Piermont Public Library

25 Flywheel Park West, Piermont, NY 10968-1040

25 Flywheel Park West | Piermont, New York 10968
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Hudson River Fish Advisory: Can you Eat that Fish from the Hudson? Bi-Lingual Zoom Webinar (English-Spanish) Hosted by the Cornell Cooperative

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Join us Wednesday, November 17th, at 7:00 pm.

Can you eat that fish from the Hudson?

Did you know that due to chemical contamination, women and children should not eat any fish from the Hudson River? Or that certain fish are so contaminated, that nobody should eat them? Join us for a bi-lingual webinar in both English and Spanish to find out about the NYS Department of Health’s Hudson River Fish Advisory, and learn about alternate locations in Rockland to catch fish the whole family can eat! Workshop leader: Jen Zunino-Smith, Environmental Educator from Cornell Cooperative Extension, Rockland County with a master’s in Environmental Science from Pace University

Register here to get Zoom link :  http://bit.ly/3m189FP  

You must register through the above link to receive the Zoom information: Cornell Cooperative will be supplying the link for the event directly.

Recomendaciones de Salud para el consumo de la pesca: ¿Puede comer pescado del Río Hudson? Seminario Web bilingüe (inglés-español) NOVIEMBRE 17 DE 2021, 7:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. POR ZOOM

¿Puede comer el pescado del Río Hudson?

     ¿Sabía que, debido a la contaminación química, las mujeres y niños no deben comer pescado del Río Hudson? ¿O que ciertos pescados están tan contaminados que nadie debería comerlos? Acompáñenos en un seminario web en español y en inglés para saber sobre las recomendaciones de salud para el consumo de la pesca, y aprender sobre lugares alternativos dónde atrapar pescados que toda la familia puede comer. Taller dirigido por: Jen Zunino-Smith, Educadora ambiental de la Extensión Cooperativa de Cornell, el Condado de Rockland, con una maestría en ciencia medioambiental de la Universidad Pace.

Regístrese aquí para obtener un enlace al seminario por Zoom: http://bit.ly/3m189FP

FOR MORE DETAILS OR TO REGISTER, EMAIL DCWORKSHOPS@DC.EDU

PIERMONT LIBRARY TO HOLD ANNUAL ELECTION

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On Wednesday, December 8th, 2021, Piermont voters will be asked to elect three trustees for the Dennis P. McHugh Piermont Public Library. The vote will take place at the Library, 25 Flywheel Park West.  Polls will be open from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Voting will take place in the library foyer and follow Covid social distancing protocols with a mask requirement.

At present there are three known candidates for three trustee positions*:

  • Mitchell Eiss, a retired financial services executive, who is seeking a second term.
  • Len Hunt, a local building contractor, who is seeking a second term.
  • Cara Stepanian, a lifelong educator, who is seeking a third term.

Among the trustee candidates, Eiss has been a resident of Rockland County for 18 years and of Piermont for 5 years. He retired from the financial services industry after a thirty-year career.  Hunt has been a Piermont resident for 51 years. He has owned Rockland County Home Improvement for 32 years.  Stepanian has lived in Piermont for 13 years. She has taught literature and writing at both college and high school levels.

Voters will be asked to approve an increase to the annual Piermont Library tax levy from $280,500 to $290,000. This represents a 3.39% increase or an average annual tax increase of $8.49 for the

average Piermont taxpayer. The last time the Library sought an increase was in 2014. The Fiscal Year 2023 total budget starting July 1, 2022 is $394,300.

This increased funding will help pay for costs associated with live and virtual programming, additional cleaning services, and existing library services including the purchase of new releases of adult and children’s books, movies, music as well as e-books, digital audiobooks and downloadable music services.

Despite the COVID pandemic’s many challenges, the Library has continued to serve the Piermont community through its resources, curbside offerings, and enhanced virtual programming.  The Library continues to seek new ways to serve our patrons and welcomes any ideas the public may have. While we hope that a return to normalcy grows closer, we are prepared to continue providing all that we can to our community.

As the Library moves toward a full re-opening, we plan to offer our wide range of programs for toddlers and older children, a monthly free film showing, exhibits by local artists, book talks, game nights, local history exhibits, student art exhibitions, concerts, cultural events, adult summer reading programs, mah-jongg and canasta groups. Information about the library, its services and the election is available at www.piermontlibrary.org.

Library Activity Statistics, 2020-2021

  • Of 2,540 Piermont residents 1,371 hold library cards
  • 265 programs offered with a total of 1,870 people attending.
  • 12,594 holdings circulated (7,697 physical items and 4,897 e-books, digital audiobooks and other digital content)
  • 2,281 visitors to the library
  • 1,046 curbside pickups of library materials

*Any registered Piermont voter may run for election as a trustee. Potential candidates are required to submit a petition signed by twenty-five eligible Piermont voters. Blank petitions are available at the Library and must be returned to the Library by November 24th, 2021.

Calling All Writers!

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If you are in grades 3-5 and love to write, join us on Wednesday at 6:00 pm virtually as Ms. Nancy reads a short story which we will discuss. Then you may read some of your writing to the group. (If you wish, you may e-mail your written material to Ms. Nancy at nrussell@piermontlibrary.org and she will read it anonymously to the group.) We will discuss poetry, stories, or anything you’ve put down on paper. After you sign up, you may come to the library and pick up a new writing book!This program is on Zoom. Link will be sent after 12pm the day of the program.

Story Time

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Children up to 3 years old with caregiver may come and join us for stories, songs, and fingerplays. 

Beginning November 1st, we will be moving Story Time indoors. Registration is required as space is limited. You must register for each session individually.

Registration will be limited to 8 “pods” per session. Each pod can consist of no more than 2 adults and 2 children. 
Walk-up will be accepted if there are unfilled registration slots at the start of a session.

If you have registered but are no longer able to attend, please let us know so we can pass your spot to someone else. 
Any registered no-shows at the start of the session will have their spot passed to any walk-ups.

We hope you join us!

November Virtual Art Show: Frances Wells: In View of the River

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For the month of November, we invite you to view our latest virtual art exhibition: Frances Wells: In View of the River.  Please visit our website throughout the month  https://www.piermontlibrary.org/artist-of-the-month/   

Frances Wells: In View of the River 

I have been fortunate to live on the Hudson since 1984 in South Nyack, Piermont, and now in Upper Nyack.  In all these years, I have witnessed countless dawns and dusks, sun and moon rises along with the slow and persistent movement of those bodies up and down the river with the change of seasons. 

I consider our river to be an ever changing work of art in and of itself.  As a painter I try to capture just a moment of its beauty with the hope that the viewer is transported to a new place. 

These are acrylic paintings on clear birch plywood painted during 2021, a pandemic year.  They are all quite small, inviting the viewer to come closer and be more intimate with the work.  But this is after all, a virtual show.  If you would like to come closer and see these paintings “in person,” I welcome studio visits.  You can emails me (franceswells9@gmail.com) or text or call me (845-521-0669) if you would like to come. I hope that you will.  

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