Saturday’s game will be played with wiffle balls to mimic the weight of an old-fashioned softball.
You might want to visit Mimi’s for lunch. When we needed a hot dog vender for the game that was rained out, they were ready. When the game was postponed, they donated food to the Food Pantry. Say “Thank you” by ordering something yummy off of their menu.
will meet on July 23 at 4:30 pm
Please join us!
Summer Reading, Level Up at Your Library, is on now through August 9. Have your Reading Log checked each week to receive a ticket for prizes
Come to the Paige Library on Wednesdays for Story Time at 11:00 with stories, crafts, science, and games
Build a LEGO creation on Wednesdays. 3:00 to 4:00, and put it on display in the library with a picture on Facebook
July 19, Saturday, 1:00 pm, Hardwick Haymakers wiffle ball game at Goddard Field next to the Paige Library. Cheer on the Hardwick Haymakers, Hardwick’s vintage base ball team, as they prepare to play the Westfield Wheelmen. Rain date July 20.
July 22, Thursday, 6:00 – Ukulele Workshop with David Maloof at the Town House. Ukuleles provided or bring your own. ALL ages!
David will entertain you, teach you to play, and instruct you in anything you want to know about ukuleles.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Hardwick–New Braintree Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
July 24, Thursday, 3:00 – Make a Tic-Tac-Toe game to take home
July 29, Tuesday, 3:00 to 5:00 – Bingo with prizes
August 5, Tuesday, 3:00 – Make a “jig-saw puzzle” (we have a die cut)
August 9, Saturday, 10:30 to 12:30 at the Town House – the Mystic Aquarium Traveling Touch Tank
A unique and engaging experience which will provide an assortment of live invertebrates such as lobsters, horseshoe crabs, and shellfish to entertain and educate people of all ages.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Hardwick–New Braintree Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
August 9 End of Summer Reading
August 12, Tuesday, 3:00 to 5:00 – Build a Fairy House Workshop
August 13, Wednesday, 1:00 to 3:00 – Build a Fairy House Workshop
You MUST register for a Fairy House Building Workshop .
Bring tiny objects to add to your fairy house, bits of jewelry, old toy parts, acorns, shells, etc.
August 15, Hardwick Fair
August 16, Paige Library Book Sale 10:00 to 3:00
August 16, Hardwick Fair-y Village with Ambrosia, The Flower Fairy
August 19, Tuesday, 6:00 pm, West African Rhythms Drumming Class for Teens and Adults with Jafar Manselle and the Wendell Warriors at the Town House.
Discuss the history of drumming for village celebrations, learn hand placements for making different sounds, then play! Drums and percussion instruments will be provided, but feel free to bring your own.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Hardwick-New Braintree Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
September 20, Saturday, 1:30 pm, at the Town House – Jon Waterman, “A Journey Through the Roots of American Popular Music”.
Inspired by his research, musician, songwriter, and history teacher Jon Waterman combines music, history, storytelling, original songs, a slide show, and promises something about the Quabbin.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Hardwick-New Braintree Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
For more information and to sign up to hold your place:
Director.paigelibrary@gmail.com or 413-477-6704
Check with Hardwick Municipal Building for office hours for Senator Durant and/or Representative Berthiaume
Woods Memorial Library provided the following documents to better understand the impact of Federal Funding on our libraries and to provide further information and resources.
Call MART for a ride
207-710-1777
The Montachusett Regional Transit Authority (‘MART’) works with the local communities within the region to offer public transportation to 25 area cities and towns including Hardwick.
The Paige Memorial Library is a full member of the CWMars Library System. Those of you who already have a CWMars card from another library will use that card, but Paige will automatically be registered as your home library according to your zip code.
Those of you who need a CWMars card will get a new number and a new card the first time you check books out through CWMars at the Paige Library. You will fill out this form with current information.
We are open our regular hours – except for holidays and bad weather events.
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* sanitize your hands
* keep a safe distance from others
* Use curbside service if you feel ill, have any symptoms, or if you were exposed or tested positive for COVID-19
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