OFF THE SHELF at the Susquehanna County Library

Summer is almost over! Sit back and listen as we recap the 2025 Harford Fair. I'll be back in October with our new format focused on Library programs, community events and other podcasts to check out! Till then, thanks for listening! Howard

Blueberry picking season is about over in Susquehanna County PA, and the 44'th Annual Blueberry Festival was held on Friday and Saturday, 2-3 August. This podcast covers our PRE-BBF event held at the Montrose Library Community Room, and two days of interviews at the festival. The weather was the best we have had in many years, and we are waiting for the final fund raising dollar amounts to be...

Hey there, I'm Howard and I'm glad to invite you back to our first episode of 2025. It's been a while since we have released an episode, but we are back for what should be a monthly episode talking about: * What new library and historical society events are going on. * A highlight interview with a Susquehanna County business or organization. * A review of a GREAT PODCAST that I would r...

Hey there, A sure sign that fall is coming is when the Blueberry Festival and Harford fair are over! I was at the fair last week supporting the Library, the Master Gardeners and the Beek Keepers. I took the laptop with me and recorded in the Master Gardener hut, people that were attending the fair. Master Gardener Anson provided us with year three information on the history of the fair. I know you...

The 2024, 43rd annual Montrose Blueberry Festival was held on 2-3 August, on the Montrose Green. Lots of blueberry items to eat, new/used books to buy, GREAT live music and so many activities. Even a blueberry pie eating contest! The annual fundraiser helps to fund 20% of the annual Association budget. MANY THANKS to our VOLUNTEERS and STAFF ! Listen here to interviews with several individuals/gro...

Hey there, The Master Gardeners of Susquehanna just wrapped up their biggest SPRING CLINIC every! It was a sell out event with some GREAT speakers. This episode of the podcast is going out to both " DIGGING FOR ANSWERS ", and the Susquehanna County Library " OFF THE SHELF " podcasts. We have interviews of people that attended the Spring Clinic and a list of upcoming community e...

Welcome back to " OFF THE SHELF "! This is our first library podcast in 2024 after taking a bit of a breather to determine what kind of format that you might have interest in! We decided that in 2024, will focus on local community events and in a recommendation of other podcasts that you might have interest in listening to. At the library, we are noticing a growing number of patrons usin...

Christmas and New Years are still weeks away, but we are all ready planning for Valentines Day 2024! In a discussion with one of our library patrons, he provided us with a copy of a song he wrote and performed that fit right in here, because the song is " Love at the Library ". We were talking to a couple of staff and patrons at several of our locations and thinking of several movies whe...

Hi there, It's been a while since we have released an episode, but with the winter season here at the library, things are a bit slower, so we are kicking off in early December with a special episode that asks the question, "What to the following have in common?" * Our Association Board Member Ann Reed * William Penn and his sons * The Pennsylvania Indian wars of the 1700s * A wonderf...

The 165'th Annual Harford Fair is over! I had a wonderful time at the fairground last week, manning a table on Thursday in the Penn State Susquehanna County Master Gardener's building. I was representing both the Master Gardeners and the Susquehanna County Library. I have not heard the final head count yet on how many people visited us, but I'm going to guess it had to be close to 1,00...

It's FAIR WEEK! This special episode is focused on the 2023, 165'th Annual HARFORD FAIR, in Harford PA. Here from Penn State, Susquehanna County Master Gardener Anson on what the Master Gardeners are sharing at the fair this year. The event runs 14-19 August, the booth is open 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. each day of the fair. Come talk to us, bring your questions and get some information that...

I don't know what you were doing on Friday and Saturday, 4-5 August, but myself and over 1,000 others were at the 44'th annual Montrose Blueberry Festival! Listen in to hear about the event and WHY people were attending the event! Thank you to all that were involved with the event!

Welcome to " Off the Shelf ", a podcast from the Susquehanna County Historical Society and Free Library Association. Welcome to our 2023 Season! This 2023 kickoff episode is a little different.  We are going to hear about the 33'rd Susquehanna Farm and Home Day 2023. Eight organizations that were at the event are going to give us a brief " Who are we, what do we do, and what can...

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF and DIGGING FOR ANSWERS .  We have a special treat for you as we end 2022.  We have the SECOND return of our five part reading of one of the most famous holiday stories,   The Christmas Carol , by Charles Dickens.  The book was first released on 19 December 1843, We are excited to shar...

As Christmas Eve approaches, we wish to share this reading of a poem that was written in 1823 by Clement Clarke Moore, The Night Before Christmas.  It's a short piece, but one of the most well known writings about Saint Nick. Our reader of this wonderful poem is Susquehanna County Commissioner Allen Hall.  Commissioner Hall was kind enough to have recorded this with us in 2019, and we re...

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF and DIGGING FOR ANSWERS .  We have a special treat for you as we end 2022.  We have the SECOND return of our five part reading of one of the most famous holiday stories,   The Christmas Carol , by Charles Dickens.  The book was first released on 19 December 1843, We are excited to shar...

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF and DIGGING FOR ANSWERS .  We have a special treat for you as we end 2022.  We have the SECOND return of our five part reading of one of the most famous holiday stories,   The Christmas Carol , by Charles Dickens.  The book was first released on 19 December 1843, We are excited to shar...

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF and DIGGING FOR ANSWERS .  We have a special treat for you as we end 2022.  We have the SECOND return of our five part reading of one of the most famous holiday stories,   The Christmas Carol , by Charles Dickens.  The book was first released on 19 December 1843, We are excited to shar...

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF and DIGGING FOR ANSWERS .  We have a special treat for you as we end 2022.  We have the SECOND return of our five part reading of one of the most famous holiday stories,   The Christmas Carol , by Charles Dickens.  The book was first released on 19 December 1843, We are excited to shar...

     This is a special BONUS episode that will be posted both on our " OFF THE SHELF " podcast, and the " DIGGING FOR ANSWERS " podcast.  Thanksgiving is in just a few days and there is a lot going on in the Susquehanna County area and audiences of both podcasts would hopefully find some information in the contents of this episode.      We ae...

Hi there,  A while back, one of our Library Managers was having a conversation with me and wondered if using our Podcast would be a way of informing people in our community about our Association and at the same time could be used to capture some of the history or the organization.  Well, here we go!  This special series of eight BONUS episodes is a great way for new County Superviso...

Hi there,  A while back, one of our Library Managers was having a conversation with me and wondered if using our Podcast would be a way of informing people in our community about our Association and at the same time could be used to capture some of the history or the organization.  Well, here we go!  This special series of eight BONUS episodes is a great way for new County Superviso...

Hi there,  A while back, one of our Library Managers was having a conversation with me and wondered if using our Podcast would be a way of informing people in our community about our Association and at the same time could be used to capture some of the history or the organization.  Well, here we go!  This special series of eight BONUS episodes is a great way for new County Superviso...

Halloween is just around the corner and we have a special BONUS episode that is a short story that our staff created and I do the narration!  We would really like to hear your comments and to know if you enjoyed it.  You can come to/go to, the anchor.fm page for the podcast and look for the leave a message.  You will need a microphone on your device to leave the message.  If yo...

Hi there,  A while back, one of our Library Managers was having a conversation with me and wondered if using our Podcast would be a way of informing people in our community about our Association and at the same time could be used to capture some of the history or the organization.  Well, here we go!  This special series of eight BONUS episodes is a great way for new County Superviso...