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eNews August 27, 2026

Hours: Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 9am-5pm; Wed 9am-8pm; Sat 9am-1pm



The Library will close Monday, Sept. 7th, in observance of Labor Day.

Author Talk

with

Ayelet Waldman

"A Perfect Hand"

Interviewed by

Michael Chabon


Tuesday, September 1

5:30-6:30pm


Limited in-person seating.

Ayelet Waldman A Perfect Hand

Online spaces available.

Learn more & R.S.V.P.

Upcoming Events

Andrew M Horton Active Retired Justice Maine Supreme Court

McCue Lecture

Andrew M. Horton, Active Retired Justice, Maine Supreme Court

"The Vital Role of Courts in Protecting The Rule of Law in America"



Thursday, Sept. 3 5:30-6:30pm

Limited in-person seating. Online spaces available

Learn more & R.S.V.P.

John Wilbur An Unusual Way to Fight A War

History Talk

John Wilbur on the SW Harbor Coastal Picket Patrol in WWII

"An Unusual Way to Fight a War: At Sea with the Offshore Patrol"


Tuesday, Sept. 8, 5:30-6:30, In-person & Online

Learn more & R.S.V.P.

Moe Claire A Blind Spider

Book Talk

Mystery Writer Moe Claire

"A Blind Spider"

4th book of the Pyke Island Mysteries


Tuesday, Sept. 15, 5:30-6:30

In-person & Online

Learn more & R.S.V.P.

Surficial Geology Map MDI

Science Lecture

Duane & Ruth Braun

Assembling the Mount Desert Island Geological Puzzle


Tuesday, Sept. 29, 5:30-6:30

In-person & Online

Learn more & R.S.V.P.

For Kids & Families

Thank you for a great summer of reading, music, drive-in movies, magic, and motion.

Jackson Gillman 2026

Ongoing Children's Events

Pokemon Play Trade Meet

Pokémon CLUB

2nd & 4th Wed. 3:30-4:30pm


For Kids 8+. Register. Up next: 9/9, 9/23, and 10/14

Family Storytime

Storytimes Weekly

10:00-10:30am Wednesdays & Fridays

For kids of all ages.

From the Digital Archives

Acadia National Park - Before Park Creation in 1916 - Duck Brook - 8079

Acadia National Park - Before Park Creation in 1916 - Duck Brook #8079 Photo from 1893 by Henry L. Rand

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"Duck Brook is not visited now as much as in the older days, when its woody glens were resorted to by many parties of ramblers. It is something over two miles from the outflow at Eagle Lake to the pretty little cove at its mouth. A dim wood road diverges from the Corniche Road, a quarter of a mile beyond the Duck Brook bridge, and runs about half the way up the valley of Duck Brook, to a point under Great Pond Hill. The usual route for ramblers is up the path which leaves the highway at the Duck Brook bridge, and by which one can ascend to the water works dam, and come out near Eagle Lake. The best of the scenery lies below the dam; and a pleasant reconnaissance [Sic] may be made up Witch Hollow Brook (coming in on the north, not far from the bridge), to the lonely pond in the glen above.” -Sweetser, Moses Foster. Chisholm’s Mount-Desert Guide-Book (Chisholm Brothers, 1888) p. 32-33

 
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