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Warm days and cool nights means that we can enjoy the last days of summer while seeing autumn on the horizon! We're looking forward to seeing classrooms return to our Children's Room for storytime and book lending, as well as the return of our monthly book club and an exciting newsletter launch from the Saco Museum.
You might have also noticed that Dyer Library has a fresh new look as you step through the front doors! We’re jazzing up the entryway by clearing out those big book displays, kicking off a series of exciting changes. While there might be a bit of chaos in the next few months, rest assured that these updates are all about making the library even better for Saco’s future. We’re listening to feedback from everyone in the community, so please reach out if you have any questions or ideas about our future progress! |
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Engaging Youth Events | September means the return of our weekly Children's Room Programming. Drop in and see what all the fun is about! |
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Junior Engineers
| Tuesdays, 10:30-11:30 AM | Deering Room |
Storytime and STEM for ages 3-5 but all are welcome. Feel free to come when you can during the timeslot. Begins September 10.
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Our first Junior Engineers meeting this month includes a special appearance by Maine author Kalee Gwarjanski, author of Miss MacDonald Has a Farm! Join us for a reading, book signing, and STEM activities.
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| Tuesdays, 2:30-4:00 PM | Deering Room |
Each week a new challenge will be given to see if you can create it! For all ages! Begins September 10. |
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| Thursdays, 10:30-11:30 AM | Deering Room |
Songs, rhymes, and stories followed by free play! Begins September 12. |
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Pokemon Club
| Thusdays, 3:30-4:30 PM | Deering Room |
Come to trade or for a friendly battle with your favorite Pokemon. Begins September 12. |
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Wee Readers
| Fridays, 10:30-11:30 AM | Deering Room |
Baby story time with songs, lap bounces, rhymes, stories and much more! Begins September 13. |
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Author Visit: Jerry Farnham |
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Join us on Thursday, September 19th for a conversation with Maine author Jerry Farnham, who will be discussing his book Red at Night. A diverse love story wrapped in mystery and suspence, his novel features a lobsterman haunted by guilt who meets a Hollywood starlet running from the ominous media of tinsel town.
This event will take place in the Deering Room from 6:00-8:00 PM. | |
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Museum News |
 | The Saco Museum is launching a quarterly newsletter, highlighting some of the fascinating pieces in our collection, new discoveries, and upcoming events.
Keep your eye out for this exciting update in your inbox in mid-September!
As a Dyer Library newsletter subscriber, you will automatically be sent this new communication. We're hoping you love it, but if not you are always welcome to unsubscribe (which won't unsubscribe you from the library newsletter). |
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Join us for our monthly book club, resuming in September! Our first meeting will be held on on Thursday, September 5th at 4:00 p.m. Please come ready to share your favorite summer read with the group.
This year's book list will be handed out, as well as the first book that we will be reading, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. If you are interested in joining, but unable to attend, please email Kat at kgoodwillbrown@dyersaco.org.
The book club is open to Dyer Library cardholders and all other members of the public. |
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| Recycling Challenge |  |
We need your help! The Dyer Library/Saco Museum has launched the Trex Challenge, an effort to collect thousands of plastic bags that would otherwise go into landfills and waterways to be turned into sustainable outdoor materials. If we collect 1,000 pounds of plastic bags and plastic film in a one-year span, Trex will donate a high-performance composite bench to our organization. It’s a win for us, our environment and for Trex!
Here’s what Trex will accept: produce bags, bread bags, case overwrap (think toilet paper and paper towel rolls), dry cleaning bags, newspaper sleeves, ice bags, wood pellet bags, Ziplock & other resealable bags, bubble wrap, salt bags and cereal bags. All materials must be clean, dry and free of food residue.
Here’s how it works: Start collecting plastic right now and store them at home. (But reuse them if you can.) Once you have collected a few trash bags-worth, drop them off at the Library or Museum during regular business hours. 1,000 pounds is a LOT of plastic, so we encourage everyone to participate. Dyer Library staff will weigh and report the collected materials every month before delivering them to one of the participating drop-off retailer locations. Together we can do it!
So far, we've already collected over 135 pounds! We're well on our way! |
Health Care for Seniors |
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Join us on Monday, September 16th for a presentation by Karen Vachon from the Vachon Agency. She is a licensed health insurance agent in Southern Maine that helps seniors navigate all things Medicare. She will be here to educate seniors about the Inflation Reduction Act and how it will impact them.
This program will take place from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (noon) in the Deering Room. |
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| National Library Card Sign Up Month |
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September is National Library Card Sign Up Month and we want everyone to share in the advantage of library membership! A library card is your passport to a vast world of different people, places, and experiences. Use your library card to borrow books, DVDs, videogames, STEM equipment, eBooks, audiobooks, and much much more!
Your Dyer Library Card is extra valuable because it also grants you free admission to the Saco Museum.
Visit our website to learn more about getting your very own Dyer Library Card! |
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Highly Anticipated September Releases
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Somewhere Beyond the Sea |
TJ Klune | A magical house. A secret past. A summons that could change everything. The hugely anticipated sequel to The House in the Cerulean Sea.
Releasing September 10. |
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Playground |
Richard Powers |
Set in the world’s largest ocean, this awe-filled book explores that last wild place we have yet to colonize in a still-unfolding oceanic game, and interweaves beautiful writing, rich characterization, profound themes of technology and the environment, and a deep exploration of our shared humanity.
Releasing September 24. |
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Tell Me Everything |
Elizabeth Strout | A hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world. Releasing September 10. |
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Interlibrary Loan is back! |
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We are pleased to announce that inter-library loan activity will resume on Wednesday, September 4th. If you are interested in a book or piece of media that is not currently in our collection, please contact Chris Rounds at crounds@dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org or stop by the reference desk to fill out an ILL request. If the item is available, he will coordinate an interlibrary loan to borrow the item from another library.
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| Closing Announcements |
 | Dyer Library and Saco Museum will be closed on Tuesday, September 3rd
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Mon: 9:30 am - 5 pm
Tue: 9:30 am - 8 pm
Wed: 9:30 am - 5 pm
Thu: 9:30 am - 8 pm
Fri: 9:30 am - 5 pm
Sat: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Sun: Closed
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Mon: Closed
Tue: noon - 4 pm
Wed: noon - 4 pm
Thu: noon - 4 pm
Fri: noon - 8 pm (free after 4 pm)
Sat: 10 am - 4 pm
Sun: Closed
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