Belfast Garden Club Presentation: Controlling Stormwater Runoff with Fred Bowers

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Storm runoff can stoke soil erosion and damage plants. Luckily there are man-made solutions to erosion, which rely on fundamental natural soil processes. We’ll learn how to design rain gardens with consideration to natural soil and geologic processes, and about a possible demo rain garden for Belfast. Plus: other “green” options, such as eliminating impervious surfaces […]

Teen Instagram Takeover

Conference Room

CALLING ALL TEEN WRITERS AND LOVERS OF BOOKS!!! ~Write a letter to your favorite author. ~We will Post it on our library teen Instagram. If willing, we can video you reading the letter. ~ Wait for a response!

Event Series Genealogy group meeting

Peterborough Veterans Memorial Monument

Abbott Room

The Town of Warren, Maine holds a rich history of its early settlement, varied industries, and the development of the Georges River Canal amongst other notable items. Did you know that Warren was also the location of Maine's largest historical African American community? The community of Peterborough started with the family of Amos and Sarah […]

Event Series Knit2Together

Knit2Together

Abbott Room

Knitters, crocheters, yarn enthusiasts of all experience levels are welcome to join us every Wednesday , from 4:00-5:30 pm in the Abbott Room. This drop-in event is a chance for knitters- and crocheters too- of all ages and experience levels to chat, get tips, and learn from each other while working on their own projects. […]

Peace & Social Justice Forum / Waldo County

Abbott Room

Vietnam Veteran Doug Rawlings, President of the Maine Chapter of Veterans for Peace and an award-winning anti-war poet will speak of his recent return to Vietnam. In August 2023, Doug returned to Vietnam after a 53-year absence when he was invited to speak of G.I. resistance to the war and to present his poetry, at […]

Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition: Planet vs Plastics (part 1)

Abbott Room

Earth Day is Monday, April 22. Earth Day reminds us to think about our beautiful environment and all that we can and should do to preserve it. This is especially important this year when we have had continual reminders of how fragile life on this earth is and how human behavior has affected it. This […]

Belfast Historical Society Program

Abbott Room

1911, Busy, Booming Belfast- presentation with Megan Pinette Megan Pinette, historical society president, will present a look at 1911 as recorded in the Waldo County Herald newspaper. That year saw several important additions to commercial Belfast; the Colonial Theatre, a corn canning factory, and a sardine packing plant. In the words of WCH editor, Edgar F. […]