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July 2025 Staff Picks
Jul 28, 2025 | Book Lists, News, 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
Jun 24, 2025 | News
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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February 2025 Staff Picks
Feb 5, 2025 | Book Lists, News, 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...
January 2025 Staff Picks
Jan 9, 2025 | Book Lists, News, 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...
December 2024 Staff Picks
Dec 26, 2024 | Book Lists, News, Staff Picks
Unwrap a Good Book: Our Staff's December Reading RecommendationsMichelle: How to Read a Book by Monica Woods A lovely gem of a book. Wood's novel focuses on three characters whose stories are told in alternating chapters. Harriet is a retired English teacher who leads a book club at a women's...
November 2024 Staff Picks
Nov 4, 2024 | Book Lists, News, Staff Picks
Enjoy one of our favorite recent reads with the beautiful fall weather. Michelle: The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley by Courtney Walsh Researcher Isadora Bentley is a loner. And desperately unhappy. She stumbles on an article entitled "Thirty-one Ways to be Happy" and decides to do a little...
October 2024 Staff Picks
Oct 2, 2024 | News
Enjoy one of our favorite recent reads with the beautiful fall weather. Michelle: None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell Alix is out celebrating her 45th birthday and bumps into Josie, a stranger whose birthday is the same day: "birthday twins." To Alix's surprise, they bump into each other a few...
Election and Voting Resources
Sep 27, 2024 | News
Election Day is Tuesday, November 5, 2024! We have compiled some local, state, and federal resources as you make your voting plan. Learn about voting in Maine, find your polling location, register to vote, request an absentee ballot, study the candidates and more with the links provided below. ...