Welcome to Carver Memorial Library
Serving the town of Searsport, Maine since 1910.
Update 9/29/2020:
We our building is now open to visitors, with some limitations. We will continue offering curbside service.
Interlibrary loan is now available. Items will be held in quarantine for 72 hours before being given to borrowers (usually on Fridays).
All the details about in-library services are on the COVID-19 page and Pickup page.
Please help keep our community safe. Wear a mask, wash your hands, and practice physical distancing. Thank you for your patience and cooperation.
We our building is now open to visitors, with some limitations. We will continue offering curbside service.
Interlibrary loan is now available. Items will be held in quarantine for 72 hours before being given to borrowers (usually on Fridays).
All the details about in-library services are on the COVID-19 page and Pickup page.
Please help keep our community safe. Wear a mask, wash your hands, and practice physical distancing. Thank you for your patience and cooperation.
Upcoming Events and Activities
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Reading Plays Together: HarloweWednesday, October 14, 5:30pm. Union Hall, upstairs at the Town Office. There is an elevator available. Masks and physical distancing required.
Cold Comfort Theater’s Maggie Goscinski will lead the group in reading 'Harlowe’ by Jennifer Lane. All are welcome to join together and listen or read aloud new plays--no performance or theater experience required. Come and revel in some new stories with us! Free and open to the public. 'Harlowe’ by Jennifer Lane: After suffering a potent physical trauma, Harlowe loses her sense of touch. When her sister brings her home to convalesce, she retreats to the bathroom and spends hour after hour languishing in the tub. Harlow is a story of sisters and bodies; it is a story of how we heal.' |
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Union Hall Book Club
Second Tuesday of the month, 1pm.
Location: Union Hall, upstairs at the Searsport Town Office, 1 Union Street. (There's an elevator.) Masks and physical distancing required. We're getting book club started again at Union Hall. Please join us and don't forget to wear your face mask. October: Abbott's Reach by Ardeana Hamlin November: Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig December: Seven Steeples by Margaret Heinrichsen |
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Closures and Holidays
Closed for Indigenous Peoples' Day, Mon Oct 12
Closed for furnace installation, 10/26-10/30. We will miss you, but we are happy to have a new, efficient furnace! If the installation finishes early, we will reopen when we can. The new furnace is part of the Belvedere historic preservation and energy efficiency grant that we received this year, and will replace the current furnace which was installed in the 1980s. The new furnace will be more energy efficient and reliable, and the oil tank will be replaced at the same time. Curbside service only for Voting Day, Tuesday, 11/3 Curbside servCurbside service only for Voting Day, Tuesday, 11/3 Curbside service will be available during our regular hours (10-1, 2-6). The building will be closed to the public because our plexiglas barriers are shared with the polling place and will be used there that day. Polling is at the Lions Club building, Prospect Street, 8am to 8pm. Go vote! |
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DIY Kits and DIY Together
New DIY Kit series
Thursday, September 24. New teen/adult DIY Kits become available on the last Thursday of the month. These are kits for fun projects you can do at home, and they include instructions and supplies. This month: pressed leaf and flower suncatchers/bookmarks next month: arm warmers DIY Together Thursday, Oct 1, 3:30pm. Join the Crafternoon Zoom on the first Thursday of the month to do the DIY Kit project together, ask for help, or share your finished creation. All levels welcome! Join Zoom Meeting (link should work for recurring Crafternoons.) https://networkmaine.zoom.us/j/221116293 Meeting ID: 221 116 293 One tap mobile: +16468769923,,221116293# |
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Reading Challenges
Carver Memorial Library encourages everyone, kids, adults, teens, and families, to take on our Reading Challenges! We encourage you to read widely and explore the library and the world around you. This summer the theme is “Imagine Your Story,” celebrating folk and fairy tales, imagination, and storytelling. It's also Maine's Bicentennial and Searsport's 175th anniversary! The challenges this year are Fairytales, Maine History, Searsport, and STEAM.
To complete each challenge, log reading and activities to earn an embroidered patch/badge. Independent readers read 5 books (appropriate to your reading level) and do 5 activities related to the theme. Family readers/children being read to/pre-readers read 10 books and do 5 activities. All the details and log sheets on our Reading Challenge page. |
