Are you aware this is Fire Prevention Week? Well, it is! Topsham Fire and Rescue in conjunction with the American Red Cross of Maine is providing FREE smoke alarms installed on Saturday, October 22, 2016. Registration is required – read below for details and the link to the American Red Cross of Maine can be… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Topsham Tales
Thank You, Friends!!
It is hard to believe Friends of the Topsham Public Library Annual Book Sale has come and gone! Hundreds of hours are put into the book sale by many volunteers and all to support Friends of the Topsham Public Library. Perhaps you are new to our community and aren’t quite sure what Friends of Topsham Public… Read more »
Banned Books Week
I have always thought of Topsham Public Library as a place to go and relax and enjoy programming and find books and talk with others about books and ideas and enjoy garden spaces and check out books on gardening and get good movies and bad movies too, but as I was thinking about Banned Books… Read more »
What’s Happening This Weekend? Let Me Tell You!
It’s fast approaching, folks! Do you know what this weekend is? It’s the Friends of the Topsham Public Library Book Sale! If you are a member of Friends of the Topsham Public Library, there is a preview sale open to you on Friday, September 23 from 5pm-7pm. (If you are not a member and would… Read more »
Our Garden is Yielding Results!
Below is an update by Jim Demosthenes about the gardens at Topsham Public Library. The gardens are maintained by a talented group of volunteers. Our demonstration gardens behind the library are producing vegetables to help support food security needs in our community. Last October seed garlic was planted on the keyhole garden, a round mounded garden… Read more »
Joy of the Pen Opens Saturday
It has been fun and encouraging to see the number of submissions grow each year and the new categories that have been added since its launch, and we are excited to see how Joy of the Pen will continue to flourish this year as well. Saturday, September 3, 2016, Topsham Public Library begins accepting submissions to this… Read more »
Meet the New President of the Board of Trustees
Six times. He has tried six times, but this time Larry Fitch is determined to get through James Joyce’s Ulysses. Intrigued by all the layers and interwoven threads that Joyce melds into the story, Larry is resolute in his pursuit to finish this story by one of Ireland’s greatest writers. Books and libraries have always… Read more »
Get Your Bookmarks Done!
Didn’t school just let out for the summer? Didn’t we celebrate the Fourth of July just last weekend? Where has the summer gone? It feels like summer is just beginning and it’s hard to believe September is only two weeks away. As summer comes to an end, so does Topsham Public Library’s summer reading program. Are you still… Read more »
The Fair is Coming!
Topsham is home to a few gems, and the Topsham Fair is one of them. Entering its 162nd year, festivities begin Sunday and Monday with free harness-racing at 5pm, and then the full fair schedule unfolds on Tuesday with special events and entertainment all week long. Some of the highlights: Tuesday at 2pm, the Coastal… Read more »
Wednesdays Are Back Happy Hour!
Remember our burst pipes and how we had to cancel the happy hour scheduled to celebrate that Topsham Public Library is open again on Wednesday evenings? Well, we have rescheduled! Please join us, Wednesday, August 3, 2016 (next Wednesday) at 5pm for mocktails in the gallery. These are special mocktails made with Tang – the… Read more »