Jessie F. Hallett Memorial Library
Crosby, Minnesota
218-546-8005
Winter Hours
(Labor Day-Memorial Day)
Monday…10am to 6pm
Tuesday…10am to 8pm
Wednesday…10am to 6pm
Thursday…10am to 8pm
Friday…10am to 2pm
Saturday…10am to 2pm
Summer Hours
(Memorial Day-Labor Day)
Monday...10am to 6pm
Tuesday…10am to 8pm
Wednesday...10am to 6pm
Thursday...10am to 8pm
Friday...10am to 6pm
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Hallett Library Lured Me to Crosby
When I retired from metropolitan daily journalism after 35 years-30 of them on the St. Paul Pioneer Press-I had my priorities firmly in place. My oldest son and I 
were seeking a restaurant and checked out quite a few before arriving in Crosby and the then Sundown Café.
At first glimpse I commented that any city with a lake in the middle of it had to be a good place to live. The second day I laid eyes in daylight on the Jessie F. Hallett Memorial Library and the medical complex. This place had everything I had come to consider important! At the time I had no medical problems I knew of, but was aware that situation wouldn’t last forever. Serpent Lake and the woods and countryside surrounding the city were something I couldn’t afford to buy. Nobody could...
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At first glimpse I commented that any city with a lake in the middle of it had to be a good place to live. The second day I laid eyes in daylight on the Jessie F. Hallett Memorial Library and the medical complex. This place had everything I had come to consider important! At the time I had no medical problems I knew of, but was aware that situation wouldn’t last forever. Serpent Lake and the woods and countryside surrounding the city were something I couldn’t afford to buy. Nobody could...
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“Jingle Books” Campaign Resounding Success: Letter to the Editor
The success of the Hallett Library Jingle Books 
campaign has been humbling. The premise was to ask the patrons of the JFHML to donate the purchase cost of one book (anywhere from $5-$25) to defray the book budget for 2012.
In less than one month’s time, over 50 people have donated over $750. While the library faces a shortfall of funding from the Hallett Trust, the community has stepped up to help ease the burden of finding monies to maintain materials, programming and technology.
What is our funding gap for 2012? $35,000. The number seems daunting, and yet....
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In less than one month’s time, over 50 people have donated over $750. While the library faces a shortfall of funding from the Hallett Trust, the community has stepped up to help ease the burden of finding monies to maintain materials, programming and technology.
What is our funding gap for 2012? $35,000. The number seems daunting, and yet....
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