Upcoming programs at Bayne Library include:

Monday, Jan. 9 and Wednesday, Jan. 11, 10 a.m., seniors are invited to the YMCA Community Center for fun with the Wii.

Monday, Jan. 9, 11:15 a.m., senior book discussion at the North Boroughs YMCA community center. This month’s selection is “Don’t Sing at the Table” by Adrianna Trigani.

Tuesday, Jan. 10, 10:30 a.m., book discussion, second floor conference room. This month’s selection is “Saddled” by Susan Richards.

Tuesday, Jan. 10, 1 p.m., Story time and craft for preschool age children accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

The second annual “Improve the ‘Vue,” sponsored by Bellevue Initiative for Growth and Revitalization (BIGr), will be held Saturday September 24.

The goal is to recruit 500 volunteers to take part in 11 community service projects aimed at improving assets in and around the town. Some of the projects volunteers are being asked to take part in include litter pick-up and weed pulling, painting the Bayne Library conference room, extending the Bellevue hike and bike trail, and painting the fence around the local YMCA, among others.

Denise Plaskon took the long way around to reach Bellevue once again.

While studying at the University of Pittsburgh -- where she received a master’s degree in library and information science -- she did sales work that included Bellevue as part of her territory.

Since then, she has traveled a bit, working as the branch manager of the Lawler Branch Library in New Bedford, MA, for three and a half years, and then as director of the Everett Free Library in Everett, PA for two years.

"Improve the Vue" is a day of community service in and around Bellevue. The Bellevue Initiative for Growth (B.I.G.) is planning the event, which will be held on Saturday Oct. 9.

Bellevue may soon find out if all the stories about ghosts in Bayne Library are true.

Council parks committee chairman Jim Scisciani said that he had been contacted by the Center for Paranormal Study and Investigation, a Pittsburgh-based organization that uses scientific methods and equipment to investigate possible paranormal activity.

Scisciani told council Tuesday that although the library director was not interested in having CPSI visit, the great-great-great-granddaughter of one of the Baynes who once lived in what is now the library had approved the investigation.

Upcoming events at Bayne Library include:

Monday, Jan. 23 and Wednesday, Jan. 25, the library opens at 8:30 a.m. for adults 55+ to have full use of facilities.

Tuesday, Jan. 24, 1 p.m., Storytime and craft for preschool age children accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

Wednesday, Jan. 25, LaLeche League of North Hills meeting, 2nd floor conference room.

Thursday, Jan 26, 11 a.m., story time and craft for toddlers accompanied by parent or caregiver.

A 45-year-old man was reportedly shot by accident at a party on Greenough Avenue last Saturday night.

Police were called to 21 Greenough after the weapon was accidently discharged about 10:45 p.m. The man was shot in the leg, police said.

In other news from Bellevue Police, several items were reported stolen from a vehicle parked on South Bryant Avenue on Oct. 26.

A theft also was reported at Bayne Library on Oct. 27.

A South Bryant Avenue resident reported Oct. 30 that a pumpkin had been thrown at his glass storm door.

The author of the novel "Excessive Forces, a Pittsburgh Police Thriller" will visit Bayne Library in Bellevue on Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 6 p.m.

Real-life Pittsburgh area police detective Dennis Marsili will discuss his novel that is set in Pittsburgh and full of characters drawn from his years in local law enforcement.

A burglary in the 600 block of Forest Avenue was reported May 7. The resident reported several items stolen.

A laptop computer and PS3 machine were reported stolen during a burglary at a home in the 400 block of Dawson Avenue on May 3.

Bellevue residents can meet Bayne Library's new director.

The Friends of Bayne Library will hold a reception for library director Denise Plaskon at the library on March 16, 4-6 p.m.

At its regular meeting on Aug. 24, Bellevue Council accepted the resignation of Sharon Helfrich, Bayne Library's library and cultural director.

Council member Linda Woshner said that the borough was losing an important part of the community, and would have a difficult time replacing her. Helfrich has been at the library for more than 12 years, and started numerous programs and services. Woshner expressed her opinion that council needed to make the library an important part of the community and to provide it with more funding.

To celebrate National Library Week, the Friends of Bayne Library are sponsoring a poster and essay contest to recognize the importance of local libraries in the lives of students and their communities.