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Introducing the 2024 Fall Collection! Get ready to embrace fall with brand-new, bewitching library-themed designs that celebrate the love of books with a haunting twist. It's the perfect way to celebrate the season with a little literary magic. https://t.co/hQDv14xO5b

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August is National Make A Will Month - the perfect time to make or update your will! While planning, consider including the library in your planned giving. Your legacy can help support our community for generations to come!
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Today at 12pm #Baltimore @bcplinfo CEO Sonia Alcántara-Antoine is appearing on @WYPR881FM @MiddayWYPR with Tom Hall. She’ll be talking about #BookBans #FreedeomtoReadAct #FightAgainstBookBans and the wonderful BCPL Library system. Don’t miss it.

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Hey, @iamjohnoliver, thank you for your piece about public libraries! We've received some donations where you were specifically mentioned in the comment box. You're making a real difference.

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Here's our piece from Sunday about libraries...https://t.co/u8YxQypnrC

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The winning stories from this year's Tales of the Dead Short Horror Story Contest are now published on the Foundation website. Read them if you dare!

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A Toast Among Ghosts has been canceled due to weather-related factors. Ticket buyers have been contacted directly via email. Visit our website for more information.

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Congratulations again to our Under 21 Tales of the Dead Short Horror Story Contest winners. Pictured above: Ella Dengler (left - second place) and Ella Emhoff (right - first place). Not pictured: third-place winner Maaz Ijaz.

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Don't ghost us! Only one week left to get your advance tickets for A Toast Among Ghosts, Saturday, October 14, from 7 p.m.-10 p.m. Enjoy live music, cemetery tours, food trucks, beer and wine, ghost stories, vendor market and more. Get your tickets now: https://t.co/asELM7cHAT

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Thank you to our community sponsors who support local libraries: Ingram Content Group, RavenBeer, Susan Waxter, Bransfield Motors, The Drebing Family, Point Breeze Credit Union, Janet Sanford and Senator Christopher and Anne West.

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A Parkville Middle School student is among the winner’s in this year’s @bcplinfo “Tales of the Dead” short horror story contest. 😱

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Congratulations to the winners of our Tales of the Dead Contest. Poe would be proud! Hear the 21 and Over winners read at A Toast Among Ghosts on Oct 14, tickets on sale at https://t.co/asELM7cHAT. All stories will be posted on https://t.co/qDUo2cgUtR just in time for Halloween.

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It's Banned Book Week, and here at Baltimore County Public Library, we believe in your freedom to read! Or as Isaac Asimov once put it, "Any book worth banning is a book worth reading." What's your favorite banned book? https://t.co/V4avBINeEM

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Thank you to our beer sponsor, RavenBeer. The taste is poetic. Get your tickets now! VIP tickets come with two drink tickets, good for beer or wine. Tickets: https://t.co/asELM7cHAT

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Be sure to bring your appetite to A Toast Among Ghosts. Food available from Bully Boss Burgers, Flash Crabcake Company, Just Like Home Indian Cuisine and The Reister's Daughter Cafe. Tickets on sale now: https://t.co/asELM7cHAT

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Just announced! Get 1 drink ticket with every general admission ticket to A Toast Among Ghosts (including those who have already purchased tickets). VIP tickets still receives 2 drink tickets, a glow-in-the-dark cup, a print and more. https://t.co/asELM7cHAT

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Shop at the Red Masque Market at A Toast Among Ghosts, featuring local authors, artists, artisans and craftspeople. Get an early start on your holiday shopping while supporting local creators! Tickets: https://t.co/asELM7cHAT

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Psst... The Fall Collection just dropped on our Be All In Shop on Etsy. All new designs plus a few returning favorites. But they're only here for a limited time so don't wait... https://t.co/wrnAxUyRcE

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Gather 'round the Ghost Story Fire Pit for spine-tingling tales of the dead! Hear stories from our professional scarers and the winners of our Tales of the Dead Short Horror Story contest. Tickets: https://t.co/asELM7cHAT

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Take a moonlit cemetery tour at A Toast Among Ghosts and meet some of the permanent residents of the historic Reisterstown Community Cemetery, founded in 1764. Tours are made possible by the Reisterstown Community Cemetery Committee. Purchase tickets now: https://t.co/asELM7cHAT