By MATT SCHOOLEY When school stops for the summer, the learning doesn’t. That’s the hope of local libraries at least, as Bow and Hopkinton’s summer reading programs are geared to keep young minds fresh. “It’s extremely important to read during the summer,” said Baker Free Library director Lori Fisher. ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY It’s been a while since Donna Dunlop worked in a town library, but it hasn’t taken her long to get her footing back behind the reference desk. Dunlop took over as the new Hopkinton Town library director on Sept. 1, after spending 10 years working for the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. The ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEY Hopkinton Town Library director Elizabeth Levy stopped reading the “Harry Potter” book series after the fourth installment, but she’s apparently in the minority. “For the first four, I was very into them, but after that they didn’t have much appeal,” said Levy. For the library, ...