The Montrose Adult School is coordinating a series of five walking tours of Montrose, based on on the brochures created by the Historical Society and the Motnrose Restoration Committee. Tours are held on Sundays from 5/6 to 6/10 (excluding Memorial Day weekend) and begin at 1pm at St. Paul's Hall with an overview of the section to be covered that day. Each tour is $10, which benefits the three sponsoring organizations (the Historical Society, the Montrose Restoration Committee, and the Center for Anti-Slavery Studies); or you can take all 5 tours for $45. Please see the Montrose Adult School description for more information.

At the Forest City location, a computer class is offered on Wednesdays at 10:30am, running until April. The classes are free but you must pre-register by calling the Forest City Library at 570-785-5590.

We offer online language lessons through the interactive program Mango Languages. You can learn 38 languages--from Arabic to Vietnamese!--plus 15 ESL languages. Our regional district, the Northeast Library District, has decided that Mango Languages is a great service to offer to the entire district, and will be funding it beginning May 1, 2012 and continuing through June 30, 2014.

You can sign in to Mango with your library card, or set up an account and be able to track your progress. Click here or on the image below (which is also on the left of every library page), or read on for details!

Jeffrey Marshall, Chief Preservation Officer of the Heritage Conservancy, gave an inspiring talk about the National Register of Historic Places and the new Montrose Historic District at the Annual Meeting (11/5/11). Rather than show a slide presentation, he encouraged everyone to take a closer look at the many remarkable buildings in person. But Jeff did assemble a beautiful presentation, and he gave us permission to post it. Whether or not you were able to attend, take a look here. Maps of the district will be available to view at the Historical Society in the near future, says Curator Betty Smith. Betty received a much-deserved plaque at the meeting honoring her for her crucial role in making the district a reality!