Chess and other board games at Aylmer library

Robert Pihokker, 14, left, a novice, and more-experienced player Lynzee Smith, 12, played a game of high-speed chess, one of the board games on offer at Aylmer library on Thursday night, May 21. The board-game nights are held the first and third Thursday of the month, starting at 6 p.m., until the end of June, when they’re suspended temporarily for Summer Reading Club activities in July and August. (AE/Rob Perry)