A shot in the arm for libraries across the state rightly focuses on the expanded role that they’re playing in our communities.
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Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
Christine’s Library of Kitchen Things is now open
Like to borrow a blow torch or a blender? Sharing tools is part of sustainable living.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Attempts at book banning must be shut down
The national campaign to harass and censor school librarians has no place in Maine.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Small Maine library at center of town funding battle
The Hollis Center Public Library, one of two in the York County town, has become a source of friction as officials wrestle with budget concerns.
Posted inTimes Record
Local libraries look to changing post-pandemic future
While visits to most local libraries lagged behind pre-pandemic levels in 2022, librarians have developed new programs to serve the changing needs of their communities.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: We have a rare opportunity to improve local libraries
A Senate appropriations bill includes $20 million in federal funding for library buildings nationally.
Posted inNation & World, News
Libraries feel attacked – but not like the ‘freedom libraries’ of 1964
Libraries are in the crossfire yet again, as conservative groups mount a historic number of challenges to books to remove from public book shelves literature dealing with race, racism and LGBTQ identity.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: An attack on a Maine school librarian is an attack on democracy
The professional school library community will continue to uphold the principle of intellectual freedom. But we need your help.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Take a page from this bookish traveler: Visit the local library
Reading books set in your destination can enrich your vacation experience.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside table: A book that ponders, what if?
“I am head of the new Read Between the Spines Book Club hosted at the Bibliophile Bookshop & Coffeehouse in Raymond. We currently have 45 ladies and one man in our book club. Bibliophile is also a new locally owned bookshop that our entire area has fallen in love with. “Anyway, Read Between the Spines […]
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