Altamont
By Joe Burke
Bundle up for the Children’s Nature Program . Put on your snow boots, and meet us outside! On Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 11 a.m., please join Thacher Park naturalist Shannon Duerr to read a fun story about what animals eat in the winter.
We’ll read “Stranger in the Woods” by Carl R. Sams & Jean Stoick and then, if there’s enough snow on the ground, we’ll build a snowman for our animal friends to enjoy. We’ll meet at the Orsini Park gazebo, and be outside for about 45 minutes, so bring your mittens!
Automatic renewal
The Altamont Free Library, along with all of the other libraries in Albany and Rensselaer counties, recently decided to change the way that we handle due dates. Starting on Feb. 1, when your library materials are two days away from being due, if they can be renewed, our system will automatically renew your items so that they don’t become overdue.
There are a few reasons that your items might not get automatically renewed: If someone else is waiting for your book or movie, or if it’s something like a museum pass that can never be renewed, it won’t be. Also, if you have excessive overdue fines, the system will prevent your items from being automatically renewed.
Other than that, for 95 percent of people and in something like 85 percent of cases, your items will simply be renewed without you having to do anything to make that happen.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please let us know! Just call me at 518-861-7239 or email me at .
Grab & Go:
Still a thing
We understand that many of you are doing all that you can to minimize your exposure to coronavirus and that you may prefer to be able to zip in and out with everything ready for you when you get here rather than coming in for a long and leisurely browse.
If that is your preference, we are happy to accommodate you. Here’s how to do it:
— Reserve books and DVD’s at http://www.catalog.uhls.org anytime or by calling us at 518-861-7239;
— When your items are ready, a library staff member will call you to make an appointment for you to pick them up so that we can be sure to have everything ready for you when you get here;
— Your order will be waiting on a table in the library’s vestibule in a paper bag with your name on it;
— If you have returns, they can be dropped off in the marked boxes in the library’s vestibule during business hours or in out outside dropbox when we’re closed.
If you like, we can even pick out a bunch of books for you. Just give us a call and tell us what authors or types of books you like, and we’ll put together a bag of books for you to pick up at your convenience!
Of course, if you want to have a long and leisurely browse, by all means come on in! We’re here to serve you in any way that we safely can, so just let us know how we can help.
Book group
With the onset of cooler weather, we’ve had to migrate our book club meetings to the digital realm. If you would like to join us for our next meeting, please us at 518-861-7239 or email us at and we’ll make sure that you get the Zoom meeting connection details for our next meeting on at noon on Monday, Feb. 7.
At that meeting, we’ll be discussing the epic novel “Pachinko” by Min Jin Lee. This much-loved novel follows a Korean family over four generations. There will be plenty to discuss, so call today to reserve your copy and join us!
You know that thing that sometimes happens where you’ve got library books checked out that you meant to return but your car got a flat tire and then you ran out of the special kind of construction paper that your daughter needs for her diorama that’s due tomorrow and by the time you manage to get to the library the books are three days overdue? Is that an experience you can relate to? Well, if so, you can forget it.
We, along with all of the other libraries in Albany and Rensselaer counties, recently decided to change the way that we handle due dates. Starting Feb. 1, when your library materials are two days away from being due, if they can be renewed, our system will automatically renew your items so that they don’t become overdue.
Now there are a few reasons that your items might not get automatically renewed: If someone else is waiting for your book or movie, or if it’s something like a museum pass that can never be renewed, it won’t be.
Also, if you have excessive overdue fines, the system will prevent your items from being automatically renewed. Other than that, for 95 percent of people and in something like 85 percent of cases, your items will simply be renewed without you having to do anything to make that happen.
We hope that this makes life a little bit easier for our users. After all, with all of the flat tires and special construction paper crises in the world, who needs to worry about overdue books?
If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please let us know! Just call me at 518-861-7239 or email me at .
Grab & Go:
Still a thing
We understand that many of you are doing all that you can to minimize your exposure to coronavirus and that you may prefer to be able to zip in and out with everything ready for you when you get here rather than coming in for a long and leisurely browse.
If that is your preference, we are happy to accommodate you. Here’s how to do it:
— Reserve books and DVD’s at http://www.catalog.uhls.org anytime or by calling us at 518-861-7239;
— When your items are ready, a library staff member will call you to make an appointment for you to pick them up so that we can be sure to have everything ready for you when you get here;
— Your order will be waiting on a table in the library’s vestibule in a paper bag with your name on it;
— If you have returns, they can be dropped off in the marked boxes in the library’s vestibule during business hours or in out outside dropbox when we’re closed.
If you like, we can even pick out a bunch of books for you. Just give us a call and tell us what authors or types of books you like, and we’ll put together a bag of books for you to pick up at your convenience!
Of course, if you want to have a long and leisurely browse, by all means come on in! We’re here to serve you in any way that we safely can, so just let us know how we can help.
Book group
With the onset of cooler weather, we’ve had to migrate our book club meetings to the digital realm. If you would like to join us for our next meeting, please us at 518-861-7239 or email us at and we’ll make sure that you get the Zoom meeting connection details for our next meeting on at noon on Monday, Feb. 7.
At that meeting, we’ll be discussing the epic novel “Pachinko” by Min Jin Lee. This much-loved novel follows a Korean family over four generations. There will be plenty to discuss, so call today to reserve your copy and join us!
As COVID cases keep ticking up, we’ve gotten a few questions about whether the library will be closing down again. Please rest assured that we have no plans to do that at this time.
We will continue to keep an eye on public-health conditions, and to do all that we can to keep our staff and our patrons healthy and safe, while continuing to provide the greatest amount of access that we can to our collections and services.
We continue to allow browsing and computer services, and all patrons above the age of 2 must properly wear a face mask for the duration of their visit. (Cover your nose please!)
Nevertheless, we understand that many of you are doing all that you can to minimize your exposure to the coronavirus and that you may prefer to be able to zip in and out with everything ready for you when you get here.
If that is your preference, we are happy to accommodate you. Here’s how to do it:
— Reserve books and DVD’s at http://www.catalog.uhls.org anytime or by calling us at 518-861-7239;
— When your items are ready, a library staff member will call you to make an appointment for you to pick them up so that we can be sure to have everything ready for you when you get here;
— Your order will be waiting on a table in the library’s vestibule in a paper bag with your name on it; and
— If you have returns, they can be dropped off in the marked boxes in the library’s vestibule during business hours or in our outside dropbox when we’re closed.
If you like, we can even pick out a bunch of books for you. Just give us a call and tell us what authors or types of books you like, and we’ll put together a bag of books for you to pick up at your convenience!
We’re here to serve you in any way that we safely can, so just let us know how we can help.
Story time
on pause
On a sadly similar note, given the recent increase in the spread of new COVID strains, we have decided to put a pause on in-person story times at the Altamont Reformed Church for the time being. We will continue to review public health conditions over the coming weeks, and will be very happy to bring them back as soon as we safely can.
In the meantime, please get vaccinated if you are able; get a booster if you haven’t yet; keep wearing those masks; and make safe, healthy choices to help stop the spread.
Book group
With the onset of cooler weather, we’ve had to migrate our book club meetings to the digital realm. If you would like to join us for our next meeting, please us at 518-861-7239 or email us at and we’ll make sure that you get the Zoom meeting connection details for our next meeting on at noon on Monday, Feb. 7.
At that meeting, we’ll be discussing the epic novel “Pachinko” by Min Jin Lee. This much-loved novel follows a Korean family over four generations. There will be plenty to discuss, so call today to reserve your copy and join us!
Next week, the Altamont Free Library will have a bit of turnover on its board of trustees, as one important member of the board leaves and two new members join us.
The AFL Board of Trustees is a group of dedicated volunteers who generously give their time, energy, knowledge, and creativity to craft policies and provide oversight of the library’s operation. As a small library with a small budget and a small staff, we rely on our trustees more than larger libraries do.
A recent instance of how much we rely on our trustees is a good example: A few weeks ago on a Friday evening, Paul Scilipoti helped with the reading of the names of our honorees at our annual Library Lights gazebo-lighting ceremony. The next day, Paul built and installed a new set of stairs down to the library’s basement.
He took Sunday off from library service, but on Monday, he spent about an hour preparing a deposit, and then later that day participated in a meeting of our Finance Committee. This was an exceptionally busy four days for any of our trustees, but all of those tasks needed to be done, and we needed trustees to do them.
Next week, board President Dan Capuano will chair his last meeting for us. Dan has been president since 2019 and has led the board through some of the most difficult times that the library has faced in its 105 years of existence.
Despite the difficult decisions the board had to make about closing the library for longer than it had ever been closed before, and how we would keep our staff and patrons safe when we reopened, Dan has been a wise and steady leader throughout.
This was Dan’s second turn as board president. And, in his first term, he helped steer the library through the long and difficult process of renovating the Altamont train station.
Either Dan or his wife, Christine, have been board members for the better part of two decades, a demonstration of commitment and service that is simply astonishing. We here at the library and the entire Altamont community owe Dan and Christine our profound thanks for all that they have done for us. Thank you, Capuano Family!
We are very pleased to welcome first-time trustee Tracy Mayer to the board, as well as returning trustee Christine Carpenter. Tracy and Christine join a crackerjack squad of seasoned trustees who join us from not only the village, but also from the broader Altamont community and the town of Knox as well.
In addition to our new members, our board consists of incoming board President Deborah Marion-Katz; Vice President Shannon Duerr; Treasurer Melanie Shatynski; Secretary Rachel Lane; and trustees Katie Barker, Amanda Beedle, Katherine Nelson, and Paul Scilipoti.
We all owe them a debt of gratitude for all that they do for our library and our community. Thank you trustees!
The annual meeting of the AFL Board of Trustees will take place on Monday, Jan. 17, at 6:30 p.m., to be immediately followed by the regular January board meeting. Both meetings will be held virtually via Zoom, due to the ongoing pandemic.
The public is welcome to attend. For connection details, please contact me at 518-861-7239 or by email at .
Story time
on pause
In sadder news, given the recent increase in the spread of new COVID strains, we have decided to put a pause on in-person story times at the Altamont Reformed Church for the time being. We will continue to review public health conditions over the coming weeks, and will be very happy to bring them back as soon as we safely can.
In the meantime, please get vaccinated if you are able; get a booster if you haven’t yet; keep wearing those masks; and keep making safe, healthy choices to help stop the spread.
The Altamont Free Library — housed in this structure built in 1897 as a train depot — is celebrating the building’s 125th anniversary this year. There are plenty of pictures of the outside of the station; the library is seeking pictures of the inside, from 1897 to 1963. Do you have one?
I think we can all agree that 2021 was a mixed bag at best, but for the coming year we’re looking forward to a celebration that we’ve been thinking about for a while: 2022 marks the 125th anniversary of the construction of the Altamont train station, and we’ll be celebrating our beloved home in lots of ways throughout the year.
First things first, though: We need to solve a mystery.
Hard as it might be to believe, there seem to be no photographs of the interior of the train station when it was in service between 1897 and 1963. The Village Archives doesn’t have one as far as we can tell, nor does The Altamont Enterprise.
But maybe you do! If you or your family have lived in Altamont for more than 60 years, please consider taking a look through any old photos that you might have from the Altamont train station’s operational years. If you happen to be have a picture of the station’s interior, we would love to see it. (We’d love to see old photos of the exterior too, but we already have lots of those!)
If you find an old photo, or know someone who might have one, please let us know! You can call me at 518-861-7239 or email me at . Thanks for looking!
Bundle Up
Children’s Nature Program
On Tuesday, Jan. 11, at 3 p.m., please join Thacher Park naturalist Shannon Duerr to learn about how different animals behave in the winter cold! We’ll read “Snack, Snooze, Skedaddle” by Laura Purdie Salas, then we’ll become animals from the story to try out their winter activities.
Puppet play and make-believe will keep us warm during this active outdoor program. We’ll meet at the Orsini Park gazebo, and be outside for about 45 minutes, so bring your mittens!
Story time
on pause
In sadder news, given the recent increase in the spread of new COVID strains, we have decided to put a pause on in-person story times at the Altamont Reformed Church for the time being. We will continue to review public health conditions over the coming weeks, and will be very happy to bring them back as soon as we safely can. In the meantime, please get vaccinated if you are able, get a booster if you haven’t yet, keep wearing those masks, and making safe, healthy choices to help stop the spread.
At the end of a long hard year, here’s some great news: For the fourth time in the past five years and the third year in a row, the Altamont Free Library has been named a Library Journal Star Library!
Library Journal is the most prominent trade publication in the library world. Each year LJ publishes a list of the best performing libraries for each of nine funding levels. Performance is determined by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the federal agency that oversees museums and libraries in the United States.
Thousands of libraries nationwide were of sufficient size and stature to be eligible for consideration as Star Libraries and over a thousand share our funding tier. IMLS scores are determined by a number of factors, including per-capita circulation, visits, computer use, Wi-Fi sessions, and other factors based on the statistics reported in our New York State annual report.
In each funding tier, the libraries with the 30 highest scores are named as Star Libraries, the top 10 receiving five stars, the next 10 receiving four, etc. The Altamont Free Library was named a three-star library this year, as we were last year. We were, in fact, the 29th best performing library with a budget between $100,000 and $200,000! In the whole country! Woo-hoo!
This is just about the highest honor that a library can realistically aspire to, and we have only received this acknowledgement because of all the hard work done by our incredible staff and board of trustees.
More than anyone else, though, we have earned this acknowledgement because of you. All of you borrowers and story-timers, Wi-Fi users and movie browsers, and all who love and use our library. You are all stars, every single one of you. Thank you all!
Holiday hours
Please note that Altamont Free Library will be closing at 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 31 and closed on Saturday, Jan. 1. On behalf of the staff and Board, I wish you all a Happy New Year!
Story time
on pause
In sadder news, given the recent increase in the spread of new COVID strains, we have decided to put a pause on in-person storytimes at Altamont Reformed Church for the time being. We will continue to review public health conditions over the coming weeks, and will be very happy to bring them back as soon as we safely can.
In the meantime, please get vaccinated if you are able, get a booster if you haven’t yet, keep wearing those masks, and making safe, healthy choices to help stop the spread.
Book club!
With the onset of cooler weather, we’ve had to migrate our book club meetings to the digital realm. If you would like to join us for our next meeting, please us at 518-861-7239 or email us at and we’ll make sure that you get the Zoom meeting connection details for our next meeting on at noon on Monday, Jan. 3.
At that meeting, we’ll be discussing the short non-fiction book “Freedom” by Sebastian Junger. Call today to reserve your copy and join us!
— Photo from Joe Burke
The annual Library Lights Ceremony, a fundraiser for the Altamont Free Library, took place in Orsini Park on Friday, Dec. 10. Contributors make donations in honor of loved ones whose names are read at the ceremony as the lights on the village gazebo are lit. Library Director Joe Burke, at the microphone, reads names. Standing behind him, from left, are library trustees Amanda Beedle, Deborah Katz, Paul Scilipoti, and Dan Capuano.
Last week, the Altamont Free Library celebrated our 23nd annual Library Lights gazebo lighting ceremony in Orsini Park.
The purpose of Library Lights is to take some time at the beginning of the holiday season to remember friends, family members, and other loved ones and to honor their memory with a light on the Orsini Park gazebo.
This year, we had a record 438 honorees, whose names were read aloud at the ceremony. It was a lovely and moving ceremony, with pleasant weather and a large, kind crowd of supporters.
Thank you to all of our friends who contributed, and to those of you who joined us in Orsini Park last Friday. I’d especially like to thank Mayor Dineen, Jeff Moller, Larry Adams, and the team at the Village Department of Public Works for all of their invaluable help in making a space in the park for us and setting up the lights, as well as to AFL Board members Dan Capuano, Amanda Beedle, Deborah Katz, and Paul Scilipoti, for helping with the reading of names. Thank you all!
A full list of this year’s honorees may be found on our website at AltamontFreeLibrary.org as well as in our ad in this edition of The Enterprise.
Holiday hours
Please note that Altamont Free Library will be closing at 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 24 and closed on Saturday, Dec. 25. Likewise, we will be closing at 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 31 and closed on Saturday, Jan. 1. On behalf of the staff and board, I wish you all happy holidays and a safe, healthy, and happy new year!
Amazon Smile
Here’s a great, easy, cost-free way to support the library: If you do some of your holiday shopping on Amazon, please consider going to Smile.Amazon.com (instead of just regular old Amazon.com). Everything on the website will be exactly the same as usual, but you’ll have the opportunity to choose Altamont Free Library as your charity of choice and a portion of your purchase will go to support the Altamont Free Library, even though your gifts won’t cost you a penny more than they normally would! (You can do that all year round, if you like, but we just thought we’d mention it now.)
Book Club!
With the onset of cooler weather, we’ve had to migrate our book club meetings to the digital realm. If you would like to join us for our next meeting, please us at 518-861-7239 or email us at and we’ll make sure that you get the Zoom meeting connection details for our next meeting on at noon on Monday, Jan. 3.
At that meeting, we’ll be discussing the short non-fiction book “Freedom” by Sebastian Junger. Call today to reserve your copy and join us.
Last week, the Altamont Free Library celebrated our 23nd annual Library Lights gazebo lighting ceremony in Orsini Park. The purpose of Library Lights is to take some time at the beginning of the holiday season to remember friends, family members, and other loved ones and to honor their memory with a light on the Orsini Park gazebo.
This year, we had a near-record number of honorees, whose names were read aloud at the ceremony. Thank you to all of our friends who contributed, and to those of you who joined us in Orsini Park last Friday. A full list of this year’s honorees may be found on our website at AltamontFreeLibrary.org.
I’d especially like to thank Mayor Dineen, Jeff Moller, Larry Adams, and the team at the Village Department of Public Works for all of their invaluable help in making a space in the park for setting up the lights, as well as to Dan Capuano, Paul Scilipoti, Amanda Beedle, and Deborah Katz for helping with the reading of names. Thank you all!
Holiday hours
Please note that Altamont Free Library will be closing at 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 24, and closed on Saturday, Dec. 25. Looking further ahead, we’ll also be closing at 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 31, and closed on Saturday, Jan. 1. Happy holidays to all!
Amazon Smile
Here’s a great, easy, cost-free way to support the library: If you do some of your holiday shopping on Amazon, please consider going to Smile.Amazon.com (instead of just regular old Amazon.com).
Everything on the website will be exactly the same as usual, but you’ll have the opportunity to choose the Altamont Free Library as your charity of choice and a portion of your purchase will go to support the library, even though your gifts won’t cost you a penny more than they normally would! (You can do that all year round, if you like, but we just thought we’d mention it now.)
Community Tree
The holidays are coming up fast! I can’t think of a better way to get into the spirit than by decorating a tree!
And this year, we’ll have a doozy of a community holiday tree in Orsini Park. Pick up a blank ornament from the library, bring it home, and decorate it in your and your family’s own unique style, and hang it on the big community holiday tree out in the park (the one in the middle in the park, not the one in the gazebo).
Then on Sunday, Dec. 19, at the Altamont Festival of Lights, join us as we light it up! Thanks to Leanne Royer for coordinating the ornaments, and to Altamont Community Tradition for sponsoring this fun holiday activity.
Quilt raffle
As I just mentioned, the Altamont Celebration of Lights (what we used to call the Victorian Holiday Celebration) will take place on Sunday, Dec. 19. It will be full of fun activities, including a pet parade, Orsini Park tree-lighting, wreath raffle, and an extra-special evening car parade featuring a jolly old friend on a fire truck at the end. (Sadly, there won’t be a Santa Train this year.)
All of these activities are put on by our friends at Altamont Community Tradition. In order to raise money for ACT, so that the not-for-profit group can continue putting on wonderful events like this, the annual springtime park cleanup, and Strawberry Social, we’re helping to raffle off an antique quilt from the 1930s donated by Sally Dague and fixed up by the amazing Train Station Quilters.
Tickets may be purchased at the library on the day of the event for $1 each or six for $5. The lucky winner will be drawn at the Celebration of Lights. Please help support this important civic organization and take a chance at winning a one-of-a-kind heirloom at the same time.
With Thanksgiving now behind us, the holidays are coming up fast! I can’t think of a better way to get into the spirit than by decorating a tree. And this year, we’ll have a doozy of a community holiday tree in Orsini Park!
Pick up a blank ornament from the library, bring it home and decorate in your and your family’s own unique style, and hang it on the big community holiday tree out in the park (the one in the middle in the park, not the one in the gazebo).
Then on Sunday, Dec. 19, at the Altamont Festival of Lights, join us as we light it up! Thanks to Leanne Royer for coordinating the ornaments, and to Altamont Community Tradition for sponsoring this fun holiday activity!
Library Lights
Speaking of lighting things up, it’s also time to light up the Orsini Park Gazebo! You still have another day or so to honor the memory of a friend, loved one, or pet with a light on the Altamont Village Gazebo in Orsini Park.
The lights cost $5 each and all proceeds benefit the Altamont Free Library. The honorees’ names will be read during the annual lighting ceremony on Friday, Dec. 10, at 6 p.m., and be published on the library’s website.
Forms are available in the library’s entryway and in last week’s edition of The Altamont Enterprise. Please join us at the gazebo on Friday, Dec. 10, for what is always a lovely and moving (masked-up and socially distant) ceremony.
ACT Quilt Raffle
Are you getting excited for the Altamont Celebration of Lights? I know we are!
This year, the Celebration of Lights (what we used to call the Victorian Holiday Celebration) will take place on Sunday, Dec. 19. It will be full of fun activities, including a pet parade, Orsini Park tree-lighting, wreath raffle, and an extra-special evening car parade featuring a jolly old friend on a fire truck at the end. (Sadly, there won’t be a Santa Train this year.)
All of these activities are put on by our friends at Altamont Community Tradition. In order to raise money for ACT, so that the not-for-profit group can continue putting on wonderful events like this, the annual springtime park cleanup, and Strawberry Social, we’re helping to raffle off an antique quilt from the 1930s donated by Sally Dague and fixed up by the amazing Train Station Quilters.
Tickets may be purchased at the library on the day of the event for $1 each or six for $5. The lucky winner will be drawn at the Celebration of Lights. Please help support this important civic organization and take a chance at winning a one-of-a-kind heirloom at the same time!
Story time
Story time is on the move! Now that the weather is getting colder, we’ve moved story times a few blocks away and indoors! Please join us in the Community Room at Altamont Reformed Church at 129 Lincoln Ave. in Altamont every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. for a super fun morning of songs, stories, and activities!
We’re moving to ARC so that our story-time families have lots of room to stretch out and distance themselves from one another. Since this is an indoor program, all participants over the age of 2 must wear masks for the duration of the program. Please enter through the back, and head right upstairs to the Community Room. Many thanks to Altamont Reformed Church for hosting us this fall and winter. We hope to see you there!
Are you getting excited for the Altamont Celebration of Lights? I know we are! This year, the Celebration of Lights (what we used to call the Victorian Holiday Celebration) will take place on Sunday, Dec. 19.
It will be full of fun activities, including a pet parade, Orsini Park tree-lighting, wreath raffle, and an extra special evening car parade featuring a jolly old friend on a fire truck at the end. (Sadly, there won’t be a Santa Train this year.)
All of these activities are put on by our friends at Altamont Community Tradition. In order to raise money for ACT, so that it can continue putting on wonderful events like this, and the annual springtime park cleanup and Strawberry Social, we’re helping to raffle off an antique quilt from the 19930s donated by Sally Dague and fixed up by the amazing Train Station Quilters.
Tickets may be purchased at the library on the day of the event for $1 each or six for $5. The lucky winner will be drawn at the Celebration of Lights. Please help support this important civic organization and take a chance at winning a one-of-a-kind heirloom at the same time!
Library Lights
This holiday season, honor the memory of a friend, loved one, or pet with a light on the Altamont Village Gazebo in Orsini Park. The lights cost $5 each and all proceeds benefit the Altamont Free Library.
The honorees’ names will be read during the annual lighting ceremony on Friday, Dec. 10, at 6 p.m., and be published on the library’s website. Forms are available at the library and in this week’s edition of The Altamont Enterprise. Please join us at the gazebo with on Friday, Dec. 11, for what is always a lovely and moving (and socially distant) ceremony.
Story time
Story time is on the move! Now that the weather is getting colder, we’ve moved story times a few blocks away and indoors! Please join us in the Community Room at Altamont Reformed Church at 129 Lincoln Ave. in Altamont every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. for a super fun morning of songs, stories, and activities!
We’re moving to ARC so that our story-time families have lots of room to stretch out and distance themselves from one another. Since this is an indoor program, all participants over the age of 2 must wear masks for the duration of the program. Please enter through the back, and head right upstairs to the Community Room. Many thanks to Altamont Reformed Church for hosting us this fall and winter. We hope to see you there!
Book Club
Do you love to read? Do you love talking about the things you’ve read? If so, consider joining our First Monday Book Club! We meet, as the name implies, on the first Monday of every month at noon.
Our next meeting will be Monday, Dec. 6, at noon when we’ll meet via Zoom to discuss “The Remains of the Day” by Kazuo Ishiguro. It’s a fascinating book, and we’ve got several copies on hold if you’re interested. You can also find the digital book and audiobook available for free on the Libby app.
If you’d like to join us, or to reserve your copy of “The Remains of the Day,” call us at 518-861-7239 or send us an email at director@altamontfreelibrary.org.