Author: cathyann50

Franklin Library 2023 Giant Christmas Stocking Raffle: tickets are on sale now at the Library for our giant hand-made Christmas stocking, filled with toys, games, and treats for the whole family.  This year’s theme is “The Nutcracker” and the stocking is bigger than ever: 5’ 8” tall!  Take a chance to win the stocking for your family, as a gift for another family, or to divide the contents and keep / share however you wish.  Tickets are $3:00 each, available for purchase at the Library Wed. through Sat. (see our websites for hours).  Or you can call us at 565-5054 to set aside tickets for you. Drawing on Sat. Dec. 16^th.

Buy a homemade pie at the Franklin Library Annual Pie Sale and cross one task off your Thanksgiving to-do list.  Wide variety of pies, $20 each.  Sale starts at 4:00 p.m and continues until all pies are sold.  All proceeds benefit the Library.

Author ANNETTE LEBLANC CATE has donated two of her books to the Library: “The Magic Rabbit” and “A Dragon Used to Live Here”. Best of all, she drew a FABULOUS dedication, for each book, to the kids of Franklin (see her drawings on the book endpapers attached). Wonderful!

Annette visited the Library in late summer, along with fellow author Alexandra Hinrichs. We also have another title by Annette:

“Look up! : bird-watching in your own backyard”. Thank you so much to both Annette and Alexandra!

THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ON SATURDAY, SEPT. 16TH BECAUSE OF EXPECTED HIGH WIND AND RAIN CONDITIONS. STAY SAFE!

Only 3 days left to purchase lobster raffle tickets: Fri. 3-6, Sat. 10-1, next Wed. 12-3. Drawing will be at 3:00 p.m. on Wed. Aug. 30th. Tickets are $5 each or 5 tickets for $20 – all proceeds go to the Franklin Library. Five winning tickets will be drawn – each winner gets 6 live lobsters!

Presentation by the author of “The Lobster Lady” and “I am Made of Mountains”. Starts at 6:00 p.m. at the Library. Ice cream will be served!

Tickets are on sale now for the Library’s annual live lobster raffle. End your summer with a lobster feast: five winners will get 6 lobsters each – just in time for Labor Day weekend. Tickets on sale now. All proceeds benefit the Library.

Here are the winners of the Library Raffle:

1st prize ($450 Hannaford’s Gift Card): Wayne McAlpine

2nd-5th prizes: Barbara Pottle, Carol Moore, Rudy Bagley & Bobbie Spearen

Congratulations to all winners, and our sincere thanks to all of you who bought raffle tickets and yard sale / bake sale items. Special thanks to those who baked, donated items, sold tickets, managed the sales tables, and helped set up the event. Quite a few of you have sore backs today because of all the lifting and carrying. But your hard work paid off; we pulled in $2,723.00! Thank you so much for your support of the Library.

Library raffle – tickets on sale now! Drawing will be held on July 22nd during our Yard Sale / Bake Sale / Book sale. Drop by the Library or send a check made payable to Franklin Library, mail to P.O. Box 202, Franklin ME 04634. All proceeds benefit the Library.

Join us on June 28th for two activities: Storytime for children ages toddler to 2nd grade (although we are flexible about age), including stories, action rhymes, crafts and fun! At 10:00 a.m. – will continue every Wednesday throughout the summer. Later, at 1:00 p.m., we will have a Visible Mending Workshop with Kathy Button.