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09/07/2022 11:06 AM

Branford’s Friends of Blackstone Provide $20,000 Library Grant


Blackstone Library Director Katy McNicol (left) accepts the grant from Friends of the Blackstone Library president Alfred Bertoline at the Friends’ annual meeting in June. Photo courtesy Friends of the Blackstone Library

At the annual meeting of the Friends of the Blackstone Library on June 21, the Friends presented a special grant to the Blackstone Library of $20,000 for library needs.

Funds raised at the annual Friends of the Blackstone Library Book Sale help to provide donations to the Blackstone Library.

The 2022 Friends of the Blackstone Library Book Sale will be held Thursday, Sept. 22 through Sunday, Sept. 25 on the Branford Green, under the big tent.

The Friends members’ preview is on Thursday, Sept. 22, 5 to 7 p.m.

General Admission to the public is free to the sale. Hours are: Thursday, Sept. 22, 7 to 9 p.m.; Friday, Sept. 23 and Saturday, Sept. 24, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Sept. 25 ($10 bag sale) noon to 3 p.m.

For more information visit blackstonelibrary.org