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Greenwich Library offers park and museum passes to cardholders. These passes provide free admission or discounts to Connecticut State parks, forests, and beaches as well as select area museums.

The passes may be checked out for one week at a time on a first-come, first-served basis. No reservations or renewals are permitted and a $1 per day late fee will be charged for overdue passes. Passes are available at the Main Library to both Greenwich Library and Perrot Library cardholders.

Available passes include:
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Ridgefield, CT: Admits two adults and children.
Connecticut State Parks: Waives entrance fees for all state parks and forests and is valid for two adults and four children.
Connecticut's Old State House in Hartford, CT: Admits two adults and two children.
Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, CT: $2 off combination ticket; good for up to six people.
Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, CT: $4 off Adults and $2 off Children (limit two adults, two children).
Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase, NY: Admits one family or two adults.
Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT: Admits two adults and two children.

For more information, please visit the Patron Services Desk at Greenwich Library or call (203) 625-6524.

With Earth Day on the horizon, reflect upon the life of a local man that has always shown respect for the environment. Pick up a copy of the Oral History Project book "Daniel Barrett: Teacher and Conservationist" at the Greenwich Library.

Daniel Barrett began teaching science at Greenwich High School in 1958. For many years, he took the students in his popular oceanography course into the field to study marine biology, to Greenwich Point and as far as Cape Cod and St. Thomas. Students studied all aspects of marine life, even making stew in the classroom from the mussels they had caught at the Point.

A selection of the Rowe Bookplate Museum's Abraham Lincoln collection will be on display at the Greenwich Library throughout February. The exhibit contains bookplates, or ex libris, devoted to the life of Lincoln.

Get free tax assistance from the VITA Volunteers every Monday and Saturday, February 6 to April 12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Those interested should bring last year's tax return, all W2s and 1099s, all wage and salary information, information on interest and dividends received and paid, and taxes on real estate, property and vehicles. Check the website for room location. For more information, please call the Reference Desk at (203)-622-7910.

Greenwich Library is demonstrating its commitment to being "green" by offering reusable, eco-friendly bags. Available for $2 apiece at all three branches, these bags will help reduce the carbon-footprint of the Greenwich Library System.

Greenwich Library has relaunched PrepMe, a new SAT test preparation service, to local students for free.

PrepMe is a premium test preparation company dedicated to bringing high-quality, customized learning to students across the world. PrepMe makes customized test preparation affordable and accessible while providing highly impactful results and learning for students and their families.

"With the exception of expensive private tutors, what's out there has always been a mass-market approach," said PrepMe CEO Karan Goel in an interview with CNN/Money. "We're changing the way test preparation is taught."

Learn how to use Bloomberg Professional Service at Greenwich Library on Tuesday, August 4. Bloomberg contains current and historical financial information on individual equities, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, and futures for both international and domestic markets. It also provides company profiles and financial statements, analyst forecasts, news on worldwide financial markets, and audio and video interviews and presentations by key players in business and finance.

Streamline Greenwich Library's audiobook collection directly to your Apple device with the latest update to OverDrive, a resource for downloading eBooks and digital audiobooks.

With a Greenwich Library and Perrot Library card, patrons can browse and download best selling digital titles to a computer or compatible portable device at home, in the office or from anywhere in the world. The collection includes a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction including mystery, romance, biography, business, careers and more.

Don't have a Library card, but looking to get your hands on a popular book, CD or DVD before it is borrowed by someone else? Greenwich Library's new online registration service will help satisfy both your needs.

"This great new service affords new and old residents, alike, the opportunity to become Greenwich Library patrons from the convenience of their homes," Lending Services Manager Elaine Tai-Lauria said.

Log on to the Greenwich Library Web site to register for your new Library card. After registering, place one item on hold and pick up your Library card when you retrieve your held item. Online registration is only for Greenwich residents who do not currently have either a Greenwich Library or Perrot Memorial Library card.

Eugene Moye has never let obstacles keep him down long. Confronted by an "invisible but definite wall" in race relations growing up in Greenwich, he then served in the Pacific during World War II in the segregated US Army. At college on the GI Bill, he found a more progressive environment, and met his wife. When he applied for a teaching job in town, he was advised by a school official to "go to an Indian reservation and teach." Instead, he persevered and joined the Greenwich Police Department as its first African American officer. But lack of promotion, despite his qualifications and education, and the cold shoulder from some colleagues characterized his years there. In 1971, he became a social studies teacher at Western Junior High, retiring as a beloved and respected member of the Greenwich community.