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2024.10.24 A Lovely Autumn
Hello, friends! Such a fabulous weekend! Sunny, dry, and warm for late October in Maine. It seemed almost criminally illegal to spend the day inside so I took the opportunity to catch up on some…
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2024.10.17 Our Fall Appeal
Hello, friends! Chloe here, filling in for Matthew this week! Now that we’ve caught our breath after a very busy summer and whirlwind Pumpkinfest weekend, it’s a great time to stress once again how grateful…
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2024.10.10 Pumpkinfest
Dear Friends, Just a quick note with some Pumpkinfest news. We will be open during our normal hours on Saturday, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, and we will have some fun activities available for those…
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2024.10.03 Fall Bee Update
Dear Friends, I think it’s an appropriate time for our quarterly bee update. Fall is here and the bees are busy as you would expect, and taking advantage of any nice weather that comes their…
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2024.09.26 Genealogy Resources
Dear Friends, Skidompha recognizes the importance of our local history and our innate curiosity regarding our heritage. In response, I am happy to report we have renewed our Ancestry.com license, and added the Fold3 database…
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2024.09.19 Teen Room Plans
Dear Friends, Libraries are in some ways a contradiction to themselves. Libraries will always be a place of egalitarian access to the facility, and anonymous and equitable access to information. But Libraries are also dynamic…
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2024.09.12 History of the Library and Book Shop
Dear Friends, Last week I talked a little about our librarians, and this week I want to talk a little about Skidompha and the Skidompha Book Shop. The genesis of the Skidompha Library can reliably…
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2024.09.05 Staff Interests
Dear Friends, I proudly and frequently speak of the Skidompha staff, about their professionalism, passion, and kindness, but our own Meghan H. suggested that, in our next letter, we share some less formal information about…
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2024.08.29 End of Summer
Dear Friends, I confess I took a moment before I started typing trying to come to terms with September only a couple of days away. How is this possible?! This morning I noticed a few…
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Labor Day Weekend Is Coming Up
Dear Friends, I know we all plan early for the Labor Day Weekend so I wanted to make you aware of some great programs we have coming up for our grand finale over Labor Day weekend! Our Skidompha…