Summer Hours
Our summer hours are Monday through Saturday 9am-noon and 2-5pm.
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New Books for June 2022
Many of the books above are on the New York Times Best Sellers list.
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New art books continue to arrive from the Cynthia Reid Armbruster and Howard Joseph Reid memorial gift. Click here to see the press release and our new art books.
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New Titles for Children
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Funding has been provided by The Maine Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
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Children’s Story Hour on the Lawn
Ogunquit Memorial Library presents Children’s Story Hour on the Lawn every Tuesday from 9:30-10:30am, beginning June 7, 2022. Bring a blanket and join us on the library lawn to hear a story, move your body & do an activity. This program is appropriate for ages 2 – 6, siblings are always welcome. In the case of inclement weather this event will be moved inside.
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Join us for a two-week speaker series with Lu Porreca
Wednesdays, July 13th & 20th from 2:30-3:30pm in-person at the library; pre-registration required
Lu Porreca is a mentor and consultant with the Proctor Gallagher Institute who helps people transform their dreams into reality, goals into achievements, and thinking into results.
Please let us know if you will be attending.
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Nicholas Lund of Maine Audubon
Thursday, July 28th from 2:30-3:30pm in-person at the library
Nicholas will be presenting on State of Maine Birds with a focus on southwest and coastal birds.
Gabby Gathering
Crystal Canney from Protect Maine’s Fishing Heritage Foundation
Thursday, July 7th at 2:30pm in person at the library
Protect Maine’s Fishing Heritage Foundation is working up and down the coast of Maine to prevent industrial scale aquaculture. Right now, Maine is seeing an influx of projects that threaten the future of our waters and fishing industry. Protect Maine will discuss its efforts in the community and policy making level regarding the rules that currently attract foreign investors to own our water.
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Big News! We are starting a Book Club!
Wednesday, June 29th, 2022 from 1:30-2:30pm in-person at the library.
Our new book club will meet the last Wednesday of each month. We will be reading “The Library Book” by Susan Orlean and will have extra copies beginning this week. You can also get the audiobook through your membership on the cloudLibrary app.
Please contact us and let us know if you will be attending; 207-646-9024 or info@ogunquitlibrary.com.
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Artistic Bookbinding
Saturdays from 9:30-11:30am here at the library
This is an established group that meets weekly at the library and welcomes interested newbies to come learn about the art of bookbinding.
This event is recommended for age 12 and older. Call the library for more details, 207-646-9024.
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New Nature Adventure Backpacks
Thanks to a grant from the Maine Public Library Fund we have 6 new backpacks with the following themes: Birding, Nature Hikes and Tide pooling/Rocks of the Marginal Way. Each theme has 2 backpacks; one backpack containing contents for adults and one backpack with more child-friendly contents.
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