To the Editor:

Summer in Mid-coast Maine means the top theater, the choicest music, fine food, relaxing beside the prettiest coast in the world — and going to the Curtis Friends annual book sale.

Our 2013 sale was, as promised, better than ever. In terms of dollars alone, one can draw that conclusion. My criteria as coordinator include the money angles, but there’s another way to measure success: What kind of support does the sale have in our community? More than 230 volunteers gave their time, their efforts and their great big hearts to putting on our show. I thank each one.

There were also some heavy hitters who did everything else that helps make us the absolute best among library book sales. These outfits and people merit our gratitude for coming through in a big way: Morton Real Estate, Target, Tim Vail, Shaws, Cedar Street Co., Gulf of Maine Books, the Local S-6 union, Grace Episcopal Church, the Brunswick School Department, the Morrell family, Warmings Market, Androscoggin Bank, Sharon Drake Real Estate, Topsham Fair Mall, Knights Inn motel, Panera, WellTree, Hannaford, Bowdoin College, Tess’s Market, United Methodist Church, Dominos and Skillins Greenhouses. I thank each one. I hope you will, too.

Curtis Memorial Library is one of the cornerstones of Brunswick. The good folks who support it have once again said “We’re with you!” and in so doing they have made our dear home a better place.

Jeff Reynolds
Brunswick