A Carnegie Library serving the Pittsfield, Burnham, and Detroit communities
The library will be CLOSED on Thursday, July 4 and Friday, July 5 in observance of Independence Day. The library will reopen at 10AM on Monday, July 8. The library is closed on Saturdays in July and August. The library will reopen Saturdays on September 7.
Please join us for an evening learning all about Maine's backyard birds - how to identify them, attract them, and enjoy them! Audubon staff will cover visual and auditory identification of the birds that call Maine backyards home, as well as discuss how to make your yard a welcoming haven for our feathered friends. They'll […]
The Ann B. McGowan Maine Writers Series and the Pittsfield Public Library are proud to present an evening with local Maine writer and photographer Arend Thibodeau. Arend is the author and photographer of Residential Ruins: Stories of Abandonment in Rural Maine and Forgotten Industry and Institutions of Maine: Tales of Milkmen, Axe Murderers, and Ghost […]
Narcan is an over the counter medicine intended to reverse an opioid overdose. The training will provide information on the basics of overdoses, how Narcan works, how to administer Narcan, and safety following overdose and Narcan administration. Following the training, participants will receive a free box of Narcan to take home. The training is open […]
Come join us for outdoor fun and activities on the library grounds! Darling's Ice Cream for a Cause will be here serving ice cream for donations to benefit the library, and KVCAP is bringing their popcorn machine. KVCAP, HealthySV and the Girl Scouts are bringing craft activities. We've got giant Yardzee, Sorry and Candyland, bubble […]
The Ann B. McGowan Maine Writers Series and the Pittsfield Public Library are proud to present at evening with storyteller extraordinaire Margaret Jones. Margaret will be sharing stories from her book Walking Sacred Sites, and transporting "us to places she has visited, from her search for ancestral sites in Wales and Scotland to sacred sites […]