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
September 14, 2026
10:00 to 11:00
Monday Morning
Story & Craft Time
Join us every week for delightful programs for the younger set. We have talented presenters and will be outside in the Gathering Place if weather permits. For heat or rain, we’ll be downstairs.
Anne Thompson–Will present a different program each week.
All welcome to join in.
September 14, 2026
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Friends of the Library
Group Meeting
An agenda will go out in early September. As usual we’ll recap our spring and summer events, plan for the Fall happenings (Longfellows Quilt weekend, Soup Sale and Holiday Pop-up). This is also when we allot budget support to the library for the coming year.
Hope you can join in, and help with an event or two in the next year. The FOL is a small group but we pull off some really nice community events each year, enriching the community and contributing funds to support the library.
September 21, 2026
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Brown Bag
Book Group
We will be meeting in September to consider Ann Patchett’s newest fiction.
Please join us for a time to share your questions and perhaps come up with a new perspective.
“Ann Patchett’s new novel is a rare phenomenon in contemporary fiction: a novel both majestic and intimate, original and masterful in its structure, crystalline in its prose, revelatory in its insights, utterly devastating yet ultimately uplifting in its emotional impact. . . . I think it is her best novel yet.” —The Boston Globe
September 30, 2026
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Crafternoon
With Anne
Create a notebook for yourself or as a gift—it’s not too early to be thinking about the holidays.
We’ll use a variety of papers and ephemera to collage the covers of composition notebooks. Please sign up at least a week in advance so Anne has enough notebooks and other supplies ready.
(We have space for the first 6 who sign up.)
October 3, 2026
9:00 am – Noon
1st Saturdays
Williams House
At the library’s Williams House, we welcome you! Stop by with a friend or meet a new friend; great coffee, brunch items, 3 rooms full of $1 books for sale and the boutique has so many treasures. …take a peek, so many surprises. Hope to see you! Alice in Wonderland Room is open for your enjoyment as well.
May 2, 2026
Displayed until December
FOL Presents
QUILT Raffle-DIVERSITY
This magnificent quilt offering is the 36th one created by the New Sandwich Quilters for the Cary Library.
It is a generous 85″x 102″.
Tickets will be available starting May 2 and your last chance to participate in the raffle will be in December at the Wayne Stroll.
Thanks again to The New Sandwich Quilters of Wayne who made and donated this year’s vibrant quilt on display at the library. The quilt is titled “Diversity” and raffle tickets are available at the library during regular library hours. When you visit the library, please take a close look at the quilt’s scrappy blocks mixed with traditional ones and the variety of fabrics they used. Can you find the fruits and vegetables? The animals? The flowers? And be sure to purchase some raffle tickets!
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
As of November, 2025
Available to you
Maine Newspapers
Read for Free
The 5 major Maine newspapers are available at no cost to you through Digital Maine Library!
Read the newspapers daily (with a 1-day lag) or search for articles going back years, all without a paywall. The articles are the complete text, though they come without photos. Free online to Maine residents anywhere, anytime. https://digitalmainelibrary.org/
- Open Digital Maine Library
- Scroll down to U.S. Newsstream
- Click on Breaking News
- Click on Publications
- Enter Newspaper Name
- Click on Newspaper
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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; Please call 242-1834
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
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