ROCHESTER — The Friends of Plumb Library are collecting clothing, accessories, shoes, linens, and handbags as a Friends fundraiser. Donors can deliver bagged items to the library during business hours from now until April 3. Use standard kitchen-sized trash bags. Donors should not use the pink bags from the town. The library is at 17 Constitution Way, Rochester. 

Items will be delivered to Savers in New Bedford early on Saturday, April 4. The Friends will need help to move the bags upstairs after school on Friday, April 3, and drivers to convoy to Savers on April 4. To volunteer, contact the Library Director.

The COA Book Group will discuss “The Lager Queen of Minnesota” by J.Ryan Stradal on Tuesday, March 17 at 10:15 a.m. at the Rochester COA on Dexter Lane.  Books are available at the library. In the book a talented baker, running a business out of her nursing home, reconnects with her master brewer sister at the same time her pregnant granddaughter launches an IPA brewpub.  

"Just the Facts" Nonfiction Book Group will discuss “I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World” by Malala Yousafzai on Thursday, March 19 at 6:30 p.m.
The book documents the educational pursuits of the Nobel Peace Prize winner who became a symbol of hope and inspiration when she challenged the traditions of her Pakistan community, offering insight into the influential role of her courageous father.

Cafe Parlez Book Discussion Group will discuss “Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore” by Robin Sloan on Thursday, March 26 at 6:30 p.m. The book tells the tale of Clay Jannon, laid off during the Great Recession, as he takes a job at a bookstore in San Francisco, and soon realizes that the establishment is a facade for a strange secret.  

The Book Buds Book Discussion Group for ages 8 to 13 will discuss“Lalani of the Distant Sea” by Erin Entrada Kelly on Friday, March 27 at 4 p.m. The fantasy debut by the author of the Newbery Medal-winning “Hello, Universe” finds a young girl embarking on a quest normally reserved for boys in the hope of saving her village from life-threatening hazards, including a deadly plague affecting her mother.