has triple the square footage of the current Assonet library from 1895 – the Guilford H. Hathaway Library. McCue said the plan was to raise funds and seek federal grant money to buy the building.

FREETOWN -- After considerable discussion selectmen could not agree on a proposal to investigate the possibility of relocating the cramped public library in Assonet Village to a former church on ...

Such was the case when library trustees climbed into the attic of the Hathaway Library recently in Assonet looking for auction items, and instead stumbled upon pieces that belong in a museum.