Category: Events

Barb Young will again be teaching the popular “computers for seniors” at the Pember Library. Classes will run from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM Wednesdays and Fridays from November 6 through November 22. Classes will cover internet and email, word processing, and using the library card catalog with databases. You must pre-register for the series of classes. Class size is limited to eight people. Please call the library to register or for more information 518-642-2525.

From http://geraldinebrooks.com/ Once again, Geraldine Brooks takes a remarkable shard of history and brings it to vivid life. In 1665, a young man from Martha’s Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College. Upon this slender factual scaffold, Brooks has created a luminous tale of love and faith, magic and adventure. The narrator of Caleb’s Crossing is Bethia Mayfield, growing up in the tiny settlement of Great Harbor amid a small band of pioneers and Puritans. Restless …

A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Pember Library and Museum will be held on the third Wednesday of each month at the Pember. This is a regular meeting and open to the public.

from Bernard Cornwell’s website : THE FORT is about the Penobscot Expedition of 1779. A small British garrison had been established in what is now Maine (and was then part of Massachusetts), and the rebel government in Boston was determined to expel that garrison. Seven hundred British redcoats were in an unfinished fort, Fort George, and the harbour beneath the fort was protected by three sloops-of-war. Against this the State of Massachusetts sent an army of around 900 men and a …

A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Pember Library and Museum will be held on the third Wednesday of each month at the Pember. This is a regular meeting and open to the public.

Genealogist Lisa Alzo will present a two day workshop geared toward researching your Slovakian roots. Learn the skills necessary to do your own genealogical research. The workshop is a collaborative partnership with the Slate Valley Museum. She will be at the Slate Museum on Saturday August 17th at 10 am.  Sign ups for both workshops will be through the Slate Valley Museum. 518 642-1417. Use this link to register: http://www.slatevalleymuseum.org/lisa-alzo-genealogy-lectures.html. August 16 6:00 PM at the Pember Library ~ Find …