It’s a favorite time of year! Free concerts for the community sponsored by Friends of the Topsham Public Library on the first four Saturdays in March at 1pm! Does it get any better? This year’s lineup is as follows: Miscellania, Bowdoin College’s oldest women’s a cappella group, will start things off on Saturday, March 2…. Read more »
Posts Categorized: Topsham Tales
About the AARP Tax Help
It begins in January. The question is asked by young, old, in person and on the phone, “Are you taking appointments for tax help?” If you are not aware, every year beginning in February, AARP offers free tax help at a variety of places in the area. Topsham Public Library is one of these places…. Read more »
I Love a Good Cookbook
One of the pleasant surprises I have experienced since working in a library, is the plethora of cookbooks. I don’t know why I hadn’t thought of this resource before, but I hadn’t. Another little tidbit I’ll let you in on: the staff at Topsham Public Library talks a lot about food. From good places to eat… Read more »
Topsham Public Library is Good for Your Health. Seriously!
Have you made New Year’s resolutions to live a healthier lifestyle? Maybe resolutions to go on a diet, go to the gym more regularly, and/or stop smoking. Well, you can add “visit your local library” as a resolution because it is becoming more apparent that a library in a community is a health benefit for… Read more »
Staff Picks of 2018, Part 3
And to wrap up Topsham Public Library’s 2018 Staff Picks will be Linda, Susan, Mariah, Julie, and me. What are your favorites that you read last year? Have you already sunk your teeth into a good one this year? Linda’s 2018 Top Picks: Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny I can’t help it!… Read more »
Staff Picks of 2018, Part 2
The 2018 Staff Picks continue. This week Dave, Cyndi, Liz and Lynne share their favorites from 2018. Dave’s 2018 Top Picks: The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian is a thriller about a flight attendant that wakes up in the wrong hotel room with a dead man beside her in bed – and she has… Read more »
Staff Picks of 2018, Part 1
Another new year is here, but we’re not quite done with 2018, yet. Today, and continuing for the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing Topsham Public Library’s Staff Picks of 2018. To qualify for a staff pick the staff member must have read/listened to/watched the staff pick in 2018, but it does not have to… Read more »
Year End Thank You!
The following is a letter from Dave Mosley, Topsham Public Library Development Coordinator. With the end of 2018 rapidly approaching, it seems a good time to look back over the past year. In reflection, there have been some challenges, but I find many more events that are positive and I am energized and excited. A… Read more »
2018 Book Lists
I have primed the staff at Topsham Public Library to get their Staff Picks of 2018 list done. Dave has already submitted his to me with the caveat that he may add one or two titles before the midnight on December 31 deadline. But below I have added a few lesser known sources (wink, wink)… Read more »
Our Annual Appeal
The following is a letter from David Mosley, Development Coordinator for Topsham Public Library. Can you believe it? It’s that time of year again. Dreary, post-fall/pre-winter weather with seemingly “shorter” days with less daylight and a colder climate. However, I always find myself a little excited about the Thanksgiving holiday, when good food and time… Read more »
The Governance Committee of the Topsham Public Library Board of Trustees seeks interested community members to fill 3 open Board seats beginning June 19, 2019. Read more about it here. The deadline is April 30, 2019.
