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My remarks at the grand opening of Square Root Natural Foods

24 March 2010

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I was asked to speak on behalf of the Ricker Memorial Library at the grand opening of Square Root Natural Foods on Saturday, March 20, 2010. My remarks are below: When my family moved to Poland 20 years ago, we came from a town with a library that was staffed by a group of committed [...]

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Support Ricker Library and a neat new local business

18 March 2010

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Hello to my friends in Central Maine (especially Poland, Maine)! This Saturday (March 20) we have an awesome opportunity to support a great new local business and also support our favorite public library! Square Root Natural Foods is a new natural food store opening at Poland Crossing, where Poland’s Dunkin Donuts is located (the store [...]

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Libraries That Matter

26 April 2007

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I found this neat quote from Eric Stackhouse, chief librarian at the Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, in an article on the website of the Project for Public Spaces (linked below): “Librarians have to think about our spaces differently. Before we managed book collections, and today we’re doing much more management of community [...]

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