Bremen Library Newsletter

September 2024

Dear Bremen Library Patrons,

As many of you may know by now, library director Kristen Budlong has resigned and is pursuing other opportunities. I have stepped in as the very part-time interim director to try to keep things rolling at the library. We have begun a search for a new library director.

Kristen was a wonderful director and an asset to the library. I’m sure many of you are sad to see her go.

Cordelia Goth and I will be on the desk three days a week with volunteers on Saturdays. See the current library hours below. Programs and art shows will continue - one program is coming up next week.

Best,

Ellen Dickens, Interim Director

(207) 529-5572

bremenmainelibrary@gmail.com

*LIBRARY HOURS*

Wednesday 10-5

Thursday 10-5

Friday 10-3

Saturday 9-12

Library Director Position

Bremen Library is searching for a new Library Director. Part-time, approximately 24 hours per week over 3 days. Previous library experience is desirable. Excellent customer service essential. For more information email us at bremenmainelibrary@gmail.com or call 529-5572

New Fiction Titles for September

Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson

The Life Impossible, by Matt Haig

Burn, by Peter Heller

Fire and Bones, by Kathy Reichs

West With Giraffes, by Lynda Rutledge

All the Colors of the Dark, by Chris Whitaker

Passions in Death, by J.D.Robb

Here One Moment, by Liane Moriarty

New Non Fiction Titles for August

What Went Wrong With Capitalism, by Ruchir Sharma

Note:some of these books are still on order

New Children’s Titles for September

Make the World More Beautiful: The Life and Art of Barbara Cooney, by Angela Kunkel

The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish, byChloe Savage

Buffalo Fluffalo, by Bess Kalb

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*Don’t forget we have an extensive magazine collection

to suit all kinds of interests*

Bremen Library offers passes to the following Maine attractions:

-Maine Maritime Museum

-Maine State Park Vehicle Pass

-Portland Museum of Art

-Boothbay Railway Village

-Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine

-Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

-Farnsworth Art Museum

SEPTEMBER PROGRAMS

Knit ‘n Stitch Circle Tuesdays, 1-2:30pm A great opportunity to meet folks with similar interests while working on your own particular projects, Knit ‘n Stitch Circle incorporates crafts like knitting, crocheting, needlepoint, stitchery, and quilting.

Author talk : Terror on the Maine Frontier Thursday, September 26, 4-6pm

Join author Gerard Gawalt for a discussion about his new book Terror on the Maine Frontier: The Ordeal and Triumph of John Gyles

Pemaquid’s John Gyles is the central character in this true, historical thriller. John was a son of English settlers when he was captured in 1689 during a French and Abenaki attack on Fort Charles and the English settlement at Pemaquid. This book is an exciting, detailed account of the often horrifying life for Native Americans and European settlers on Maine’s frontier in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as Indians and Europeans battled for control of the Eastern District of Massachusetts.

Young John was captured by a Maliseet warrior while working with his family on their farmland just west of the falls of the Pemaquid River. Some of the land that the Gawalts own near Pemaquid Falls in Bristol was part of the Gyles farm in 1689.

*Refreshments will be served*

Art Show In the meeting room through September Photographs by Jannetta Jennings.

We have a wonderful Birding Backpack - perfect for kids-with-a-grown-up, or for a grown-up who’s a kid at heart (or just beginning birding): Check it out!

Other Information and Links of Interest

The Digital Maine Library is an amazing and FREE resource available through the Maine State Library to all Maine Residents. You can find information on all kinds of topics among the more-than-70 available databases! No sign-in is required - the app geo-authenticates so you have instant access. Click HERE to check it out!

The National Digital Equity Center is offering a Digital Skills Success Plan to all Lincoln County residents, free of charge. Completion of this program can culminate in obtaining an affordable device to connect to the internet. Contact NDEC Digital Navigator Taylor Oddleifson at (207) 315-9035 or complete the “Need Help” form HERE.