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Hancock County Food Drive Read-a-Thon

March 18, 2022

Read to feed your neighbors! Through the month of April, K-8 readers have the opportunity to give back to their community and win prizes by fundraising for every page they read. Click the link below . . . read more »

Women’s History Month March 2022 Exhibit & Programs

March 2, 2022

Stop by the library during regular hours to view this important show: Mon-Fri 10am – 5pm, Sat 10am – 1pm. The library celebrates March 2022 with pieces created by women of all ages with a . . . read more »

“Russia, Europe & the Holocaust” Camden Conference Program

February 7, 2022

On Monday, February 7 at 5:30p.m., the Southwest Harbor Public Library will host the Camden Conference 2022 program “Russia, Europe and the Holocaust – History, Human Rights and National Identity” with Page Herrlinger, Associate Professor . . . read more »

Tax Help at Libraries

January 18, 2022

The Northeast Harbor and Southwest Harbor Public Libraries are offering tax help through the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program. This service is free to taxpayers with low and moderate income and is offered in cooperation with . . . read more »

Scallop Raffle Winner

January 4, 2022

Congratulations to Janet Stotland, winner of 1 gallon fresh-caught scallops donated by Holly Masterson. Thank you to all who donated and to Holly! The raffle made over $800 for the library.  

Ecological Memory Book Talk with Caroline Ailanthus

December 15, 2021

On Tuesday, December 21 at 5:30, the Southwest Harbor Public Library will host an online talk with local author Caroline Ailanthus who will discuss her novel “Ecological Memory”, published in the summer of 2019, about . . . read more »

Take & Make Ornament Craft Kit & Christmas Tree Display

December 7, 2021

Take & Make Ornament Craft Kit & Christmas Tree Display Kits available beginning December 8, 2021 Register today for a Southwest Harbor Public Library Take & Make Ornament Kit. Kits will include craft items needed . . . read more »

The Field House with Author Robin Clifford Wood

December 6, 2021

Join us on Tuesday, December 7th at 5:30 for an online Book Talk with Robin Clifford Wood. The Field House:  A Writer’s Life Lost and Found on an Island in Maine is a biography memoir hybrid . . . read more »

November Plein Air & Porcelain Exhibit & Sale

November 4, 2021

Visit and view our November Exhibit of Plein Air Painters of Acadia’s work, featuring recent oils, acrylics and watercolors, and Christine Dentremont’s porcelain sea urchins and other sea life. Paintings and porcelain are for sale . . . read more »

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

October 1, 2021

Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) was launched nationwide in October 1987 as a way to connect and unite individuals and organizations working on domestic violence issues while raising awareness for those issues. Over the past . . . read more »