Free Wi-Fi is available inside and outside the library. The PASSWORD can be obtained in the library.
Welcome to Cary Memorial Library
Library Hours
| Day | Open | Close |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 9:00 | 1:00 |
| Tuesday | 3:00 | 5:00 |
| Wednesday | 1:00 | 7:00 |
| Thursday | 3:00 | 5:00 |
| Friday | CLOSED | |
| Saturday | 9:00 | 3:00 |
| Sunday | CLOSED | |
Digital Services
For more information on how to access these services, please see our Digital Services page.
Upcoming Events and Activities
October 20, 2025
1:15 pm to 2:15 pm
Wayne Library
Monthly Book Club
October
Even in the smallest, uneventful Maine town, the world can hand out some tough challenges, and Smithville Junction is no exception, so when Roy Clench gives his five-day-old baby girl away, the whole town is in an uproar, and if not for his two young boys, he might have been run out of town. But the world has a way of passing out everyone’s comeuppance when least expected and ironically, most deserved. Smithville Junction tells the story of this man as he navigatesthrough a hard forgiveness he is forced to face in the worst of circumstances, and one little girl who brings him unexpectedly to the place he can find it.
Come share an hour with your fellow readers. We are looking forward to spending time in Monica Wood’s world.
Copies are available to borrow
October 5, 2025
November, 2025
Wayne Library
Celebrates Freedom to Read
The Cary Memorial Library is one of 20 libraries in Kennebec County celebrating Banned Books Week, Oct. 5-11 2025. Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 by the American Library Association in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in libraries, bookstores and schools.
For our part, we’ve set up a display table by the fireplace that features ninety or so books from our collection that have been on one or more of the American Library Association’s lists of challenged and banned books since the early 1900s. They are pulled from every area of the library collection–children’s, teen’s and adult materials. Stop in and check out the display–and feel free to borrow a book from the display. Enjoy the tags indicating why they were objected to.
A big thank-you to Anne Thompson for researching and setting up this excellent display. There are also pocket versions of the US Constitution free for the taking, courtesy of the Maine State Library.
The exhibit is up now and will stay up through Mid-October.
November 5 or 12, 2025
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Crafternoons
at the Library
Come to our Crafternoons at the library on to work with Anne Thompson to make your own gift wrap and tags for the holidays.
Please sign up at least a week in advance at the library (call the library 685-3612 or email jadelbergcml@gmail.com) so we have time to purchase the necessary materials.
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October 25-29, 2025
hours listed below
Fall Book Sale
At the Williams House
October
Please stop in, buy a book and support our scholarship fund. Generous donations of books keep coming, so you will find new arrivals on all the shelves. The boutique will be open on all four days too.
- Saturday, October 25th – 9:30 to 12:30
- Sunday, October 26th – 10:30 to 12:30
- Monday, October 27th – 10 to 12
- Wednesday, October 29th – 2 to 4
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October 27, 2025
6:30 pm
CML
Annual Meeting
Photo by Cynthia Pelliccia
Our Annual Meeting is coming up.
Please join us for a short review of the previous year’s events and highlights for the coming year.
Any dues paying member is eligible to vote.
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November 1, 2025
9:00 am to Noon
First Saturday
At the Williams House
November
Here’s one way to spend your Saturday morning: Come to the Williams House. Get a cup of coffee or tea and a scone, a piece of quiche or other goodie. Sit and visit with old and new friends at a table in the dining room or living room. Browse the many shelves of books and tables of gently used and new boutique items. You might find a great buy!
The Alice in Wonderland Room will be open. To visit the room at other times call 207 685-9550.
See you at the Williams House on the first Saturday morning of the month.
Mondays, 2025-when open
10:30 to 11:30
Monday Morning
Story & Craft Time
Come join the fun, this week-COWS
Ann Thompson presents a short story and accompanying craft each week for our youngest visitors.
Please come for this short activity. This program is offered on each Monday, following the Wayne Elementary School schedule.
Quilt
Raffle
String Happy
New Sandwich Quilters
The 35th Annual quilt made for the Cary Memorial Library by the New Sandwich Quilters.
This hefty beauty is a generous queen size and on display in the library.
Tickets are $2. each or 3 of $5.00.
The drawing will occur during the Wayne Stroll on December 6th.
2024
Winter Readers’ Blog
Wayne Readers’ Recommendations
Find interesting reviews of books our community friends have enjoyed and want to recommend. Newest Blog-February 2024
If you’d like to send in a review for the next reader’s Blog, simply email it to jadelbergcml@gmail.com
Tower Garden
Our 2025 Williams House
Community Offering
The Tower Garden offerings are again available. It is a pleasure to make this greenery available to all visitors. Stop by and help yourself to some fresh lettuces.
The Tower Garden was donated by Sara Morton in memory of her grandmother Priscilla Stevenson.
September
2024
A Lovely Gift
to the Williams House Lawn
This summer a new garden volunteer, Marianne Butak, stepped up to help Jamie Ault with the Williams House Gardens. As Marianne spent time in the gardens she could see what amazing and expert work Jamie has done to design, install and maintain the plantings over the years. Jamie mentioned a bench that was once there. That inspired Marianne to be the high bidder on a lovely stone bench in the library auction, which she has bestowed in
honor of Jamie. A plaque will be added. We thank both Jamie and Marianne for their energy and generosity!
Alice Room
2025
Various Times
A town treasure. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Room project is now complete. There are 17 art panels that have been refreshed, restored, and protected. You are invited to come for a visit.
- 1st Saturdays 9:00-Noon
- By Appointment
FOL
Open to anyone
Who loves Cary Memorial Join this remarkable group
Join us for a lively feel good time.
Helping hands always welcome. The lastest quilt, String Happy is now on display for the 2025 Raffle Quilt.
Pruning Pole
Now is the time to check your trees and bushes
Before the trees leaf out this Spring, just a reminder that the library has a pruning pole that can be borrowed.
The pole has clippers, not a blade (for safety reasons).
Views from Library
Perfect Peony Moments
Photo by Cynthia Pelliccia, Spring 2025
Selected Photos of Cary Library, Williams House, & Special Events
Library
Williams House
Events
Cary Memorial Library News
NEW Hoopla SeasonPass
PBS shows now available with BingePass
In addition to the four SeasonPasses already available, we’ve added more bingeable PBS content that your patrons will love! A collection of Ken Burns documentaries, four seasons of The French Chef, and content from PBS Kids, including Dinosaur Train, Pinkalicious, and Nature Cat, are each available to patrons for seven days with a single borrow.
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