Alden Balch Memorial Library

05/02/2026

It’s Green Up Day! If you need a break from picking up litter, pop in at the library and check out our books on recycling ❤️📚

04/30/2026

The school year is flying by with weekly visits from Lunenburg Elementary School students! Hard to believe May 1 is tomorrow! ❤️📚

04/30/2026

We had an overflow crowd last Sunday for the presentation about beavers! Nearly 40 people enjoyed a slide presentation and some folks checked out a "beaver deceiver" at Martin Meadow Pond in Lancaster.

04/24/2026

Join us at the library on Sunday, April 26, from 1-3 pm for a lively presentation by beaver experts Skip Lyle and Patti Smith! Light refreshments served. ❤️📚🦫

04/18/2026

04/07/2026

Library closed tomorrow 04/08/26.
Attic insulation being removed.

03/19/2026

Enjoy the Maple Festival in Lunenburg on Saturday! Have breakfast at the school and stop by the library afterwards!  A story about maple sugaring will be read at 10:30 AM, and a special maple craft will be ongoing. ❤️📚🍁🍁

03/13/2026

A dozen folks spent a Saturday afternoon recently with Suzanne Brown, retired visiting assistant professor from Dartmouth College, thanks to funding through Vermont Humanities for the Vermont Reads program. The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton was this year's statewide-read book. We look forward to joining Vermont Reads again this year! ❤️📚

03/04/2026

It's Capital For A Day in Essex County, and Tom McMurdo, Assistant State Librarian, Information & Access, and Josh Muse, Consultant for Library Technology, will visit the library from 2-3 this afternoon. Stop by and say hello! ❤️📚

02/24/2026

There’s still time to read The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton before Saturday, February 28, at 2 PM, when a book discussion at the library will be led by Vermont Humanities facilitator Suzanne Brown. The library is open from 1 to 6 today so stop by to pick up a copy of the book. You won’t be able to put it down!❤️📚

02/13/2026

The Alden Balch Memorial Library invites you to join a book discussion on this year’s Vermont Reads selection, The Light Pirate, by Lily Brooks-Dalton, on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, AT 2 PM at the library. Conversation about this engaging and timely book will be led by Suzanne Brown, a retired Visiting Assistant Professor at Dartmouth College and Vermont Reads facilitator. All are welcome. Thanks to Vermont Humanities, we have copies of The Light Pirate to give away, available at the library. ❤️📚