Altamont Library Notes for Wednesday, April 20, 2022
One of the many wonderful things about being located where we are is that right outside our front door, we have Orsini Park. We have concerts, book clubs, summer reading programs, and so much more there when the weather is nice, and our annual Library Lights gazebo-lighting ceremony in the winter.
Orsini Park is our second home, and just like any home, it deserves a spring cleaning.
Please join Altamont Community Tradition in the park this coming Saturday, April 23, from 9 a.m. to noon for the annual Green & Clean, where we’ll pick up sticks and trash, prepare the garden beds, and generally give Orsini, Schilling, and Angel parks a nice spiffing up.
It’s a great way to give back to the community and to show your gratitude for the wonderful place that we call home. If you happen to have some garden tools or a wheelbarrow that you can bring, it would be greatly appreciated.
At the same time, trustees and volunteers will be coming together to spruce up the library. We’ll be washing windows, weeding, planting, and setting up the delightful Spohr Family Centennial Patio for the season. Once you’ve greened and cleaned in the park, if you still have some energy left, please join us here at the library!
Many hands make light work, so we’d love to see you. Happy Spring!
Village-Wide
Garage Sale
Speaking of wonderful annual events, the Altamont Elementary School’s annual Village-wide Garage Sale is back this year on Saturday, May 7. I’m pleased to say that for the first time since 2019, the Altamont Free Library will be holding its always eagerly anticipated book sale and we need you, (yes, you!) to help us make sure that it’s our most successful sale ever!
On the day of the sale, we need all the friends we can get to carry books outside, help sell those books, keep our tables tidy, and break down at the end of the day. If you can be of assistance, you will have our undying gratitude (and an early peak at donations!), so get in touch with us at 518-861-7239, by email at ,
Birding Bag
You know that it’s spring because the birds have returned! If you and your young friends are interested in learning more about the birds living all around us, we’ve got the perfect kit for you!
Put together by the Thacher Park Nature Center, our birding kit has binoculars for both adults and kiddos, guides to local birds, bird activity sheets, and much more! This kit can be checked out for up to one week, and you can use it up at Thacher, in your backyard, or anywhere else that birds hang out. Thank you, Thacher Park Nature Center!
Train Station
History Exhibit
The Altamont Train Station has witnessed a lot of history since it opened its doors in 1897. Next Monday, we will unveil an exhibit all about that history. The exhibit was curated by Dan Barker of the Village Archive and Museum and features photos, documents, and artifacts from our building’s 125-year history.
Among the artifacts on display will be an original stationmaster’s wooden ticket cabinet, which has never been displayed before. The exhibit, which is presented with the financial assistance of the library’s Marijo Dougherty Fund for Local History Research, also features text by Keith C. Lee documenting the station’s history.
It will be on display for the next few months, so please come on in and take a look! Many thanks to Dan and Keith for putting this all together.
Story time
Story time is back at ARC! Please join us to gather together once more for our weekly Tuesday morning story times for children. Since spreading out is still important, and since it’s too cold to do it out in the park, we’ll be back at Altamont Reformed Church!
Please join us in the community room at Altamont Reformed Church at 129 Lincoln Ave. in Altamont on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. for a super fun morning of songs, stories, and activities! Since this is an indoor program, all participants over the age of 2 must wear masks for the duration of the program. Many thanks to ARC for hosting us. We hope to see you there!