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August 2025 |
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Summer is always an exciting season at Dyer Library/Saco Museum, and this August is particularly eventful with our transition to Minerva! Being part of a statewide consortium is a huge benefit to all DLSM patrons. We're here to help you navigate our new system so ask all the questions you'd like, and please be patient as we find out the answers! It's brand new to us too!
August also brings our Annual Used Book Sale, a much-loved community event. Don't forget to get your tickets to our special Preview Night Event for first crack at the hidden treasures buried within the thousands of books for your perusal. |
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We are thrilled to announce that Dyer Library/Saco Museum has officially joined the MINERVA consortium, a shared library system that brings together over 60 libraries of all types from across the state! |
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What does that mean for our patrons? Access to more physical and digital resources, shorter wait times for popular books, a better online user interface, and more freedom to borrow items from all around Maine! It also means that all patrons need an updated library card, available at the Circulation Desk and Youth Services Desk, and will need to BRING THEIR CARD when borrowing items from the library! We know this might take some getting used to, and our new cards come with a handy keychain fob to make it easier.
We would also vastly appreciate your patience as we all learn to navigate this new system together. We're so excited about the benefits this change brings!
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Tickets are now available for our popular Book Sale Preview Night event, taking place on the evening of August 15th from 6:00-8:00 PM! Your ticket to this event includes light refreshments, a glass of wine, beer, or NA beverage, a DLSM tote bag or DLSM reading light, and exclusive first access to the Annual Book Sale. Tickets are available online and at the Circulation Desk. Grab your friends for a festive bookish evening!
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Make space on your bookshelves! The 2025 Annual Book sale will take place from August 16th – 30th, during regular library hours. Always a popular community event, the Annual Book Sale features a wide array of used hardcover and paperback fiction and non-fiction, children's books, videogames, audiobooks, and DVDs. From the perfect beach read to a beloved picture book, you never know what treasures you might find!
We rely on a number of wonderful volunteers to make the Annual Book Sale happen. If you are interested in helping to sort and organize donations in the two weeks before the sale, or to volunteer as a cashier during the sale, please contact Brooke Palmer at bpalmer@dyersaco.org.
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To mark the end of an awesome 2025 Summer Reading Program, we'll be hosting a celebration in the second half of August where we will draw raffle winners for the new bicycles generously provided by the Masons. Please keep an eye out for details in the next few weeks!
Our Youth Summer Reading Challenge runs through August 15th, so don't forget to turn in those reading logs for raffle tickets! |
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There's still time to participate in our Adult Summer Reading Challenge! Stop by the Circulation Desk to pick up your game sheet and complete the fun challenges to earn raffle tickets. We'll accept tickets up until Saturday, August 30th, when we'll draw winners for gift certificates to Sweets & Co., Whimsical ME, and Saco Scoop!
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August is the last month of our current exhibit "Behind Closed Doors: The Secrets of Museum Work", which takes a fascinating look at some behind-the-scenes museum work! Featuring some of the museum’s oldest collections, dating from the late 19th century, as well as recent acquisitions, the exhibit will also include museum staff working on cataloguing and other projects in our large gallery during weekday hours. Visitors can ask questions and observe museum work in action!
Our last Gallery Talk will take place at noon on Wednesday, August 6th in the Main Gallery of the Saco Museum. This talk will feature our Roy P. Fairfield Memorial intern, Alisha, who will discuss the research she has conducted over the summer. |
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Summer Reading Level Up Movie Afternoon
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It's time to Level Up with another Summer Reading Movie Event! Join us on Wednesday, August 6th from 2:00-4:00PM in the Deering Room for an interactive showing of The Super Mario Bros. Movie. We’ll hand out the supplies you need, then participants will cheer, react, and sing along wtih Mario, Peach, Bowser, and more! |
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Teens & Tweens Summer Book Club
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We're wrapping up our Teens & Tweens Book Club with a final discussion of A Game of Noctis by Maine author Deva Fagan on Thursday, August 7th from 4:00-5:00 PM.
Please email Miss Brooke at bpalmer@dyersaco.org for more info.
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Jurassic Jr. |
Monday, August 4th, 2:00 - 2:45 PM | Deering Room |
Join High Touch High Tech of Maine for this frun STEM program. Examine REAL fossils, dig for them and make your own! Geared to ages 6-11. |
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Shark Adventures |
Monday, August 4th, 3:00 - 3:30 PM | Deering Room |
Join High Touch High Tech of Maine and get a closeup on shark jaws - explore why these amazing fish are the apex predator! geared to ages 3-5. |
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Crafter's Table Crafternoons |
Tuesday, August 5th, 2:30 - 3:30 PM | Deering Room |
Level Up your summer by joining us for a fun craft! |
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Little Pixels Storytime |
Thursday, August 7th, 10:30 - 11:30 AM | Deering Room |
Join us for an all-ages storytime! |
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Read to Cooper |
Monday, August 18th, 3:00-4:30PM | Reading Room |
Sign up in the Youth Services Room for a 15-minute slot to read to Cooper, a trained service dog! |
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Dancing in the Library |
Monday, August 25th, 3:00-3:30PM | Youth Services Room |
Join Miss Jenn from Collective Motion Arts Center as she leads a fun dance party! |
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Visit our full Events Calendar for more Programs
Please note that our usual weekly children’s programming is currently on pause for the summer. Regular programming will resume in September. |
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August Releases for Hazy Days |
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Destroy This House |
Amanda Uhle | A tender, heartbreaking, and hilarious memoir chronicling the challenges of growing up with a desperately scheming father, a mother plagued by an acute hoarding disorder, and parenting parents while seeking independence.
Releasing August 26. |
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Last Seen |
J.T. Ellison | A twisted psychological thriller about the bonds of family and the disconnect between memory and the truth.
Releasing August 1. |
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Everything is Probably Fine |
Julia London | A story about forgiveness and second chances. After forty-two years, Lorna Lott is ready to learn where she's going with her life - even if it means revisiting all the places she wishes she hadn't been. It'll be fine. Probably. Maybe.
Releasing August 12. |
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Forget Me Not |
Stacy Willingham |
Twenty-two years ago, Claire Campbell’s older sister, Natalie, disappeared shortly after her eighteenth birthday. Days later, her blood was found in a car, a man was arrested, and the case was swiftly closed. In the decades since, Claire has attempted to forget her traumatic past by moving to the city and climbing the ranks as an investigative journalist... until an unexpected call from her father forces her to come back home and face it all anew.
Releasing August 26. |
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Coming Next Month: Return to Programming |
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We're happy to welcome back our regular weekly programming next month. Beginning September 15th, we'll be offering our popular youth storytimes, Wee Readers and Romp & Rhyme, on a weekly basis. September will also see the return of our Afternoon Book Club - please keep your eye out for details!
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Closing Announcements |
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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 - 8 pm
Fri: noon - 4 pm
Sat: 10 am - 4 pm
Sun: Closed
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