Weld, Maine 04285
Former Weld Public Library Board President Barbara Paiton was awarded the Boston Post Cane by the Town of Minot. At 95, she is the oldest resident of Minot. According to Barbara, she walks 25 minutes a day.
Read more about it here in the Sun Journal.
According to bostonpostcane.org The Boston Post Cane tradition started in 1909 by Edwin Grozier, publisher of the Boston Post newspaper.
Barbara Paiton was instrumental in securing the future of the Weld Free Public Library.
In partnership with the Maine State Library and Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, The Weld Public Library is a participating Read ME Library.
“Hosted by public libraries all across the state, Read ME connects Maine’s adult reading community through shared experiences, supports Maine libraries in their work to provide quality adult summer reading initiatives, and elevates the work of upcoming Maine authors.”
This summer’s featured books are Moon in Full by Marpheen Chann and The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring.
This year the Weld Library Summer Reading Program will be about Bears, Bees and Beavers! Fun craft activities!
The 2024 Summer Reading Dates at the Weld Public Library will be: June 20th, July 11th, and August 1st, from 10:00 am to Noon at the Library.
This year there will be a Grand Finale event at the Nature Center at Mt. Blue State Park on Webb Lake on August 8th at 10:00 am! Printable flyer and Map below.
Thursday, June 26th, @ 6:00 PM
Join us for the June Book Club Chat about Backward and Blind with the author Jean A. Miller Mariner. Books will be available for purchase for $20, with $5 of the cost being donated to the Library.
2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS FINALIST IN EDUCATION
When a young economics researcher decides to embrace change and takes a teaching position on a whim, she enters the job with confidence. It doesn’t take long until she feels as though she is tumbling downhill, backward and blindfolded, just as one of her students did while skiing, before having to take him to the hospital.
After her job morphed into a career, Jean A. Miller Mariner retired with immeasurable lessons to share—for math and for life. Turning from backward and blind to forward and focused, she witnessed the identical pivot for her students over the years and penned these hilarious, complex, and heartwarming tales to demonstrate.
Ms. Miller Mariner’s story collection is a gift for all the teachers out there, and for the students who drove them to become better educators (even while, like her, they may have been the one steering the bus). Here the good math teacher adds humor to the unthinkable and subtracts nothing, leaving us with one question with absolute value: Who helps whom turn each other’s lives around?
Raised in New England, Jean A. Miller Mariner moved to Colorado for her first teaching assignment at an independent residential high school. That led to more than thirty years at six different schools teaching middle-school through college-level math and psychology courses, all while rearing three children with her beloved husband. With a BA from Oberlin College and an MAT from Colorado College, she also coached swimming, math, and debate competitions; organized community service activities; served as a dorm parent; and wrote for a textbook company. Splitting her time between the mountains of rural Maine and the mountains of the southwest, she identifies as part Southwesterner and part New Englander. Now retired to a wealth of new life experiences, she has revived interests in writing, mountain biking, open water swimming, traveling, fabric arts, and volunteering for a local food bank.
Supporting the Library can happen in many ways. As a small Library with limited resources, just donating some items on our wish list can really help! Here are some items we need now that would benefit and enhance the operation of the Library:
Big Items:
Kohler 10RESVL-100LC12 10kW Home Standby Generator System (100A Indoor 12-Circuit Switch) or Generac 10KW Automatic Backup Generator with Transfer Switch.
Laptop Computer (contact Paul for specifications)
Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
Smaller Items:
For specifics or any questions, please stop by the Library or call Wendy at 207-585-2439.
For additional ways to support the Library, please visit our support page.
Thank you!
The Book Club will meet Thursday April 25th at the Weld Free Public Library at 6:00 PM.
Saskia Reinholt, Executive Director of the High Peaks Creative Council, will discuss her book Legacy: The Barn Quilt Trail in Maine’s High Peaks.
Featured in The Daily Bulldog, this wonderful book features the design and history of barn quilts in Franklin and Somerset Counties, with excellent photos by Cynthia and John Orcutt, a forward by Governor Janet Mills, and an introduction by Maine Poet Laureate Julia Bouwsma.
The book will be available for purchase at the Library.
The Library will be upgraded with a Barn Quilt. We are now accepting donations for this project. Online: Via PayPal, Check or Cash. If donating online or by check, please indicate in the notes section that your donation is for the Barn Quilt Project.
At the May 4th Barn Quilt session at the Weld Town Hall, There will be an area for the Library Barn Quilt to be Worked on. This is a Community Project, so even if you aren’t making a barn quilt of your own, please feel free to stop in and work on a section. Anyone already signed up for the session is welcome to work on the quilt.
The pattern is to be determined. We are in the idea process for the design, and open to suggestions. The size will be 3’x3′ or a 4’x4′ and hang on the left side of the library (new parking lot side).
On April 25th from 11:00 to Noon, Board VP Paul Haberstroh will be talking about Google Apps and staying safe online. Coffee will be provided.
WFPL-March 2024
Our “Little Library that Could”, the Weld Free Public Library, is off to a wonderful start to 2024!
Our Book Club is back and has already met twice, chatting about the Authenticity Project and Leap Year.
We are meeting again Thursday, March 28th to discuss This Other Eden…..at 6pm at the Library.
It is great fun! Last meeting, we enjoyed some trivia and treats!
We’ve invited the toddlers and young adults to come in and scavenger hunt for a book and some prizes this spring!
In April, we will host the Great North American SOLAR ECLIPSE at Center Hill, in conjunction with State Park Ranger, Casey.
Look for OUR COFFEE with….series coming up and, as always, please join us online at our website for more information.
MAY brings up a Barn Quilting extravaganza, where we will be creating one for the exterior of the Library and then go on the ‘trail map’ of Maine, where we will be a part of the series of Barn Quilts to find around the state – looking for donations to support the materials for making the barn quilt – you can do that on line at our website!
Every penny helps to keep our Library a place of Lifelong Learning and the centerpiece of our community!
Thank you for your continued support!You can find flyers for our events right on our website!
Ina Toth
President Board of Trustees
Weld Free Public Library
On Thursday, March 28th, from 11:30 to 12:30, and 4:30 to 5:30pm. The Weld Public Library will host a scavenger book hunt for kids. Search for the books with special bookmarks and turn them in for rewards!
For more information call the Library at 585-2439 or
email: wfpl.weld.lib.me.us@gmail.com
You are cordially invited to join in on viewing the Solar Eclipse on Monday, April 8th at 3:00pm. You will be able to grab a pair of viewing glasses courtesy of the Weld Free Public Library, and watch it with us at the top of Center Hill near the Yurt at Mt. Blue State Park. Refreshments will be available.
A total solar eclipse takes place at the Moon’s ascending node between 3:24 to 3: 38pm, lasting approximately 2 minutes and 24 seconds in Maine, specifically Weld.
For more information: call the Weld Free Public Library at 585-2439 during open hours.
Printable Flyer Below:
The Tumbledown Conservation Alliance has just launched a new website for their very important mission. https://tumbledown.org/
Please visit their new site to see the history of the organization and the amazing successes and impact of the project. Enjoy the stunning photos, extensive resources, important links, and the support and donation opportunities.
The Bureau of Parks and Lands is applying for Land and Water Conservation Fund grant awards for repair of the lower part of the Brook Trail.
The Bureau needs letters of support from the community. Please help by following the directions in the attached letter pictured above. Public support is needed for the BPL to apply for LWCF grants.
Please help the BPL for this much needed project to insure the future sustainability of the popular and much used Tumbledown Brook Trail.
Please follow the instructions carefully. Printing and scanning can be done at the Weld Public Library.
Email your letter of support to: Kristin.Anderson@maine.gov