News Archive

Blue Hill Concert Association 2026 Tickets

January 8, 2026

Once again, the Blue Hill Concert Association has generously donated two tickets to each of the their four concerts this season. January 25, Claremont Trio . . . read more »

After-School Programming Cancellation Protocol

December 19, 2025

If the Adams School cancels after-school programs due to weather the library will cancel its after-school programs as well.  For confirmation please follow our Facebook . . . read more »

December StoryWalk: Bear and Wolf

December 4, 2025

The featured StoryWalk story for December will be Bear and Wolf, written and illustrated by Daniel Salmieri. In this story, Bear and Wolf, out for . . . read more »

November StoryWalk: Thanks to the Animals

November 13, 2025

Thanks to the Animals by Allen Sockabasin has been chosen by the Wilson Museum for the November Story Walk to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Month. Allen . . . read more »

October StoryWalk® If You Find a Leaf

October 10, 2025

This month’s StoryWalk® is Aimée Sicuro’s If You Find a Leaf. Every year, gusts of wind blow colorful autumn leaves to the ground. Some leaves . . . read more »

Castine History Partners

September 23, 2025

Witherle Library has launched a new webpage focusing on the local work of the Castine History Partners. Included on the page are events announcements, supporting . . . read more »

On Display in the Rotunda

September 10, 2025

Castine’s Eastern State Normal School An Exhibit by Nathan Jedziniak, CHS Summer Intern 2025 On view during regular library hours through September 30.  » Read more: . . . read more »

Summer Exhibit: Typewriters from the Collection of Justin F. Cooper

July 9, 2025

The Witherle Memorial Library celebrates the glories of the manual and electric typewriter in a new exhibit featuring more than two dozen typewriters, part of . . . read more »

Thank You T-Mobile: A Storywalk is coming to town!

July 2, 2025

Castine was named a recipient of a $49,000 Hometown Grant from T-Mobile to create a Storywalk in town. A Storywalk is combines literacy and physical . . . read more »

Reading Colors Your World, Summer Reading 2025

June 5, 2025

by Debra Orado “Miss Orado, Why is there always a different summer reading theme?,” one of my students queried when I introduced our summer reading . . . read more »