Orono Public Library

Orono Public Library Serving the information and reading needs of the people of Orono and surrounding communities.

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Looking for a fun craft to kick off the summer? Or maybe just a new notebook? Join us next Tuesday (June 9th) in the com...
06/02/2026

Looking for a fun craft to kick off the summer? Or maybe just a new notebook? Join us next Tuesday (June 9th) in the community room for a journal decoration workshop! Participants will get to decorate and take home a journal to write about all their summer adventures, jot down some nature inspired poetry, or doodle to their hearts delight. Starts at 4pm, supplies are limited!

06/01/2026

It's Countdown Monday!

Every Monday we give an update on Achieving the Vision, the $8.62 million campaign for the Orono Public Library.

There are 59 days until the end of the campaign, July 31. As of May 31st, the campaign total contributed is $$8,195,984 (just $4,016 away from the $8.2 mark!)

Since April 21st, donors have contributed $630,432 to the library campaign! Can we get lots of likes for so much generosity?

We need $424,016 to reach the goal, and we will get there, one dollar, one gift, at a time. Don’t let the campaign end without you!

Your gift in any amount will bring us one step closer to reaching our July goal. Join us today!

Visit https://new.oronolibraryfoundation.org/achieving-the-vision/ to make a secure gift online, and your support of the campaign will be counted immediately!

Photo by Larry Ayotte. Mia at the library reading to Speedy.

Join us tomorrow evening at 5:30 to welcome Don Powers to the OPL Community Room Gallery! Don's photography will be on d...
06/01/2026

Join us tomorrow evening at 5:30 to welcome Don Powers to the OPL Community Room Gallery! Don's photography will be on display until the end of July.

Buzz on into the library for this month's Grab & Go bee craft!
06/01/2026

Buzz on into the library for this month's Grab & Go bee craft!

It's official -- the OPL Youth Garden Club is about to commence, 2026 edition! Join us next Tues (June 2nd) at 3:30 pm ...
05/28/2026

It's official -- the OPL Youth Garden Club is about to commence, 2026 edition! Join us next Tues (June 2nd) at 3:30 pm at the Youth Gardens (adjacent to the Orono Thrift Store)... and any Tues, thereafter, through September! If you're new to the youth garden, this program is open to all ages, is free, and no registration is required... drop in when you can! Make sure to bring a water bottle and some form of sun protection (e.g., hat, sunscreen).

We are thrilled at the activities planned for the upcoming season... and the snow peas that we planted at the May pop-up event are already emerging! We have some exciting new trellis structures, and a new children's flower garden... dahlia tubers in the ground, and more. We're so excited to learn and grow with you this season!

On Tues (Jun 2nd), we will plant seed potatoes, generously donated by Evermay Nursery. We also have tomatoes, dahlias, flower seeds, and ground cherries to plant... and lots of garden bed prep, watering, and weeding to do! Hope to see you there!

05/28/2026

The Orono Public Library Foundation salutes the dedicated library staff.

Thanks to the staff, the library brings people, information and ideas together to inspire lifelong learning, advance knowledge, and strengthen our community.

For a total of 41 hours a week, six days a week, the staff serves the of patrons of all ages; delights children during Storytime, assists students of all ages, and provides a high quality collection of books and materials in a variety of formats that are responsive to the needs and interests of the community.

Achieving the Vision, the campaign for the Orono Public Library will also address staff needs in the expansion with new flexible spaces, a work room, and a break room with a prep kitchen. Celebrate the library staff with your gift in any amount to the campaign.

Visit here to learn more: https://new.oronolibraryfoundation.org/give/

Photo courtesy of Cody Vigue. Pictured: Jessica Black, Laurie Carpenter, Katie Wynn, Maddy Gernhard, Britt Cline, Lindsay Varnum.

Just a reminder that we will be closed on Monday.
05/21/2026

Just a reminder that we will be closed on Monday.

NEW GAME ALERT!We're adding these three new board games to our board game cabinet just in time for our Grown-ups-only ga...
05/13/2026

NEW GAME ALERT!
We're adding these three new board games to our board game cabinet just in time for our Grown-ups-only game night next Thursday at 5:30! Drop in to play DroPolter, Wavelength, Hues and Clues or any other game in our community board game cupboard!

We had an incredibly enthusiastic crowd of children and community members join us on Tuesday for the first Youth Garden ...
05/07/2026

We had an incredibly enthusiastic crowd of children and community members join us on Tuesday for the first Youth Garden event of the 2026 growing season -- i.e., our garden "pop-up" in honor of sowing early crops... and celebrating the last early-release day of the school year.

More than 30 participants got their hands dirty (despite the cloudy skies), as we inoculated and planted snow peas beneath our spiffy new trellis set-up! We also planted zinnias, cosmos, love-in-a-mist... and a hearty bed of spinach. Closer to the library, children helped us plant our containers on the OPL patio -- replete with beautiful companion flowers from Evermay Nursery. We celebrated a special fifth-year birthday for a little one that has been with our Youth Garden program since its inception. As so often happens with this program, our session ended with lots of community building, glorious conversation with caregivers, and unstructured play (from tree-climbing to hill-rolling and dandelion-picking) -- the very essence of childhood.

We are feeling so hopeful for the coming months... as we "Plant a Seed, Read" and grow our gardens! Our official garden program begins on Tues, June 2nd at 3:30 pm -- and follows on every Tues through Sept. Please join us!

Address

39 Pine Street
Orono, ME
04473

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 7pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 7pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 3pm

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+12078665060

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