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Rain, rain go away
We did have a few warm sunny days but this week will be marked by drizzle, rain, and fog. UUHHGGGG!!!! Even so there is always plenty to do on Swan’s Island. Last Thursday the new Swan’s Island School art exhibit opened. A crowd of close to 100 family, friends, and neighbors of the students attended…
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Swan’s Island Chronicles is here!
Swan’s Island Chronicles by Kate Webber has arrived and is now available for purchase. The subtitle is Borrowed, Exaggerated and Half-forgotten Tales of Island Life. Kate served as Island Institute Fellow with the Swan’s Island Historical Society for two years. During her second year with us she wrote essays about her life on the island based on tales and…
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Betterworld Books
Hello everyone! During the months of February and March, volunteers and I worked steadily to weed books that were out-of-date, not read, or just not what the community is interested in. We also packed up all of the books that had not been sold over the past two summers in our book sale. As you…
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Social Media
Let me see….I have been watching WordPress training videos through our Lynda.com subscription (thank you Maine State Library). It’s actually quite interesting. Today I practiced placing social media buttons on the site. There are forwarding buttons on the bottom of the library page so visitors to the site will be able to forward interesting SIES…
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2013 stats
2014 Report to the taxpayers and residents of Swan’s Island After being in our building for almost three years, the SIES board and I are quite comfortable with presenting some statistics that might interest you. The library is staffed 25 hours each week year-round. The building is open to be used by the community 7…
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January @ the library
Happy New Year! I certainly don’t think mother nature knows what season she’s in; snow, rain, ice, warm days, very cold days and nights, snow and wind, and back to spring weather this weekend into next week. ? Paw Prints Club meets after school on Thursdays. This club is for grades K-2. Last year we…
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This week on Swan’s Island
What a busy time of year! Craft fairs and Paw Prints Club, basketball practices, birthday parties and last night a great Holiday Concert performed by all of the students at the Swan’s Island School. Grades K-8 preformed wonderfully as a choir even when the backup music decided not to work. A jazz ensemble and a…
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From the President of the SIES Board of Trustees
As I think about the past year, there are a couple of areas of volunteer service that I would like to bring to your attention. We have been able to maintain regular open hours, six days each week at the library for more than a year-and-a-half because of the dedicated service of our year-round and…
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A note from our Island Institute Fellow, Kate Webber
After a year and a half on Swan’s Island, it’s strange to think of leaving in the fall! The Island Institute fellowship has been an incredible experience for me, and I’m so lucky to have had the chance to know and work with such great people. The majority of my time has been spent with…
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