The Brandon Free Public Library (BFPL) is one of the oldest extant buildings in town, dating back to the early decades of the 1800s.
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Students help cull timber from Hawk Hill for Brandon Library
A forest is a living thing in itself, not just a habitat in which other living things reside. And as with any other organism, its health can vary over time.
Brandon Library announces start to public fundraising campaign
The Brandon Free Public Library celebrated the next phase in its fundraising efforts at Brandon Town Hall last Saturday.
Brandon Library gets by with a little help from its Friends
The ladies who make up the Friends of the Brandon Library are indeed all friends, not just of the library but of one another.
‘We know our people’: Our local libraries go way beyond books
the success of a small-town library depends not on its collection but on its staff, and both the Brandon Free Public Library (BFPL) and Pittsford’s Maclure Library are lucky to have dynamic, engaged directors who see their mission as far more than checking out books.
Teen ‘Zine workshop at Brandon Library
Are you between the ages of 11 and 16 and feeling like you’ve got a lot to say but nowhere to say it?
Brandon Library receives $100K state grant for ADA compliance
The money will go toward the library’s planned renovation, specifically to defray costs relating to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Nifty Thrifty thrills Brandon Library with $15K donation
Nifty Thrifty recently announced one of its largest distributions ever: $15,000 to the Brandon Free Public Library (BFPL), to support the Library’s planned renovation.
Annual library auction nets more than $7,000
A raucous crowd bid generously for the items, many of which were made by local residents.
Brandon selectboard gets library update
In another short 35-minute meeting, the Brandon Selectboard dispatched of a light agenda, hearing from former state Rep. Butch Shaw, R-Pittsford-Proctor, holding a final hearing on a library study grant, and reviewing how to spend some of the town’s ARPA funding.