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Hello, everyone! This week it’s my turn to act as Matthew’s substitute while he enjoys vacation. Coinciding with the start of Matthew’s travels, a week or two ago we received a copy of an old…

The other day, a visitor asked me a question that I did not entirely know how to answer: why does Skidompha have so many mysteries in our collection? At the time, the only response I…

Hello Friends, I’ll be away from Skidompha for a few weeks in May. The library will be in the best of hands while I am gone as Terry, Chloe, Meghan, Hannah, Gab, Becky, and Samantha…

Hello Friends, Some bee news! We were privileged to have Jen Lund, Maine’s State Apiarist here last Saturday to speak about the state of bees in Maine and do an inspection of our hive. Around…

Dear Friends, A bit of bee news… This Saturday, April 18th at 10:30am, we will be hosting the Annual Beekeeping Update with Jen Lund, the Maine State Apiarist. Lund is an exceptionally engaging speaker, and…

Hello Friends,  Happening at Skidompha this Saturday, April 11, from 12:00 PM-2:00 PM, the Maine Publishers and Writers Alliance will host their World of Wonders programs. This free workshop is a collaboration between the Camden Festival of Poetry, the MWPA, and the Skidompha Public Library…

Dear Friends, I had been chatting with the brilliant Skidompha staff today about what they are reading and watching these days, and of course the list was varied eclectic. A brief sample: Terry Hapach has been…

Dear Friends,  Did you know that tomorrow, March 13th, is the one-hundred-and-twenty-first anniversary of Skidompha’s incorporation? I sit here both astonished at that fact and shining proudly that I have the privilege of being a part of that history. It’s well understood…

Hello Friends, For our bee watchers, you may have noticed that our hive has gone quiet. I can’t be entirely certain what has happened until we are able to look inside, but it is the…

Dear Friends, I can’t complain that we were spared the worst of the storm earlier this week. I spoke with friends on Long Island who told me about 85-90mph winds coming onshore of Montauk, and…