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March 2025
Story Time — Sunshine
Join Miss Shelley for stories, a snack, and a craft. Newborns to five years old.
Find out more »Dog Ears! Reading Therapy with a Tail-Waggin’ Tutor!
Come read to one of our Tail Waggin' Tutors! The Dog Ears Program helps children discover how much fun reading and the library can be. Individual reading sessions take place in a quiet, comfortable area of the library. Please call 989-7943 to register your child for a 15-minute one-on-one session with one of the certified therapy dogs.
Find out more »Knitting Social
Everyone Welcome!
Find out more »“To My Dearest” — The Civil War Letters of George and Emily Ward
Presentation by Lynne McKenney Lydick and Thomas R. Lydick, written by George Hull Ward and Emily Mayo Ward. The letters are extraordinary for all they communicate about the personal side of the Civil War. They detail the pain of prolonged separation, the challenges of single parenting, the maintenance of a household in the absence of the chief laborer and breadwinner, the difficulties of carrying on a farm, and of course, the horrors of the battle front. Joseph L. Ferris Community…
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Knitting Social
Everyone Welcome!
Find out more »Book Club I
April 2025 Selection: Brooklyn by Colm Toibin. "One of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary literature, (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette), Eilis Lacey has come of age in small-town Ireland in the hard years following WWII. When an Irish priest from Brooklyn offers to sponsor Eilis in America, she decides she must go, leaving her fragile mother and her charismatic sister behind. Call 989-7943 for details.
Find out more »Book Club II
April 2025 Selection: Brooklyn by Colm Toibin. "One of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary literature, (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette), Eilis Lacey has come of age in small-town Ireland in the hard years following WWII. When an Irish priest from Brooklyn offers to sponsor Eilis in America, she decides she must go, leaving her fragile mother and her charismatic sister behind. Call 989-7943 for details.
Find out more »Live Presentation — “What Martha Wore”
Join us for Kelli Burnham's program "What Martha Wore--18th century clothing in the Ballard Diary." The program will be hosted at the Joseph L. Ferris Community Center (318 Wilson Street), in the upstairs conference room. Kelli first met Martha as a college student in Pennsylvania where ‘The Midwife’s Tale’ was part of the history curriculum. She is thrilled to be able to help bring part of Martha’s world to life for the people of Maine. Open to the Public. No…
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