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 […]
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Patten Free Library launches Teen Pantry
The Patten Free Library’s new Teen Pantry is open, offering free food, toiletries, school supplies, first aid, clothing and other items to youth in need. The Bath Area Food Bank is providing most of the supplies, but community members and library patrons have also been donating. Members of the library’s knitting circle have provided homemade […]
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Patten Free Library launches Teen Pantry program
The Bath library is now providing teens with resources such as food, clothing and hygiene products.
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Patten Free Library announces writing winners, opens poetry contest
The Patten Free Library recently announced the winners of its ninth annual writing contest. This year, there were more than 50 entries in every category, and the library welcomed creative nonfiction submissions for the first time ever. Judges, who included Patten Free Library staff, the PFL Teen Library Council and community members, were excited about […]
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Patten Free Library writing contest winners announced
Patten Free Library’s ninth annual writing contest drew more than 50 submissions for each of its categories. For the first time, creative non-fiction submissions were accepted this year. Grade 7-9 winners were: nonfiction, “Me” by Franny DeGeer, first place, and “Peaks Island Vignette” by Harper Nelson, second place; fiction, “Nightmare in Disguise” by Rory Leeman, […]
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New programs for kids at Bath Library
The Patten Free Library Children’s Room is continuing many of its popular programs in 2023 and adding new offerings. The new Head of Children’s Services, Mary Randall, will oversee weekly programming at the library, which includes Babytime Mondays at 10:15 a.m. beginning Jan. 23, Lego Club on Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. and All Ages Storytime […]