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Board of Trustees: CeCe Sullivan Rohrbach served as Chair and Robb Cotiaux as Vice Chair. Additional Trustees were Paul Morin, Colleen Strickler, Carol Gillis, and Youth Trustee Katherine Morris. Dustin Ward served as Select Board Liaison. Volunteers: A special thank you to all our volunteers who worked 756.9 hours in FY2023! Your continued support has helped transform the library and keep it moving forward. A University of Maine Augusta intern, Skylar Roberts joined us in February and worked on a special six-month project to update the biography section of the library. A special thank you to Scout David Goodwin who volunteered to restore the library gazebo and build benches inside to reach his Eagle Scout goal! Please contact us if you are interested in volunteering: nglibrary@newgloucester.com or 207-926-4840. Friends of the New Gloucester Public Library: Our Friends group continued their long tradition of fundraising, volunteerism, and advocacy for the library. In FY2023, the Friends’ officers were President Noreen Williams, Vice President Sharon Scannell, Secretary Nancy Thomas, and Treasurer Annemarie Salzberg. The Friends maintain the library’s gardens, supply refreshments, and assist with programs. The Friends added five colorful picnic tables, to expand the limited seating outside and patrons have been enjoying the library inside and out. The Friends hosted two book and bake sales in the Community Building. During Friends of the library week in October we celebrated them with a gathering and refreshments. Funds donated by the Friends supported programs, collections, and park passes at the library. Thank you for your generosity, time, and hard work! For more information or to join the Friends, go to: https://www.friendsnewgloucesterlibrary.org Facilities: The main room of the library now houses all adult DVDs, audiobooks, cake pans and games so we can accommodate a larger young adult collection and space in the library. Thank you to all our patrons. If you do not already use the library, please visit us! We look forward to meeting you and are excited to show you what the library has to offer. With a town budget of $110,835 in FY2023, the Maine State Library estimates that the New Gloucester Public Library was able to provide over $236,261.00in value to the town. For more information, please visit our website (newgloucesterlibrary.org) and follow us on Facebook (facebook.com/newgloucesterlibrary).

Respectfully submitted, Emily Martin Library Director

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