letter to the editor

Thanks for supporting library

Tue, 05/23/2017 - 7:00am

Dear Editor:

I want to thank the area towns for supporting the Wiscasset Public Library annually. At the recent Edgecomb town meeting, the debate about support for the library was lively and supportive.

The library is a great facility, which serves Wiscasset, Edgecomb, Alna and Westport Island as well as numerous tourists and other groups. This year the library has instituted a new online book ordering service, increasing the library’s offerings by several million books and videos.

The library trustees are partnering with trustees of the Wiscasset Maine Art Gallery to find ways to work together. The gallery in the red brick building on Warren Street offers a venue for local artists to display their art, as well as allowing local schools, including the Edgecomb Eddy School and the Center for Teaching and Learning, to show their work. The library is planning to have local artists show their work in the Ferne art library on the second floor of the library building.

Other activities planned at the library include the annual children's summer reading program as well as an ice cream social for kids and parents in June, outside the Used Book Room where if you buy a used book for $2 you will get a free ice cream treat. Also planned is a repeat of the Friends of the Library's very successful fall gala and raffle.

In addition to our annual support from the towns of Wiscasset, Alna, Edgecomb and Westport Island, we now have a donate page on our website where additional gifts can be made via credit card or you can always drop off cash or a check or mail it to 21 High Street, Wiscasset, ME 04578. Another way to support the library is to use Smile.amazon.com for your online Amazon purchases. The first time you log in, select Wiscasset Public Library as your favorite non-profit. Amazon will send the library 1/2 a percent of any purchases you make on this site. Also, you could make a lifetime gift to the endowment that would help support our programs forever. See the Donations and Planned Giving tab on our website at Wiscasset.lib.me.us.

Again, thank you for all your support.

Tom Boudin

Edgecomb

Treasurer

Wiscasset Public Library