The Town History Series is a long-standing Patten Free Library tradition that brings together Patten Free Library’s member communities to learn about and celebrate each town’s local history. The town of Arrowsic, Bath Historical Society, Georgetown Historical Society, West Bath Historical Society and Woolwich Historical Society each select a speaker to present on an aspect […]
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Patten Free Library to host seasonal events this Saturday
The Patten Free Library is hosting two seasonal events this Saturday, Dec. 16. Its annual Starry Night, a luminary walk in Library Park, is from 4-7 p.m. This outdoor celebration of light features candlelit pathways, baked goods and a space for the community to gather. New this year is A Night at the Patten, a […]
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Maine Authors for Lewiston to hold book signing events to raise money for shooting victims
Authors are slated to be at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick on Nov. 25 and Patten Free Library in Bath on Dec. 6.
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Bath library taking submissions for Tiny Art Show
Patten Free Library is looking for artists for its 2023 Tiny Art Show. Participants will each receive a 3-by-3-inch mini-canvas to complete in whatever medium they choose using the theme of “starry night.” This theme aligns with the Patten Free Library’s annual Starry Night Luminary Walk in December. “Our Tiny Art Show in 2022 was […]
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Patten Free Library opens 10th annual writing contest
The Patten Free Library is now accepting submissions to its annual writing contest. Now in its 10th year, the writing contest awards prizes in both short fiction and nonfiction in multiple categories for teens and adults. What began in 2013 as a fiction and memoir contest for teens has since expanded to include all kinds […]
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Patten Free Library awarded $100K to improve space and resources for remote workers
Patten Free Library has been awarded $100,000 in the Remote Work through Libraries Initiative administered by the Maine State Library and the Department of Economic and Community Development. Patten Free Library serves the city of Bath and the adjacent towns of Arrowsic, West Bath, Georgetown and Woolwich. As a community and business hub for the […]
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Patten Free Library does away with late fees
The library aims to remove a barrier to services in accordance with the American Library Association’s Resolution on Monetary Library Fines as a Form of Social Inequity.
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Patten Free Library to hold spelling bee fundraiser
Patten Free Library will host its first spelling bee for adults on April 28. Teams of two to five people ages 16 and over will compete to determine the best spellers in the area, and spelling bee enthusiasts are invited to come and watch. “We felt a spelling bee made perfect sense as a library […]
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Celebrate Poetry Month with Patten Free Library’s annual park walk
For the third year in a row, the Patten Free Library in Bath has celebrated April’s National Poetry Month with a poetry installation in Library Park. What began as a social distancing program in 2021 has become an annual tradition looked forward to by the community and staff alike. “Each year, we install about 20 […]
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Climate commission seminar focuses on Bath coast’s flood risk
Join engineers from GEI Consulting to learn about flood risk in Maine’s City of Ships and take part in a community discussion to share thoughts and concerns. The Bath Climate Action Commission, in partnership with the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust and the Patten Free Library presents “Climate Conversations: The Shoreline and Coastal Waters” from 5:30-7 […]