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President Beth Dufresne V. President Joanna Damon Secretary Lynn Kilchenstein Treasurer Ruth Rose Members at Large Nancy Hatch, Eric Leonard
Regular Events are:
Board Meeting 10:30 AM every third Saturday
Knitting Group 1:30 PM every third Saturday
Book Club 6 PM every third Thursday (includes light refreshments that align with book selection)
As you explore Harpswell, you may want use one of our Backpack Explorer guides. Each comes with a magnifying glass and will help everyone get the most of the day outdoors.
Tondreau Trails new story walk book selection was chosen to note the new preschool group at the Harpswell Community School.
Story Walks
Join us on one of our story walks. We maintain and update 2 trails with 4 books per trail. Each book is on the trail for about 12 weeks. Our plan is to follow the seasons because every day can be a story as you explore these trails.
Each story offers a bookmark and an extension activity (quick and no fuss).
Working Waterfront Series from a series of grants from Association of Rural and Small Libraries (Libraries Transforming Communities) where we came together to have conversations about Harpswell.
Living in a Working Waterfront Series #4 was held June 15 at Bailey Island Library Hall. Here is the recording of the panel led conversation. Etiquette may not be a term typically associated with the working waterfront but, in this case, it refers to the way that people can both work on and enjoy the waterfront and its coastal waters in a respectful and safe way. Panelists for this event will include Maine Island Trails Association and Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association along with representatives from local fishing and chartering businesses. They will be discussing the various activities that take place on the water and share stories about how to share space and work together. This panel discussion is part of an ongoing collaborative partnership between the Harpswell Anchor, the Cundy’s Harbor Library, the Holbrook Community Foundation, the Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association, and Harpswell Heritage Land Trust.
Living in a Working Waterfront Series #3 was held May 11th covering Waterfront Access for the Fishing Community. Here is the recording of the paneled conversation. The conversation addressed intertidal access, fishing permits and licenses, rights of way and easements along with what Harpswell Town Committees are doing and how to be informed and involved. Thank you to Ben Martens, Robert Boyce II, Mary Ann Nahf and Monique Coombs for leading the conversation.
June 15th was the wrap up of this conversation series with a discussion on Water Etiquette at the Bailey Island Library Hall at 6 pm for an opportunity to enjoy light refreshments and beverages before we begin.
Check out Book Browsing on our menu bar for new books and other information.
Have you clicked on our Working Waterfront Page??? This is devoted to articles, book offerings, materials and information for Harpswell residents and visitors to better assure your time on our 216 miles of Harpswell coastline is positive and allows all to enjoy it together. I cover the Town meetings that directly relate to our community. On the 10th I covered moorings, the inspection process for moorings and licenses for nonresident and resident shellfish licenses. I also added the eel grass project map for those mooring areas to be impacted.
Celebrate the New Year with a Twist
From the sea with new recipes from the fishing families who catch our amazing bounty throughout the year. Celebrate and learn new ways to prepare seasonal seafood from appetizers to desserts like kelp fudge. Check it out and purchase one for yourself or as a present from the harbor. Each purchase helps not only the library but also sustains Maine’s fishing communities for future generations
Our Living on the Working Waterfront Series is available to view using the following 2 links: The first covers seasonal seafood and the second is a conversation with 4 fishing family members. Do you understand the fishing zones, federal permits and 3 mile limit? Do you know the life cycle of the Maine shrimp? Do you know that a conversation is one of the best ways to strengthen your community? Please click the links and stay tuned for our season tasting events in our back yard we are hosting for the Maine Coastal Fishermen’s Association.
November 18,2021 The library will close earlier at 3 PM in order to prepare for the Waterfront series event at the Cundy’s Harbor Community Hall tonight at 6:00 PM The talk focus is Multigenerational Families in Harpswell. Register through hhltmaine.org See you Saturday!
HMC has begun constuction of the new deck and ramp. Brock Starbird and his construction crew will be onsite Wednesday and Thursday to give us new improved access.
PLEASE EXCUSE OUR APPEARANCE … WE ARE FINALLY STARTING THE LIBRARY RENOVATIONS AND REPAIRS. CHECK WITH OUR INSTAGRAM OR WEBSITE PAGES REGARDING LIBRARY ACCESS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. This week R A Webber removed our ramp and deck. This will allow a new ramp and handicapped parking as well as a bigger front deck.
Today’s Gift of Kindness … Demolishing the Basement “Closet”
We will continue to provide service as we can. The Wee Free Library is at the Community Hall and Book Drop and Curbside is at the back door. Call 207-725-1461 for questions about curbside or inter library loan requests.
The Emergency Broadband Benefit is also available to households who are eligible for a broadband provider’s existing COVID relief program, to those who have received a Federal Pell Grant during the current award year, and to those low-income households who suffered a large loss in income during the pandemic due to job loss or furlough since February 2021
Do you need the Internet or a LapTop?
The library has 4 laptops for patron use as well as our InFoNet WiFi online internet service. These laptops are for check out and the internet service is available 24/7 within our library and grounds. We continue to have our books you may request from LibraryWorld and a local site for books requested on Minerva. We strive to be a central point of information dissemination within the community.
All those familiar names! You hear them and see them everywhere. Roads, Coves, and mailboxes … Stover, Snow, Merryman, Allen, Curtis, Estes, Bailey and Wilson all built vessels. Captains names included Bibber, Dunning, Johnson, Orr, Toothaker and Dyer. The brochure is available on request from the library.
Cundy’s Harbor Library is a small, accessible, public library serving the residents of Harpswell, Maine, particularly those living in Cundy’s Harbor and on Great Island. The library’s mission is to offer community members of all ages a collection of popular books and other materials.Our collection features Maine histories and authors.