Thanks to the Harpswell Neck Library Association, locals can now borrow books for free — sparking a new town tradition and an ever-evolving inventory.
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Brunswick library to close Monday for utility maintenance
Curtis Memorial will be relying on its Bookmobile, a vehicle that brings books and other resources to various parts of the Brunswick community, during the planned outage on July 22.
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Curtis Memorial Library first in state to win John Cotton Dana Award
Curtis Memorial Library is one of eight libraries in the U.S. and Canada selected to receive the 2024 John Cotton Dana Award in recognition of its strategic communication and public relations related to hosting the “Robert McCloskey: The Art of Wonder” exhibit in 2023. The exhibit and its programs helped bring thousands of new and […]
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Curtis Memorial Library copes with suspension of interlibrary loaning
Curtis Memorial Library announced Friday that borrowing between libraries has been temporarily suspended due to extended contract negotiations at the state level for van delivery service. The library expects there will be no ILL delivery through at least mid-August. Over 200 Maine libraries and their patrons are impacted. Libraries have recalled their items in order […]
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Brunswick librarian’s resource-sharing efforts recognized with Movers & Shakers award
Library Journal announced on May 1 recipients of the 2024 Movers & Shakers awards — a cohort of advocates, community builders, change agents, innovators, educators and ban battlers from all corners of the field. Hazel Onsrud, adult services librarian at Curtis Memorial Library, was selected as a 2024 Mover & Shaker in the educators category. […]
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Midcoast Senior College rolls out this year’s Summer Wisdom series
Midcoast Senior College is once again holding its Summer Wisdom lecture series, sponsored by Thornton Oaks Retirement Community, beginning in May. All sessions are from 1-2 p.m. in Curtis Memorial Library’s Morrell Meeting Room on four consecutive Tuesdays starting May 14. The free talks are open to the public. For more information, visit midcoastseniorcollege.org. • […]
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Rep. Arford and Councilor Updegraph to hold office hours at Brunswick library
Rep. Poppy Arford, D-Brunswick, and Brunswick Town Councilor Sande Updegraph will hold constituent office hours from 9:30-11 a.m. on April 13 at the Curtis Memorial Library in the second-floor seminar room 205. The office hours will provide local residents a chance to meet with their elected officials and discuss local and state government matters. Arford […]
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View the solar eclipse with help from Curtis Memorial Library
Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick will stream the eclipse on a TV in the atrium from 2:15-4:45 p.m. Monday, April 8. Anyone in Brunswick or Harpswell will be able to see the eclipse, with the maximum eclipse at 3:31 p.m. Viewers in this area will see about 97% of totality, according to the library. It […]
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Gulf of Maine Books to host author talk at Brunswick library
Gulf of Maine Books is hosting Maine author Penny Guisinger for a discussion on her new book at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 4, at the Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick. Guisinger will speak about and read from hew new novel, “Shift: A Memoir of Identity and Other Illusions.” “Shift” is a love story — the […]
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Death guide to discuss her work at Brunswick library
Certified death doula Andrews Nelson works with the dying and their loved ones.