Livingston Manor Free Library

Help your community grow!

*Bring a few seeds to the library and choose a few new varieties to take home and try.
*Share what you have saved from your garden or purchase your favorite non-hybrid seeds to share.
*We provide the bags, labels and green conversation.
*Don’t forget to check out a gardening book while you’re here!

April 1st – May 28

PLEASE JOIN US FOR A SPECIAL VIRTUAL PROGRAM 

The Challenges and Future of Local Radio: Implications for Democracy

Wednesday, February 24 at 6 pm

Presented via Zoom with pre-registration at:

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nDH1kF8tQOC9JFmls9-kkQ

Marking the 30th anniversary of WJFF Radio Catskill, this special webinar will feature an address by Paul Cheung, Director/ Journalism + Technology Innovation, Knight Foundation and a panel of local news professionals: Vince Benedetto, Founder, President, and CEO, Bold Gold Media Group; Edward Lundquist, Associate Editor, Manor Ink; Laurie Stuart, Publisher, The River Reporter; Duncan Cooper, former editor-in-chief, The Fader and member, WJFF Board of Trustees; and Jason Dole, Program Director, WJFF Radio Catskill. Participants will be able to pose questions through the Zoom chat function.

Thane Peterson, president of the WJFF Radio Catskill Board of Trustees, will moderate the panel discussion. “We are living in a time when local news may be hard to find, fact-based news hard to distinguish from opinion, and a flood of sources difficult to navigate,” says Peterson, a former journalist, who believes that without comprehensive news coverage of local events and decision making or analysis of pertinent state and national events at the local level, democracy is at risk. “New ways of consuming news and opinion are increasing rapidly in our digital world,” he says. “We need to examine what is changing and how it might affect our ability as citizens to make informed choices.”

James Lomax, a former Board of Trustees President and long-time WJFF Radio Catskill volunteer, will close the 90- minute program.

When: Feb 24, 2021 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Topic: The Challenges and Future of Local Radio: Implications for Democracy

The public is invited to attend

Register in advance for this webinar:

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Are you interested in Medicare, or know someone who is? There will be Zoom webinars on Monday, February 22, 2021 and Saturday, May 1, 2021. Please register below to join.

Monday, February 22, 2021, 6pm – 8pm EST     http://bit.ly/3gXdeuA

Saturday May 1, 2021, 10am – 12pm EST     http://bit.ly/3aj4iyq

The event is free. When registering please just input your first name; last name is not required. You must register in advanced.

The Sullivan Public Library Alliance is searching for the 2021-2022 Poet Laureate of Sullivan County. Please see below for application requirements, and further information can be found here.

Application must include
o Statement of interest
o Biography (maximum 1 page)
o Three sample poems, one of them specific to “The Spirit of Sullivan
County”

Applicants must also have residence in Sullivan County and be available for year round engagements, have a body of literary work and be available for a one year appointment.

Send application materials to SCPoetLaureateProject@gmail.com by midnight on
Wednesday, March 31.

Congratulations to our chocolate heart winners!
Children’s entry winner is Jacob Davis
Adult entry winner is Hai Zhang
Be sure to claim your prize from the library and keep a look out for more give-aways!

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