Local kids raise $1k for Jesup Memorial Library BAR HARBOR – A lot of lemons and even more teamwork from some local kids has brought the Jesup Memorial Library one step closer in its $2 million campaign for its expansion. To celebrate the library hosted the kids and their families to ice cream sundaes and games Thursday afternoon, September 1 at the library. Twenty-one kids … Continue reading When Kids Make Lemonade, They Make A Difference
The dark-haired man in blue and the hurrying woman Any good town is probably going to have a few good ghost stories, and Bar Harbor is no exception. Most of our better known ghost stories, however, deal with public buildings, restaurants and hotels rather than private residences—or former private residences. Compass Harbor is apparently one of those ghostly places. How ghostly? So ghostly that Ghosts … Continue reading The Possible Haunting of Compass Harbor
Bendable Maine launches locally at the free event BAR HARBOR—Imagine: miniature donkeys, bubbles galore, door prizes. Bendable Maine, free refreshments, books, and cool librarians. Seems a little impossible, right? Like a storybook? Or a fairytale? But no, on Thursday, August 25, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., everyone is invited to the Jesup Memorial Library for a party cosponsored by Island Readers & Writers and … Continue reading Family Fun Days at the Jesup Featuring Miniature Donkeys Sure to be an A-Mule-Sing Good Time
Lemonade Stands and Bubbles for Books Help Push Toward The End Goal Carrie Jones A man came into the rotunda of the Jesup Memorial Library on Mount Desert Street recently, a business man who works in a trade, and when he stepped through the door, he began to tear up, said Youth Services Director Abby Morrow. The library brought back so many memories, he’d spent … Continue reading Jesup Memorial Library Edges Closer to $12.5 Million Goal, But Still Needs Help To Make The Best Building Possible
