Category Archives: Information type

Covid-19 vaccine at the Council on Aging
If you are over the age of 75 and wish to receive the COVID 19 vaccine, please contact the Council on Aging at 781-585-0511 Monday through Thursday from 830 am until 4 pm and Friday from 830 am until noon.
Please be prepared to provide your name, address, phone number, date of birth and an email address to the call taker. If you wish to seek a vaccine on your own, call Mass211 or visit their site for assistance.

March 8th at 6pm – Trusts, Wills and Estate Planning
Having an estate plan is important for protecting one’s family and making sure everything they have worked for is taken care of. Estate tax attorneys in Boston and surrounding communities often counsel clients to create a revocable living trust due to the Massachusetts inheritance tax and the high home prices. Even modest estates can be subject to state estate tax. Creating a trust can minimize or eliminate the tax owed after death. Without an estate plan a court will decide who gets the assets based on state law rather than the individual deciding.
The Kingston Public Library is pleased to welcome Sean Hagan for the first of two online programs. The first program is on March 8th at 6:00 PM. Mr. Hagan will discuss estate planning and answer your questions.
Sean Hagan is a Partner at the Law Firm, Long Hagan Huff-Harris and primarily advises clients on estate and tax planning, as well as trust and estate administration matters. Mr. Hagan teaches a legal research and writing class to paralegal students at Bunker Hill Community College. He lives in Kingston.
A Zoom link will be sent in a confirmation email after registration.

State Tax Forms are Here
As long as they last, you can pick up Massachusetts resident and non-resident tax booklets and forms outside during our curbside hours. No need to schedule or call. The forms and instructions are also online.
We’ve ordered federal tax forms. We don’t know when they’ll get here, but when they do, we’ll let you know here. Alternatively, get forms and instructions online.
Be aware that deadlines and requirements may be different than in the past (definitely different from 1799, when Judah Washburn was taxed $3 for his two-person, one-horse chaise with a top).

Spring 2021 Author Talks
Our Spring 2021 Author Talks program runs from March to May. We’re excited to share this virtual series with you. Take a look at the complete list here, and sign up to join us.

Time-lapse of Kingston’s Waste Water Project
This is so cool!

Welcome 2021!
Source: Joseph Cushman Finney Papers MC11

Covid-19 testing sites

KPL Foundation and Friends
All Kingston feeds
Here’s our combined feed from Facebook pages of the Library and some of Kingston’s departments. They’re listed individually here.

ComCat is back!
If the OCLN catalog doesn’t have what you want to borrow, take a look at Commonwealth Catalog. Most libraries across the state are sharing their materials again through inter-library loan.
You just need your library card and an email address to explore library collections all over Massachusetts. The FAQ for borrowers is here if you need it.