School-age children on vacation are invited to join Camden Library’s children’s librarian Amy Hand online for Virtual Vacation Camp activities, scheduled to run three days at 3 p.m., Wednesday through Friday, Feb. 23-25. Participants can enjoy stories, craft activities and a scavenger hunt. Younger siblings are welcome to join in. Sign up to participate by […]
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Camden horticultural series to cover lasagna gardening
The last of five talks in the Camden Garden Club‘s annual five-part Winter Horticulture Series is set for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22, with Liz Stanley who will present “Lasagna Gardening.” The series is presented online in partnership with the Camden Public Library. Lasagna gardening, or sheet mulching, is a technique that has been used […]
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Old-school toboggans take the spotlight again in Camden
Participants in the U.S. Toboggan National Championships are fired up that the event is back after being canceled last year because of the pandemic.
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Camden library film club to pay tribute to Sidney Poitier
During February, the Friday Film Club at Camden Public Library is honoring Black History Month. With the death of Sidney Poitier in January, the club is reflecting on his career as one of the most influential Black actors in America, according to a news release from the library. On Friday, Feb. 18, at 4 p.m., […]
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Camden club, library plan next horticultural talk
Camden Garden Club’s fourth talk in the annual five-part Winter Horticulture Series, presented online in partnership with the Camden Public Library, is scheduled to take place at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, according to a news release from the club. The free horticultural talks continue each Tuesday through Feb. 22. Cyrene Slegona will present Monarchs, […]
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Camden library digitalizing town’s newspaper
The Camden Public Library’s archives of the Camden Herald newspaper are being digitized and posted online. Phase one of the project, or the first 125 years of the newspaper, are already online. Phase two, 1998 to 2020, is in the works. “We are more than delighted, we are overjoyed,” said Ken Gross, director of the […]
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Camden club, library continue horticulture series Feb. 8
The third of the annual five-part Winter Horticulture Series, presented online in partnership with the Camden Public Library, is planned for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8. Dave Jackson and Amy Rollins who will present a Virtual Walk Through Camden. Jackson and Rollins teamed up in 2012 to present Historic Walking Tours of Camden, originally created […]
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Camden library event to focus on wrongful imprisonment
The Camden Public Library plans to host authors Isaac Knapper and Amy Banks for an online discussion about the book they co-wrote, “Fighting Time,” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3. The book outlines the true story of Knapper’s wrongful imprisonment for the murder of University of Maine Professor Roland F. Banks, which has a Camden […]
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Camden Garden Club to continue Winter Horticultural Series
The second of the annual five-part Winter Horticulture Series, presented online in partnership with the Camden Public Library, is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1. Tom Seymour will present “Foraging — My Favorite Wild Edibles.” In addition to writing his garden column, From The Ground Up, for Courier Publications since the mid-1990s, Seymour is […]
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Camden Garden Club’s winter horticultural series to return
Camden Garden Club plans to hold the first of the annual five-part winter horticulture series at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, presented online with the Camden Public Library. To start the series, Stacey Keefer will present Birds, Bugs and Botanicals — Nature Photography. She will share her tips for capturing those unique subjects and special […]