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Saturday, August 19, 2017
Waterville Community-Human Society News
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Waterville Public Library Wins National Medal!
The Waterville Public Library has been selected as a recipient of the 2017 National Medal for Museum and Library Services, the nation's highest honor given to museums and libraries for service to the community. 5 libraries and 5 museums have been selected as winners. The 2017 winners of the National Medal demonstrate impactful programs and services that exceed the expected levels of community outreach and are known as catalysts for community change.
Statement by Waterville Public Library Director, Sarah Anne Sugden:
At the opening ceremony of the new library building in May 1905, Elwood Wyman, Superintendent of Waterville Public Schools, reminded our community that, as with a human, the infancy and youth of a public institution like a library must be considered a period of growth and maturation. Wyman acknowledged that his would not be the generation of Waterville citizens to see the Waterville Public Library reach its fullest potential.
One doesn’t plant acorns for immediate shade, after all. One also doesn’t plant acorns for minimal impact.
In 1904, when our own Waterville library building was still under construction, Minneapolis Public Library Director Gratia Countrymen wrote: “Perhaps still in the minds of many a library is only a place where books are stored, or distributed under many objectionable restrictions. But in the larger sense, the library should be a wide-awake institution for the dissemination of ideas. It should be the center of all the activities of a city that lead to social growth, municipal reform, civic pride, and good citizenship. It should have its finger on the pulse of the people.”
An innovative, dynamic, welcoming, useful public library has been our goal since our very founding. A building just filled with books (or whatever format comes next) was never the intention.
We hope, then, that Elwood Wyman would be pleased and proud that the Waterville Public Library has been selected as a recipient of the 2017 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, our nation’s greatest honor bestowed to libraries. We hope that you, the community we are so lucky to serve, are pleased and proud, too. National Medal recipients are selected for significant and exceptional contributions to their communities and have demonstrated innovative and extraordinary approaches to public service. We are humbled and proud and so very grateful for this remarkable recognition.
Without question, a great library requires a great team.
The Waterville Public Library is so blessed to have an amazing group of Library volunteers, who donate 100 hours of their time each week to help our Library provide the quality of library service Waterville deserves.
We are lucky this community abounds with awesome organizations, businesses, and institutions with whom we collaborate in numerous ways to empower citizens and strengthen our community.
The kindnesses, support, and generosity consistently shown to the Library by City of Waterville municipal departments are too innumerable to list. Without this extraordinary assistance, the Waterville Public Library would not operate.
The steadfast and generous financial support of community members, local businesses, organizations, and foundations have also made all the difference for the Waterville Public Library and our efforts.
Library Trustees have kept the Library open and moving forward for more than a century, and are we glad! The Board of Library Trustees has been a remarkable steward of this critical community resource, benefiting generations of Waterville citizens.
Each day, Library staff members bring their A game to work, offering the very best of customer and library service to every member of our community. They rock.
It is the cumulative efforts of all Waterville Public Library team members that enable the Library to provide library service meritorious of the National Medal. We offer our heartfelt, love-filled thanks to everyone.
As we said, a great library takes a great team.
The Waterville Public Library has not yet reached the fullest potential in serving the citizens of this community. Each day, we learn and grow. If, in our beginning, we were an acorn, then, in library years, the Waterville Public Library is only now unfurling leaves and extending roots and branches. After all, libraries, like oak trees, live for a very, very long time.
We are just getting started.
Your public library loves you, Waterville, Maine. 
❤️
❤️Monday, January 9, 2017
Waterville Public Library-Our Community-Help restore the library after water damage
How to Help Restore the Library After Water Damage
Many people have asked how to help the Waterville Public Library following the water damage from a burst pipe on Saturday, December 17, 2016.
Thank you for these offers of support and sympathy. The Library is really lucky that insurance will cover some of the damage and repair. However, we don’t know yet how much of the damage will be covered by insurance. We are particularly concerned about the loss of our Children’s science/technology and natural history/wildlife books. These are some of the most popular and heavily-used materials in our Children’s nonfiction collection. Restoring this collection to meet the interests and needs of Waterville’s children is a priority for the Library.
How can you help?
Please keep those sentiments of support and love coming our way! Your encouragement and kindness are so appreciated and make such a difference.
If you are inspired and able, please consider donating a gift of cash to the Library to help us restore our Children’s nonfiction collection and cover costs of repair not covered by insurance. Donations can be dropped off at the Library or mailed to Waterville Public Library c/o RESTORE THE LIBRARY, 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME 04901. Donations can also be made online by clicking on the Donate button on the Waterville Public Library web site: www.watervillelibrary.org or by clicking this link to donate.
For more information regarding the December 17, 2016 burst pipe at the Waterville Public Library, please visit these links:
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Community Events Greater Waterville Area
Events | Humane Society Waterville Area | Waterville, Maine
- Craft Fair9 a.m.-3 p.m., American Legion Hall, College Avenue, Waterville; one of the biggest craft fairs in the area featuring more than 60 Maine crafters, raffles and the Harvest Kitchen with homemade pies, cakes, cookies and much more; all proceeds benefit Humane Society; 873-2430.Saturday, October 24th
Community Events-Humane Society Waterville Area
36th Annual Holiday Craft Fair
to benefit our Humane Society!!!
Saturday, October 22, 2016
9:00am-3:00pm
American Legion Post 5
21 College Ave.
Waterville, Maine 04901
Local artisans-raffles-bake sale-food-silent auction to benefit our Waterville Humane Society!!
Proceeds go to the homeless pets at Humane Society Waterville Area.
Humane Society Waterville Area
100 Webb Road
Waterville, Maine 04901
207-873-2430
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Waterville Rocks!
Thursday, August 25, 2016, 5:00 PM
near the Waterville Opera House
1 Common Street, Waterville, ME
Waterville Rocks! is a new summer concert series taking place in downtown Waterville’s Castonguay Square beginning this July. This series consists of four FREE and family-friendly outdoor music concerts, featuring local, regional, and youth musical acts. It is being hosted by the Waterville Opera House and is sponsored by local businesses, organizations, and patrons of the arts. The series is designed to provide free cultural programming for community members and offers a new way to animate and enliven downtown Waterville. The four outdoor concerts will occur on Thursday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 PM in Castonguay Square, starting Thursday, July 28.
In the event of rain, all Waterville Rocks! concerts will be performed inside the Waterville Opera House.
Monday, March 28, 2016
Community Events-Waterville, Maine
ANNUAL CRUISIN' FOR A CURE CAR SHOW
FAITH EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH
250 Kennedy Memorial Drive
Waterville, Maine 04901
Jun 04, 2016. New Dimensions Federal Credit Union invites surrounding community members and car enthusiasts to participate in the second annual Cruisin' for a Cure Car Show. Individuals interested in participating in the car show can register at the New Dimensions FCU branch locations: 61 Grove Street, Waterville, Maine and 72 Cony Street, Augusta, Maine. The Cruisin' for a Cure Car Show will benefit the Maine Children's Cancer Program. Many classes to choose from for entry, People's Choice and Best of Show will be awarded. Steve Colella from 93.5 True Oldies will be on site doing a live radio remote. All monies raised from the event will be directly donated to the Maine Children's Cancer Program located in Scarborough, Maine on behalf of local fundraising legend Mr. Sylvio Normandeau. Show participants pay a nominal registration fee of $10 per vehicle. Event is on Saturday, June 4, with same-day registration from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and the show from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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