Monday 2-4pm Waterford Library ONLINE Knitting Circle
Monday 1-3pm Puzzle Library Open - No. Waterford Church
Tuesday 12-6pm Harrison Food Bank 176 Waterford Rd
1st & 3rd Wednesdays - 11am-1pm Sweden Food Pantry
Friday 10-12 Waterford Library Coffee Cafe - In Person and Online
UPCOMING:
WATERFORD FARMERS MARKET June -August. Every Monday 2-5pm Community Concert on the Village Common with Preston Harrison, Skip Green, and Friends
WEEKLY OPEN HOUSE WATERFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM July-August. Every Monday 2-5pm Next to the Town Beach www.waterfordme.org
May 11 - 4pm - Mystery Book Club
May 20 - 7:30pm - Karaoke Night Waterford Fairgrounds
May 21 - 10am - Hawk Mountain Hike - Hawk Mountain
May 21 - 11am - All About Books - Roland Crietz
May 25 - 10am - Book Club
May 29 - 9am - Mt. Tire'm Hike
June 2 - 6:30pm - Dragon of Wortley - Bear Mt. Music Hall
June 5 - Local Writer's Day - In the Cafe - Bear Mountain Music Hall
June 6, 13, 20, 27 - 2-5pm Waterford Farmers Market on the Town Common
June 8 - 4pm - Mystery Book Club
June 9 - 6:30-8pm - Waterford Historical Annual Meeting/Open House at the Waterford Inne.
June 9 - 6:30pm - Al Mallory -Bear Mt. Music Hall
ANNUAL FRASER GARDEN PROGRAM: www.chewonki.org - Meet at the Wilkins House. FREE.
JUNE 11 - 11:30am - 12:30pm OWLS OF MAINE.
JUNE 11 - 12:30pm - 1:30pm - BROWN BAG LUNCH BREAK.
JUNE 11 - 1:30 - 2:30pm MAINE MAMMALS
The Chewonki Traveling Natural History Program comes to Waterford with two exciting and interactive programs about the Owls of Maine and our native warm-blooded vertebrates.
June 16 - 6:30pm Climate Conversations - What Can We Do? - at the Wilkins House
June 16 - 6:30pm - Lee Sykes -Bear Mt. Music Hall
June 18 - 11am - All About Books with Waterford Author Amity Shlaes
June 22 - 10am - Book Club
June 25 - Contradance - Kathryn Larsen Calling -Bear Mt. Music Hall
June 30 - 6:30pm - Tom Rebmann & Friends -Bear Mt. Music Hall
July 4 - 7:30-10am -Wilkins House Breakfast
July 4 - 8am -Waterford Library Annual Book Sale Extravaganza
July 4 - 11am -Annual Waterford Do-It-Yourself Parade. Marchers meet 10am at schoolyard.
July 7 - 6:30pm - Greg Boardman & Friends Concert and Contradance -Waterford Fairgrounds
July 9 - 9am -Keoka Lake Association Annual Meeting - Wilkins House
July 9 - 11am -McWain Pond Association Annual Meeting - TBA
July 13 - 4pm - Mystery Book Club
July 14 - 6:30pm -Ken & Laurie Turley - Bear Mt. Music Hall
July 15-17 - Waterford World's Fair - No. Waterford Fairgrounds
July 16 - 11am - All About Books with Claire Ackroyd
July 17 - Marci Starr Brennan -Crystal Bowl Concert - Bear Mt. Music Hall
July 20 - 7:30-10am -Wilkins House Breakfast
July 20 - 8-11am Waterford Library Book sale - Wilkins House Basement
July 24 - Contradance - Bear Mt. Music Hall
July 27 - 10am - Book Club
July 28 - 6:30pm -Muffin Tops Kid's Program-Shellie Leger & Steven Moore - Bear Mt. Music Hall
July 30 - Annual Bud Lazotte REGATTA. Meet Keoka Beach Campground
Aug 3 - 7:30-10am -Wilkins House Breakfast
Aug 3 - 8-11am Waterford Library Book sale - Wilkins House Basement
Aug 7 - 3pm - Annual Waterford Library Family "Fun'd" Raiser featuring Milltown Roadshow, local Craft Beer, yummy BBQ, Pot Luck. All Welcome.
Aug 10 - 4pm - Mystery Book Club
Aug 11 - 3pm - Community Dedication of the Bill "Dood" Haynes Trail. Sponsored by Waterford Historical Society, Friends of City Brook, Western Maine Land Trust, and KLA. Meet Warner Park
Aug 11 - 6:30pm - Heather Pearson & Leah Boyd - Bear Mt. Music Hall
Aug 17 - 7:30-10am -Wilkins House Breakfast
Aug 17 - 8-11am Waterford Library Book sale - Wilkins House Basement
Aug 20 - Ballroom Dance - Sergei Slussky Hosting
Aug 24 - 10am - Book Club
Aug 29 - Local Writer's Day in the Cafe - Bear Mt. Music Hall
Apr 3-13 - Melby's CLOSED for staff Vacation
Apr 10 - 9am - Hawk Mountain Hike
Apr 13 - 4pm - Mystery Book Club
Apr 16 - 3pm SHARP - Annual Easter Egg Hunt
Apr 17 - 6am - Sunrise Service on Town Beach
Apr 20 - 12-1pm - Pick-up Meatloaf Senior Lunch $5. - Wilkins House
Apr 23 - 10am - Earth Day Clean up. Various locations. Meet Town Beach.
Apr 23 - 2pm - Mentorship Program. Meet at Library
Apr 27 - 10am - Book Club
Feb 4-Mar 5 - Keoka Ice Out Library Fundraiser. 50/50 Raffle -Guess the date
Mar 4 - 1-6pm -Voting for Select and School Board - Waterford Town Hall
Mar 5 - 9am - Annual Town Meeting - Waterford Fire Station - 663 Valley Rd.
May 11 - 4pm - Mystery Book Club
Mar 16 - 12-1pm - Pick-up Chicken, Rice, Veggies Senior Lunch $5. - Wilkins House
Mar 25 - 10am - Book Club
Mar 26 - 10am -Maine Maple Sunday at Colonial Hill Farm - 201 Mill Hill Rd
Feb 4- Mar. 5 - Keoka Ice Out Library Fundraiser. 50/50 Raffle -Guess the date
Feb 5 - 9am - Ice Harvesting Event on Keewaydin Lake
Feb 9 - 4-pm - Mystery Book Club
Feb 16 - 12-1pm - Pick-up Broccoli & Cheese Soup Senior Lunch $5. - Wilkins House
Feb 19 - 6am-3pm Mt. Tirem Lodge Youth Fishing Derby - local lakes
Feb 23 - 10am - Book Club
Feb 26 - 10am - noon - Winter Snowshoe Outing at Roberts Farm
Feb 26 - 11am- Sno-Packers Pig for the Rig Fundraiser - Bear Mt. Inn
Jan 12 - 4-pm - Mystery Book Club
Jan 19 - 12-1pm - Pick-up Lasagna Senior Lunch $5. - Wilkins House
Jan 19 - 5pm - Ceramic Decorating - Wilkins House
Jan 26 - 10am - Book Club
Jan 30 - 10am -Winter Family Fun Event - No. Waterford Fairgrounds
The All About Books series offers Maine authors a platform to talk about their evolving journey. Challenges of the past two years have made these conversations especially poignant.
Held each third Saturday of the month
at 11 am at the library
May 21 - Roland Crietz
Born in New Jersey, Rowland Creitz was a primary school teacher in New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine and an educational consultant before becoming a full-time writer. He lives in Stow, Maine.
A Debt Too Dear is his second novel.
June 18 - Amity Shlaes
July 16 - Claire Ackroyd
Aug 20 - Mary Atkinson
Sept 17 - Shellie Leger
Oct 15 - Robert Spencer and guest
Whether you come to pick up a good book, attend a book club or discussion group, participate in the weekly knitting circle or Friday coffee cafe , enjoy family fun at a community events, kindly donate or volunteer, there is always something interesting happening here at the Waterford Library. Thank you. GET INVOLVED This is YOUR Library. We welcome book or program suggestions. Your input and ideas are important to us. It is Your continued support and enthusiasm that make the Waterford Library such a special place.
WATERFORD FARMERS MARKET June -August. Every Monday 2-5pm Community Concert on the Village Common with Preston Harrison, Skip Green, and Friends
WEEKLY OPEN HOUSE WATERFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM July-August. Every Monday 2-5pm Next to the Town Beach www.waterfordme.org
BOOK SALE to BENEFIT THE WATERFORD LIBRARY July 4th Library Driveway WATERFORD LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES cordially invite you to our OPEN HOUSE / ANNUAL MEETING
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Other 2022 SPECIAL EVENTS
Waterford Community Easter Egg Hunt Keoka ICE OUT 50/50 Fund-Raiser Ticket Waterford Library Assoc- ANNUAL MEETING
Annual 4th of July Book Sale - July 4th
Annual Family "Fun'd" Raiser - Aug. 7 featuring Milltown Roadshow, local Craft Beer, yummy BBQ, Pot Luck.
Waterford Community Halloween Trunk or Treat - Set up 4- 4:45pm. Kids arrive 5-6pm.
Waterford Community Christmas - Concert - Congregational Church, 4:45 Carols - on the Common, 5 pm Live Music, Refreshments, visit from Santa at the Library.
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
Join us in welcoming Kayla Laid and Kelly Halter Schaffer. Monthly community programs and activities, a new mentorship program, and more are now listed on the town website: www.waterfordme.org Email waterfordcommunitydirector@gmail.com to get the monthly newsletter.
COMMUNITY GARDEN UPDATE
More than a handful of people are committed to developing a new Community Garden at the Waterford World's Fairgrounds. We met with several of the board members to design the space. This community garden was also selected as a project for an energy grant application and will hopefully hear some good news in April regarding funding. There's plenty to do. We would love your involvement at whatever level works. This community garden is being designed for us to connect with each other and this land we call home in addition to growing some produce and providing a great space to learn together.
Interested? Call the Town Office 583-4403
MR. DREW and HIS ANIMALS TOO The Waterford Library hosted 7 LIVE Online Shows each Mon. April 19 - May 31 2021 from 6:30-7:30 pm with Mr. Drew and his Animals. Children of all ages joined these LIVE virtual events that featured exotic reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates from around the world. The shows are LIVE, so each show was unique. Monday, April 19th @ 6:30 intro, insects and arachnids Monday, April 26th @ 6:30 amphibians Monday, May 3rd @ 6:30 turtles and tortoises Monday, May 10th @ 6:30 lizards Monday, May 17th @ 6:30 snakes Monday, May 24th @ 6:30 Maine reptiles Monday, May 31st @ 6:30 review of programs, Q & A's. Mr. Drew is a rehabilitator and outreach program for injured, neglected and unwanted exotic animals. He finds them good homes or uses them in his educational shows. He has written for magazines and did a CNN segment. As an “Educational Technician, merit badge counselor, and guide for Thorncrag Bird Sanctuary and Mt. Apatite Geological Park. Drew delights all ages with unique style, energy, knowledge and love for learning.
The Waterford Flat Halloween was sadly cancelled, as we can’t safely offer all the usual community programs and activities this year. Instead, we have donated to the Harrison/Waterford PTO to help them variously support local children in BOTH elementary schools.
An alternate TRUNK or TREAT was held in
No. Waterford on Halloween from 6- 7:30pm at the church and Melby's parking lot where there is more room for social distancing. The Library Association appreciates these efforts on behalf of the children.
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Waterford Library BOOK SALE
The Annual BOOK SALE was held under tents
on the grounds of the Wilkins House on
Saturday October 10, 2020 - 11am to 2pm.
There was a great selection of books
thanks to our many wonderful donors.
Covid-19 safety protocols were in place.
Many thanks to everyone who kindly
came to shop, volunteer, or donate.
Your support means everything!
Waterford Library Association
ANNUAL MEETING Jul 23, 2020 at 6:30 PM
The Board is extremely excited to share an overview with updated information about the Library Ramp Project. Peter Leslie will offer insight into “Accessibility for All” – an issue the Board feels is important for our community. Due to current conditions, the meeting was via Zoom.
CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS PROGRAM
July 7th at 6:30 p.m.
Follow-up article in 7/29/20 edition
of the Maine Sunday Telegram
We are excited that Nick will share via Zoom his presentation on State of the Birds – Maine Audubon. Bird populations in Maine are continually changing. This presentation covers the last few decades and discusses which species are disappearing, increasing, and looks to identify the future of Maine birds. We look forward to you joining us for a fantastic and informative presentation. Best, Kerry & Doretta
YOU ARE INVITED TO A LIVE EVENT!
Waterford author Robert Spencer discusses PROSPECTS, Mining Maine For Riches,
WHERE: In The Barn at Bear Mountain Inn, Waterford Road, Waterford, ME
WHEN: Tuesday, Aug. 25th from 6-7:30 pm
DETAILS: In a socially distanced setting, Robert will read from his second novel. The story takes place from 1897 to 1904, when pegmatite mines were a vital part of the Oxford County local economy. Included will be a Q&A about how the book was created. Copies available for purchase.
All profits support the Waterford Library.
Due to Maine CDC guidelines, attendees limited to 30. Face-coverings required.
For Reservations contact Robert at robertwbooks@gmail.com
ZOOM is available for remote attendees.
Admission is free, with a suggested $5. donation to support the Waterford Library.