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Statement from the YPL Board of Trustees

Statement from the YPL Board of Trustees

Sep 25, 2025 |

Recently, some members of the community voiced their opposition to the use of colorful flags in the YPL Teen Room intended to show support for the LGBTQIA+ community and other groups. The opposition was the subject of two recent articles in the local publication, The York Weekly. York Public Library's Board has prepared this statement in response to the controversy.September 25, 2025 The York Public Library Board of Trustees affirms our full support for our Executive Director, Michelle...

YORKWISE Grant Brings New Life to Teen Room

YORKWISE Grant Brings New Life to Teen Room

Sep 12, 2025 |

The new academic year has begun, and York teens headed to the Library after school have an improved space to hang out, thanks to a room update funded by Yorkwise.  YORKWISE, the community-based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting drug and alcohol prevention and education for York’s youth and families, funded the room refresh with a $14,500 grant.  The teen space has been a labor of love for YPL youth librarians and many years in the making.  The 450 square-foot Teen Room, now located...

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January 2025 Staff Picks

Jan 9, 2025 | , ,

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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December 2024 Staff Picks

Dec 26, 2024 | , ,

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...

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November 2024 Staff Picks

Nov 4, 2024 | , ,

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...

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October 2024 Staff Picks

Oct 2, 2024 |

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...

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Election and Voting Resources

Sep 27, 2024 |

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.  ...

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