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Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh, left, presented a proclamation naming February “Love Your Library Month” in Cooperstown to Village Library Director Heather Amendol are at a February 1 ceremony.

Library lovers line up for library love

Kick the winter blahs with “Library Lovers’ Month” in New York State — a February event that our local libraries will celebrate in fun fashion.

Friends of the Village Library in Cooperstown plan a month filled with activities for all ages — events the group hopes will help fill the void left by a year without Cooperstown’s Winter Carnival. The group is sponsoring a month-long writing contest for all ages, looking for “a short story about being trapped in the library or write a love letter to the library.” They’ll award prizes for silliest, scariest, and best overall in three different categories — kids (5-12), young adult (13-18), and adult (19+) — with winners receiving a gift certificate for the upcoming Friends of the Library Book Sale, scheduled for March 4 - 6.

Here are some of the happenings on tap in Cooperstown:

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