shelve them quite a few shelves apart. Gardening is in the 635 section while landscaping is over in 712.