Bridgton Public Library

Happy New Year!

We are grateful for the holidays, and looking forward to some great things for 2021.

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We are excited to be hosting a Winter Read 2021 through the month of January for ALL AGES. You can register online at bridgtonlibrary.beanstack.org, keep track using a printed log, or give us a call (207-647-2472) and sign up for our Adult Simple Registration Option.

Printed logs are also available at Bridgton Books. We’ve put together Recommended Reading Lists on our website and can print one out for you on request. Or just give us a call and we’re happy to help.

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We have some wonderful To-Go bags this month to grab and go. If you are putting items on hold or using no-contact pickup, just let us know which To-Go bags you want and we’ll hand them out to you! For adults, we have Comfort To-Go: Cocoa and Puzzles and Craft To-Go: Etched Glass and for kids, we have Comfort To-Go: Cocoa and Puzzles and Culture To-Go: Rufus Porter Portrait Painting. Rufus Porter Museum has put together a Miniature Portrait project just for us here at the Library. Rufus Porter was a self-taught artist who built miniature water-wheels for fun, played music, wrote poetry, and painted. This bag has everything you need to create your own portrait, including a small watercolor kit.

All bags are free, available first come first served while they last.

Happy Winter 2021

Library Services January 2021

12/29/202012/29/2020adminAdult Programs / Book Group / Community / Creative Resources / Cultural Program / Family Program / Homeschool/Remote Learning Resource / Youth Programs

We are planning to continue our walk-in hours in January T: 10-4, W: 10-4, F: 10-4, Sat: 10-2, with no-contact pickup available at the end of each day for those who choose. We do encourage people to use our online catalog to place holds for quick pick up or give us a call and we can help you by pre-picking some books we think you’d like.

We will post it on our website, Facebook, Instagram if we have either a health or weather closing (though with the weather, we may not have Internet, but we’ll try). Please call if you have any questions (207-647-2472).

We will be offering Activities To-Go and book discussion groups by Zoom. While we cannot offer in-person workshops here, we have gathered together some online resources for you to help you get inspired, get involved, learn something new, and part of a different kind of community.

The UMaine Cooperative Extension has an awesome lineup of online workshops, with a suggested donation of $5 per session. Can’t make a donation? That’s okay, we’ll make one on your behalf. We will make a donation for any patron who brings in or emails a copy of your program registration.

We have an innovative new membership here at the Library! We have partnered with the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance to offer online workshops for up to 5 library patrons at member prices. If the member prices are a little more than you can afford, please get in touch with the Library for our scholarship program.

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Stay safe and well. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Sincerely,

Amy Stone

Library Director