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Department
of
Parks and Recreation
Office
Hours:
Monday-Friday
8:00
AM
–
4:00
PM
Phone:
207-728-3604
Fax:
207-728-8611
Recreation
Director:
Dean
Gendreau
Program
Director:
Diane
Boucher
Multi-Purpose
Building
-
7th
Avenue
The
Multi-Purpose
Center
is
a
30,800
square
foot
building
with
a
seating
capacity
of
3,240.
The
center
sits
on
approximately
8
acres
of
land.
The
building
has
2
indoor
tennis
courts,
a
basketball
court,
and
three
activity
rooms
on
the
1st
floor.
During
the
winter
months
the
center
is
converted
into
an
indoor
skating
rink.
The
2nd
floor
consists
of
2
offices
and
storage
space
for
Recreational
Equipment.
The
surrounding
site
has
a
Youth
Baseball
Diamond,
a
Regulation
Baseball
Diamond,
1
Volleyball
Court,
2
Horseshoe
Courts,
2
Regulation
Soccer
Fields,
and
a
Nature
Studies
Area.
Bi-Centennial
Park
-
Corner
of
11th
Avenue
and
St.
Thomas
The
park
holds
many
events
throughout
the
course
of
the
year.
A
large
gazebo
is
located
in
the
center
with
a
beautiful
brink
fireplace
to
its
far
right.
A
Vietnam
Veterans
Memorial
statue
is
a
site
of
interest
for
many
visitors.
Park
benches,
picnic
table,
swings,
and
playgrounds
attract
people
of
all
ages.
The
park
is
lighted
for
evening
use.
Dionne
Park
-
Fox
Street
This
newly
developed
2
1/2
acre
park
is
beautifully
landscaped
with
trees
and
shrubs.
A
children’s
playground
with
swings,
tubes,
and
gliders
is
an
enjoyment
to
the
youngsters,
while
2
Horseshoe
Courts
and
a
Basketball
Court
are
enjoyed
by
the
teens
and
adults.
Benches
and
drinking
fountain
add
to
a
leisurely-spent
family
afternoon.
Madawaska
Four
Corners
Monument
Park -
Main
Street
The main
goal of
creating
a Four
Corner
Park and
Monument
is to
attract
tourism.
It is
also to
promote
our town
as the
most
Northeastern
town and
one of
the four
corners
of the
United
States.
The
project
committee
plans to
prepare
an
actual
implementation
plan
during
the
winter
of 2005.
Work
could
begin
once the
ground
is
thawed
and
completion
of the
park is
expected
for
spring
2006.
For more
information
on the
Four
Corners
Monument
Park go
to:
www.madawaska.org
Fraser
Park
-
11th
Avenue
This
site
is
home
to
a
regulation
Soccer
Field,
an
Elementary
School
Soccer
Field,
a
Softball
Field
with
Lights,
4
Tennis
Courts,
and
a
775
square
foot
building,
which
is
also
used
by
the
Boy
Scouts.
Birch
Point
Beach
-
Long
Lake
A
great
place
to
spend
an
afternoon
is
at
this
beach
on
Long
Lake.
This
20
acre
site
has
a
picnic
area,
a
sand
Volleyball
Court,
Tetherball
and
Playground
Equipment.
A
bathhouse
with
restrooms
is
open
from
sunrise
to
sunset
May
through
September.
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Public
Library
The
Madawaska
Public
Library
provides
Madawaska
and
surrounding
areas
with
many
services.
We
provide
up-to-date
fiction
and
non-fiction
books,
magazines,
books-on-tape,
videos,
literacy
books,
large
print
and
inter-library
loan
to
our
patrons.
In
our
Special
Collection
Room
we
offer
books
and
tapes
on
Maine
and
on
genealogy
and
a
large
collection
of
old
photos
of
the
area.
We
have
a
computer
which
contains
genealogy
of
families
of
the
area
and
a
micro-film
reader-printer
for
films
of
census
of
Aroostook
and
the
St.
John
Valley
Times
Newspaper.
We
also
offer
internet
access
for
our
patrons.
 In
1991,
a
new
addition
was
added
to
the
library.
This
doubled
our
size
and
we
added
a
new
office,
conference
room,
replaced
the
roof
and
furnace,
and
made
the
building
handicap
accessible.
The
library
is
governed
by
a
Board
of
Trustees.
The
library
mission
statement
is
to
assemble,
organize,
preserve
and
make
easily
available
materials
which
will
provide
stimulation,
education
and
recreation
for
all
patrons.
Library
Hours
are
-
Monday
–
Friday:
10:00
A.M.
to
8:00
P.M.
Saturday
10:00
A.M.
to
3:00
P.M.
Librarian/Director:
Ken Theriault
E-mail:
madlib@nci1.net
Phone:
728-3606
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