The Homework Helpers will at the library from 3-6. School kids can stop by and receive help with their homework.This program is sponsored by the Rochester Teachers Association/Dial-A-Teacher. The Homework Helpers are at the Arnett Branch Library most Mondays and Wednesdays, 3-6 pm during the school year.

Most of you know I'm trying hard to restart Genesee Valley Little League. As I struggle to get the word out that we are now registering kids, the idea kind of hit me this morning: suppose we had a low power radio station committed to the Southwest Quadrant and the issues that affect us. 

For the first time in 12 years congress is finally clearing the way for low power community based stations to apply for FCC permits to operate. Such a station might be on the air continuously…

A Literacy Navigator will be at the Arnett Branch Library every week on Mondays (that we are open) from 12 to 3 to provide help with paperwork, health forms, school forms, job and housing…

Did you know January 29 is National Puzzle Day?  Kids and grownups can stop by the Arnett Branch Library between now and then and try to win a puzzle by guessing the number of puzzle pieces in a jar in the children's area.

Jigsaw puzzles are a great activity for the whole family!

An incredible story of a "lost" cat who journeyed hundreds of miles to find its way home:  http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/19/one-cats-incredible-journey/

There is lots going on today@ the Arnett Branch Library!

11:00 am: Join us at the Arnett Branch Library for the grand opening or our solar energy display. Light refreshments will be served.

12:30 pm: We will be kicking off our Healthy Eating for a Better Life series with the following presentation: Why Eat Healthy Food? Consequences of Food Choices: Good and Bad: My plate: balanced healthy eating and portion size. Label Reading: How do I know what…

Don't miss the "Transitioning High School Students with ADD: Failure to Plan is a Plan to Fail" talk today at the Arnett Branch Library. Part of our Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder Series.

5:30pm-6:30pm In the Arnett Branch Community Room with R.J. Daniels presenting.

For more information please contact Abby DeVuryst at 585-428-8214.

Here's something to consider during the cold weeks ahead.  If you're a gardener, your mailbox may now be flooding with seed catalogs, and it's a traditional time to plan what you may wish to order for planting in March to get your indoor seedlings going.  Try some edible flowers this year!  If you never have, throw some in the garden for a fun experiment.  Bachelor's Buttons are edible garnishes that can be direct-sown in spring.  Calendula officianalis, or marigold, is known as "Poor Man's…

As you may know, School 16 on Post Avenue was closed last summer for renovation, with parents and staff told that the school would be temporarily relocated to the Freddie Thomas Building in Northeast Rochester.