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Dear Friends, Some great news! Our newest edition of our EPOCH Magazine just dropped and it looks so-so good! For those of you unfamiliar, EPOCH is our now annual magazine of teen literary, photographic, and artistic content. The EPOCH project is…

Dear Friends, Kristi Favaloro, children’s librarian, here today! I have the privilege of writing to you all because I will actually be away for a bit. My husband, Mike, has been working out of state…

Hello Friends, I have some unfortunate and frustrating news to share with you. As of June 4, 2024, all libraries within the state of Maine will be experiencing a temporary statewide interruption to our interlibrary…

Hello friends, I don’t talk enough about our genealogy and local history volunteers or our impressive collection of resources on the second floor, but this past week reminded me of just how vibrant that resource…

Dear Friends, A quick note about Hoopla this week. We are always excited to knock down barriers to reading and encourage readers of all stripes by offering as wide an array of formats as possible. Hoopla…

Dear Friends, Our queen bee has made her official Spring debut! We hadn’t seen her all year and I confess I was worried that the Skidompha hive was now queenless and that we would need to…

Dear Friends, May I spend a moment with you to talk up our wonderful volunteers? Skidompha would truly be a shadow of itself without these passionate, and hard working people. They do so much but…

Hello Friends, I wanted to hand over this week’s note to our new Adult Librarian, Hannah Doktor, so she might introduce herself. Hannah’s spirit is shining and infectious, and I’m so excited for her join…

Dear Friends, Your indulgence for a brief aside from our usual Skidompha messaging, but whoa! That was a storm-and-a-half! I hope you are all alright out there and that your power is back on, or…

Dear Friends, Some days I have to stop and embrace with pride the great diversity of programming Skidompha staff create. Those people who consider libraries boring, quiet buildings with dusty books and crabby staff can’t…