Waterford Public Library

Fiber Fanatics Meet-Up
2025-04-03 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-27 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-20 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-13 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-06 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Waterford Public Library, 117 3rd St, Waterford, NY, 12188, United States
Join our weekly group at the library where we celebrate all crafty hobbies including knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more! All levels of experience welcome. No registration is required.

Drop-In Tech-Help
2025-04-03 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-03-20 10:00 - 11:00
Join a staff member for hands-on help with your tech needs! Bring your laptop, phone, or tablet with you and any questions you might have and learn to unlock the full potential of your own devices. Tech-Time is a drop-in event every first and third Thursday from 10-11 am, no registration required. If unsure of whether the library can help with your issue, please call ahead: (518) 237-0891.

Capital Roots Produce Drop-Off
2025-04-02 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-04-02 08:00 - 17:00
Capital Roots’ Squash Hunger program is a food donation initiative that collects and distributes more than 40 tons of fresh produce to our region’s food pantries and shelters each year. The Waterford Library receives its delivery between 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. each Wednesday morning.
Since 2004 Capital Roots has involved thousands of community members in our effort to increase the presence of fresh food on communal tables. We rely on generous gardeners, farmers and grocery shoppers to donate fresh produce to our collection bins and on volunteers to deliver it to food pantries and shelters, some of which feed more than 100 people three meals a day, every day.

Special Board Meeting
2025-04-01 18:00 - 19:00
A Special Board Meeting for the purpose of discussing the 2026 Waterford Library Budget proposal.

Toddler Takeover!
2025-04-01 10:30 - 12:00
Bring your little ones to the library for a fun-filled time with a variety of toys and activities! Enjoy a ball pit with tunnels, dress-up clothes, a play kitchen, and more. While all ages are welcome, this event is especially perfect for children 6 and under.

Adult Crafternoon: Dragon Eggs!
2025-03-29 11:00 - 13:00
Are you a fantasy fan, a Game of Thrones enthusiast, or just love crafting? Whatever the case, we hope you’ll swing by to make a stunning dragon egg during our March Crafternoon session!

This is an adult craft, and supplies are limited—first come, first served! To ensure a spot, please call the library to register: (518) 237-0891.

Weekly Storytime
2025-03-28 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-03-21 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-03-14 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-03-07 10:30 - 11:30
Join us for stories, crafts, and playtime every Friday at 10:30. Best for ages 3-5, but all ages welcome! No registration required.

Waterford Readers Book Club
2025-03-25 18:00 - 19:00
Join the library for a monthly book club! We will primarily be reading mysteries and thrillers but other genres may be included from time to time. Our pick for March 25 is A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw. Copies are available at the check-out desk for pickup during the month of March. No registration is required. Please note that this book club takes place after the library is closed. We recommend arriving at least 15 minutes prior to the start of book club if you wish to check out items or peruse our collection.
“Travis Wren has an unusual talent for locating missing people. Hired by families as a last resort, he requires only a single object to find the person who has vanished. When he takes on the case of Maggie St. James—a well-known author of dark, macabre children’s books—he’s led to a place many believed to be only a legend.
Called “Pastoral,” this reclusive community was founded in the 1970s by like-minded people searching for a simpler way of life. By all accounts, the commune shouldn’t exist anymore and soon after Travis stumbles upon it… he disappears. Just like Maggie St. James.
Years later, Theo, a lifelong member of Pastoral, discovers Travis’s abandoned truck beyond the border of the community. No one is allowed in or out, not when there’s a risk of bringing a disease—rot—into Pastoral. Unraveling the mystery of what happened reveals secrets that Theo, his wife, Calla, and her sister, Bee, keep from one another. Secrets that prove their perfect, isolated world isn’t as safe as they believed—and that darkness takes many forms.
Hauntingly beautiful, hypnotic, and bewitching, A History of Wild Places is a story about fairy tales, our fear of the dark, and losing yourself within the wilderness of your mind.”

Library Board Meeting
2025-03-11 18:00 - 19:00
The Board of Trustees meets monthly at the library on the 2nd Tuesday of the month beginning at 6pm. All meetings are open to the public. Interested parties can view the board meeting agenda and other items to be discussed here. Documents will be uploaded for viewing 24 hours in advance of the Tuesday meeting. A public comment period will be available at the beginning of each meeting.
