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July 2025 Staff Picks

July 2025 Staff Picks

Summertime Stories: Our Staff's Top Picks for JulyJo: The Guest List by Lucy Foley I recently read The Guest List by Lucy Foley and was captivated from the start.  A murder mystery with an interesting cast of characters and a unique setting, it was spooky and surprising.  Terri: The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong I finished it weeks ago and still find myself thinking about and wondering what these characters are up to every day!  Barb: Dragon Kingdom of Wrenly by Jordan Quinn I...

York Public Library Receives ALA Grant for “Digital Learning Lab” to Benefit Students with Disabilities

York Public Library Receives ALA Grant for “Digital Learning Lab” to Benefit Students with Disabilities

York Public Library (YPL) has been selected as one of 300 libraries nationwide to receive a grant from the American Library Association (ALA) as part of “Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities.” The initiative provides community engagement and accessibility resources to small and rural libraries to help them better serve people with disabilities. The $10,000 grant will help establish a Digital Learning Lab at YPL—the first of its kind in Maine. The Lab will...

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April 2025 Staff Picks

Spring Into Something New! As the flowers begin to bloom and the days grow longer, our team is ready to share what’s been keeping us inspired this monthMichelle: The Heart of Winter by Jonathan Evison In this bighearted and profound portrait of a marriage, Jonathan Evison explores seventy years of...

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March 2025 Staff Picks

March Book Madness: Our Slam Dunk Staff PicksMichelle: The Heart of Winter by Jonathan Evison In this bighearted and profound portrait of a marriage, Jonathan Evison explores seventy years of big moments in subtle ways, elegantly braiding the Winters’ turbulent history with their present-day...

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Take our 2025 Community Survey!

The York Public Library Association is embarking on a strategic planning process to shape our next chapter, and we need your input!  In order to continue York Public Library's tradition of dynamic, community-focused services, we invite you to take a few moments to fill out our community survey....

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February 2025 Staff Picks

Fall in love with reading this February with our staff picks!Michelle: The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck I'm not usually a big reader of short stories but I simply loved this collection. From the publisher: "A collection of interconnected stories, set mostly in New England, exploring how the...

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January 2025 Staff Picks

Kick off your reading goals with some inspiration!  See what books our staff loved in January.Michelle: Wordhunter by Stella Sands WORDHUNTER by Stella Sands: "an utterly original and compulsively readable detective story about a woman who uses her uncanny ability to analyze words and speech...

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