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Baby & Me
May 1, 2025 • 10:00 am - 10:20 am • May 1, 2025
Baby & Me
Baby & Me gives your child the opportunity to hear lots of language while you spend time bonding together! Program lasts about 15-20 minutes, and is designed for babies ages birth up to 23 months.
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Tech Help
May 1, 2025 • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm • May 1, 2025
Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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Music & Rhyme Time
May 1, 2025 • 10:30 am - 11:00 am • May 1, 2025
Music & Rhyme Time
At each Music & Rhyme Time we sing songs, dance and play instruments to a guitar accompaniment, participate in action rhymes, and read one short story. Each lively and fun session lasts about 20-40 minutes and is designed for two-year-olds and their grownup!
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Friends of the Topsham Public Library Meeting
May 1, 2025 • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm • May 1, 2025
Friends of the Topsham Public Library Meeting
Started in 1998, The Friends of the Topsham Public Library is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to supporting the Topsham Public Library. The Friends value the Topsham Public Library as a cultural, educational and recreational center and contribute time, effort, and resources to further develop the library’s potential as a dynamic force in our community. The Friends augment the library budget through fundraising to finance virtually all library programs and events. Annual membership, donations, and patronage of the annual book sale strengthens the Topsham Public Library and ensures the continued growth of Library services. All meetings are open to the public. New members are always welcome.
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Coffee Klatsch with Katherine
May 2, 2025 • 9:30 am - 10:30 am • May 2, 2025
Coffee Klatsch with Katherine
Join our director for a cup of joe on the first Friday of every month in our Crooker Gallery space. There is no set topic or subject, just general conversation over a warm beverage. Connect with fellow community members and socialize in a relaxed atmosphere.
Free coffee and tea provided!
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Teen Saturday Morning
May 3, 2025 • 9:30 am - 11:00 am • May 3, 2025
Teen Saturday Morning
Join VolunTeens and Teen Advisory Board Members to assist with Teen Room projects.
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Tech Help
May 5, 2025 • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm • May 5, 2025
Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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TPL Top Teen Advisory Board
May 5, 2025 • 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm • May 5, 2025
TPL Top Teen Advisory Board
Help Lindsey, the Teen Services Librarian, with collection development, Displays, Clubs, Programming, Make & Takes, and more. Snacks will be provided. First Monday of the month. Also, drop in times are an option if you can’t make the date. Arrange a time that works for you with Lindsey
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NEW! The Topsham Library Film Society
May 5, 2025 • 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm • May 5, 2025
NEW! The Topsham Library Film Society
Join Dale, Emily, and Lynne, to share and enjoy all things film! In this inaugural session, we will be collectively deciding on a film to watch before the next meeting, so come make your opinions known. Then we will get together to discuss our thoughts on the movie at the following meeting! We will meet the first Monday of each month throughout the year, in the Highlands Community Room.
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Topsham Library Film Society Meeting
May 5, 2025 • 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm • May 5, 2025
Topsham Library Film Society Meeting
Join Dale, Emily, andLynne the first Monday of the month to share and enjoy all things film! On June2nd, we will be discussing the films Grapes of Wrath (1940) andCitizen Kane (1941). All ages are welcome to join us in the Highlands CommunityRoom in analyzing and sharing our thoughts on these two blockbusters from the‘40s!
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Teen Manga Chat
May 5, 2025 • 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm • May 5, 2025
Teen Manga Chat
Bring your current manga read to share with the group and create a manga inspired craft. What we're making will be announced. This group will meet on the first Monday of the month , grades 6-12 (middle/high schoolers). All snacks and crafting supplies will be provided.
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Tech Help
May 6, 2025 • 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm • May 6, 2025
Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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Preschool Storytime
May 7, 2025 • 10:30 am - 11:15 am • May 7, 2025
Preschool Storytime
At preschool storytime, we sing songs and do action rhymes, read up to four stories, and play percussion instruments. Storytime is 30 - 45 minutes long and is designed for ages 3 and up.
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The Topsham Sharing Table
May 7, 2025 • 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm • May 7, 2025
The Topsham Sharing Table
FREE PRODUCE from local farms for anyone who needs it. Help yourself to what you need and leave the rest for others. Organized by the Merrymeeting Gleaners, a project of the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program. First come, first served, while supplies last.
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Baby & Me
May 8, 2025 • 10:00 am - 10:20 am • May 8, 2025
Baby & Me
Baby & Me gives your child the opportunity to hear lots of language while you spend time bonding together! Program lasts about 15-20 minutes, and is designed for babies ages birth up to 23 months.
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Tech Help
May 8, 2025 • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm • May 8, 2025
Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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Music & Rhyme Time
May 8, 2025 • 10:30 am - 11:00 am • May 8, 2025
Music & Rhyme Time
At each Music & Rhyme Time we sing songs, dance and play instruments to a guitar accompaniment, participate in action rhymes, and read one short story. Each lively and fun session lasts about 20-40 minutes and is designed for two-year-olds and their grownup!
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Tween Reads
May 8, 2025 • 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm • May 8, 2025
Tween Reads
Do you like to read books? Do you like to eat pizza? Join Tween Reads! Tween Reads is a book discussion group for grades 6-8. We supply the books and the pizza, you bring your opinions! Tween Reads is held on the second Thursday of the month at 5 pm from October through May. Must be registered to attend.
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Unveiling Topsham’s Updated Climate Action Plan: What’s New, What’s Next
May 8, 2025 • 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm • May 8, 2025
Unveiling Topsham’s Updated Climate Action Plan: What’s New, What’s Next
Join Topsham's Energy Committee to dive into Topsham’s newly updated Climate Action Plan. This plan is more than just a document—it's a community-driven blueprint for addressing climate change impacts in a way that aligns with Topsham’s values and priorities. For the plan to guide future town initiatives, it must be approved at the Annual Town Meeting on Wednesday, May 28 at 7PM at Mt. Ararat High School. Learn more, get engaged, and make your vote count—let’s build a stronger, more resilient Topsham together!
Light snacks and refreshments will be served. To learn more about the plan please visit: https://www.topshammaine.com/energy
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Popcorn Palooza Showtime: Harry Potter - Sorcerer's Stone
May 9, 2025 • 3:15 pm - 5:45 pm • May 9, 2025
Popcorn Palooza Showtime: Harry Potter - Sorcerer's Stone
Flicks, friends and free popcorn. Each month, teens select films to be shown on TPL’s big screen. Today's film is Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone . Rated PG. presented by the TPL Teen Advisory Board
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The Friends Shed Book Drop is Open for Donations!
May 10, 2025 • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm • May 10, 2025
The Friends Shed Book Drop is Open for Donations!
It's time!! The Friends are taking book donations for our annual book sale! Have 2 boxes or less? You can drop them through the doggy door on the shed to the right of the library (as you are facing it). More than 2 boxes or you're unable to drop them off? Email Turner Huston at t_isgone@yahoo.comto make arrangements for pick up.
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Great Books Discussion
May 10, 2025 • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm • May 10, 2025
Great Books Discussion
Great Books meets once a month on the second Saturday. We are ALWAYS looking for new members! For more information email emma@topshamlibrary.org.
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Tech Help
May 12, 2025 • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm • May 12, 2025
Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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Tech Help
May 13, 2025 • 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm • May 13, 2025
Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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CANCELLED: Young Critics
May 13, 2025 • 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm • May 13, 2025
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CANCELLED: Preschool Storytime
May 14, 2025 • 10:30 am - 11:15 am • May 14, 2025
CANCELLED: Preschool Storytime
At preschool storytime, we sing songs and do action rhymes, read up to four stories, and play percussion instruments. Storytime is 30 - 45 minutes long and is designed for ages 3 and up.
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Topsham Garden Club: Using Natives as a Buffer Zone for Water
May 14, 2025 • 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm • May 14, 2025
Topsham Garden Club: Using Natives as a Buffer Zone for Water
Program TBD. Bring a sandwich for the social time after the program. Dessert & beverages provided by the club.
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The Topsham Sharing Table
May 14, 2025 • 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm • May 14, 2025
The Topsham Sharing Table
FREE PRODUCE from local farms for anyone who needs it. Help yourself to what you need and leave the rest for others. Organized by the Merrymeeting Gleaners, a project of the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program. First come, first served, while supplies last.
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Topsham History Discussion Group
May 14, 2025 • 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm • May 14, 2025
Topsham History Discussion Group
Do you want to learn more about the history of your community and our part of Maine? All are welcome to join this discussion group and explore the background of Topsham. Participants are invited to bring questions, observations, and curiosity for group sharing with Dana Cary. Meetings are on the second Wednesday of every month.
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Baby & Me
May 15, 2025 • 10:00 am - 10:20 am • May 15, 2025
Baby & Me
Baby & Me gives your child the opportunity to hear lots of language while you spend time bonding together! Program lasts about 15-20 minutes, and is designed for babies ages birth up to 23 months.
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Tech Help
May 15, 2025 • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm • May 15, 2025
Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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Music & Rhyme Time
May 15, 2025 • 10:30 am - 11:00 am • May 15, 2025
Music & Rhyme Time
At each Music & Rhyme Time we sing songs, dance and play instruments to a guitar accompaniment, participate in action rhymes, and read one short story. Each lively and fun session lasts about 20-40 minutes and is designed for two-year-olds and their grownup!
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Maine Speaks: Elizabeth DeWolfe on Dangerous Temptations: Textile ‘Factory Girls’ in Fact and Fiction
May 15, 2025 • 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm • May 15, 2025
Maine Speaks: Elizabeth DeWolfe on Dangerous Temptations: Textile ‘Factory Girls’ in Fact and Fiction
This program is brought to you in partnership with the Maine Humanities Council. The 1849 “murder” of textile worker Berengera Caswell shattered the tranquility of life in Saco and Biddeford. In the wake of her death, authors published over a dozen tales set in Maine factory towns. These sensationalized, gothic stories were eagerly read cautionary tales that offered young women (and their nervous parents) guideposts to safety.
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Stitching Together
May 17, 2025 • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm • May 17, 2025
Stitching Together
Join this knitting and crocheting group that meets monthly. Come and work on your latest project, share patterns, check out the library's knitting and crocheting resources. All abilities welcome!
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Tech Help
May 19, 2025 • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm • May 19, 2025
Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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Tech Help
May 20, 2025 • 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm • May 20, 2025
Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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Young Critics
May 20, 2025 • 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm • May 20, 2025
Young Critics
Young Critics is an ongoing book discussion group for kids in grades 4 and 5. We meet every month from October to May at the library for great books, great conversation and a pizza dinner! Must be registered to attend!
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Preschool Storytime
May 21, 2025 • 10:30 am - 11:15 am • May 21, 2025
Preschool Storytime
At preschool storytime, we sing songs and do action rhymes, read up to four stories, and play percussion instruments. Storytime is 30 - 45 minutes long and is designed for ages 3 and up.
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The Topsham Sharing Table
May 21, 2025 • 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm • May 21, 2025
The Topsham Sharing Table
FREE PRODUCE from local farms for anyone who needs it. Help yourself to what you need and leave the rest for others. Organized by the Merrymeeting Gleaners, a project of the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program. First come, first served, while supplies last.
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Trustees Meeting
May 21, 2025 • 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm • May 21, 2025
Trustees Meeting
All Trustees meetings are open to the public.
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Baby & Me
May 22, 2025 • 10:00 am - 10:20 am • May 22, 2025
Baby & Me
Baby & Me gives your child the opportunity to hear lots of language while you spend time bonding together! Program lasts about 15-20 minutes, and is designed for babies ages birth up to 23 months.
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Tech Help
May 22, 2025 • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm • May 22, 2025
Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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Music & Rhyme Time
May 22, 2025 • 10:30 am - 11:00 am • May 22, 2025
Music & Rhyme Time
At each Music & Rhyme Time we sing songs, dance and play instruments to a guitar accompaniment, participate in action rhymes, and read one short story. Each lively and fun session lasts about 20-40 minutes and is designed for two-year-olds and their grownup!
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Art Reception: Topsham Elementary Schools
May 23, 2025 • 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm • May 23, 2025
Art Reception: Topsham Elementary Schools
We're celebrating the artists from Topsham Elementary Schools who are featured in our latest exhibit.
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Teen Saturday Morning
May 24, 2025 • 9:30 am - 11:00 am • May 24, 2025
Teen Saturday Morning
Join VolunTeens and Teen Advisory Board Members to assist with Teen Room projects.
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Unveiling Topsham’s Updated Climate Action Plan: What’s New, What’s Next
May 24, 2025 • 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm • May 24, 2025
Unveiling Topsham’s Updated Climate Action Plan: What’s New, What’s Next
Join Topsham's Energy Committee to dive into Topsham’s newly updated Climate Action Plan. This plan is more than just a document—it's a community-driven blueprint for addressing climate change impacts in a way that aligns with Topsham’s values and priorities. For the plan to guide future town initiatives, it must be approved at the Annual Town Meeting on Wednesday, May 28 at 7PM at Mt. Ararat High School. Learn more, get engaged, and make your vote count—let’s build a stronger, more resilient Topsham together!
Light snacks andrefreshments will be served. To learn more about the plan please visit: https://www.topshammaine.com/energy
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Closed Memorial Day
May 26, 2025 • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm • May 26, 2025
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Tech Help
May 27, 2025 • 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm • May 27, 2025
Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust: CREA Speaker Series
May 27, 2025 • 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm • May 27, 2025
Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust: CREA Speaker Series
Join us as we conclude the speaker series "Voices Fromand For the Land" with a presentation by Mihku Paul and James McCarthy.Both speakers will share stories about their relationship to the watershedswhere they live: for Mihku Paul, the Presumpscot River and Casco Bay; for JamesMcCarthy, it's Merrymeeting Bay and three of its rivers, the Androscoggin,Kennebec and Cathance.
The slideshow presentation will feature photographs from James McCarthy'songoing project of using ancestral Wabanaki place names to deepen hisunderstanding of places he chooses to photograph. Paul will offer herperspectives on those places based on her experiences as a Wolastoqey(Maliseet) artist, poet, and activist working to educate non-Native peopleabout the condition of Waponahki people in the Northeast.
Mihku Paul is a Maliseet poet, writer, artist, and activist, and a member ofKingsclear First Nation, N.B., Canada.
James McCarthy is a retired journalist whose career includes a 10-year stintas managing editor of The Times Record.
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This talk is part of the 2025 Spring Speaker Series:“Voices From and For the Land,” meant to engage and educate the community aboutthe natural world where we live! These talks encourage participants to betterunderstand our connection to the land and the place we call home. CathanceRiver Education Alliance, a program of Brunswick Topsham Land Trust, is excitedto host these talks in collaboration with the Topsham Public Library. To viewthe full line-up of events, please visit https://www.btlt.org/speaker_series_2025/
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Preschool Storytime
May 28, 2025 • 10:30 am - 11:15 am • May 28, 2025
Preschool Storytime
At preschool storytime, we sing songs and do action rhymes, read up to four stories, and play percussion instruments. Storytime is 30 - 45 minutes long and is designed for ages 3 and up.
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The Topsham Sharing Table
May 28, 2025 • 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm • May 28, 2025
The Topsham Sharing Table
FREE PRODUCE from local farms for anyone who needs it. Help yourself to what you need and leave the rest for others. Organized by the Merrymeeting Gleaners, a project of the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program. First come, first served, while supplies last.
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Teens Elder Wand or Dragon Egg Making
May 28, 2025 • 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm • May 28, 2025
Teens Elder Wand or Dragon Egg Making
Join teens for wizard month where you can make dragon eggs and elder wands. This two-hour session allows time for sculpting a life-sized wizard wand or dragon egg, and drying time for embellishments and spray paint. Grades 6-12
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CANCELLED: Baby & Me
May 29, 2025 • 10:00 am - 10:20 am • May 29, 2025
CANCELLED: Baby & Me
Baby & Me gives your child the opportunity to hear lots of language while you spend time bonding together! Program lasts about 15-20 minutes, and is designed for babies ages birth up to 23 months.
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Tech Help
May 29, 2025 • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm • May 29, 2025
Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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CANCELLED: Music & Rhyme Time
May 29, 2025 • 10:30 am - 11:00 am • May 29, 2025
CANCELLED: Music & Rhyme Time
At each Music & Rhyme Time we sing songs, dance and play instruments to a guitar accompaniment, participate in action rhymes, and read one short story. Each lively and fun session lasts about 20-40 minutes and is designed for two-year-olds and their grownup!
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Rare Reads Book Discussion
May 29, 2025 • 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm • May 29, 2025
Rare Reads Book Discussion
Rare Reads book group usually meets every third Thursday at 6pm. This month's book is Tinkers by Paul Harding. If you would like to join, please email emma@topshamlibrary.org.
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Fishing Rally at Solid Waste Facility
May 31, 2025 • 8:00 am - 11:00 am • May 31, 2025
Fishing Rally at Solid Waste Facility
All ages welcome! Please join us at “the Ponds” behind the Solid Waste Facility. We have poles and bait for those who need them. Please bring your own coffee and/or water. There will be prizes! Hosted by the library, the Topsham Recreation Department, and the Topsham Solid Waste Facility. No license needed. This a free fishing weekend in Maine. For more info call 725-1727.
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Popcorn Palooza Showtime: Captain America - Brave New World
May 31, 2025 • 1:15 pm - 3:15 pm • May 31, 2025
Popcorn Palooza Showtime: Captain America - Brave New World
Flicks, friends and free popcorn. Each month, teens select films to be shown on TPL’s big screen. Today's movie is Captain America: Brave New World (PG-13) Popcorn will be served. presentedby the TPL Teen Advisory Board
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