Address / locations
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482 Broadway South Portland, ME 04106
South Portland, ME
Business Hours
(Please Call to Confirm)
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monday
10:00am-6:00pm
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tuesday
10:00am-6:00pm
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wednesday
10:00am-6:00pm
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thrusday
10:00am-6:00pm
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friday
10:00am-6:00pm
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saturday
10:00am-6:00pm
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sunday
closed
About South Portland Public Library
Specialties: We are the public library for the city of South Portland, Maine. We offer books, periodicals, DVDs, audiobooks and music CDs. We have a rich schedule of programming and special events for children and adults. We have computers available for public use, as well as an open wireless network for getting online using your own portable device. Established in 1966. Attempts to establi...
Specialties: We are the public library for the city of South Portland, Maine. We offer books, periodicals, DVDs, audiobooks and music CDs. We have a rich schedule of programming and special events for children and adults. We have computers available for public use, as well as an open wireless network for getting online using your own portable device. Established in 1966. Attempts to establish a public library in South Portland can be traced back into the nineteenth century. But the first significant official step toward achievement of this goal was made in 1938. In that year three City Council members and three members of the Osewantha Garden Club were appointed "to formulate and draw up proper ordinances, orders, or resolves for the establishment of a library in South Portland." They recommended that the Knightville School House, then situated at the junction of Ocean Street and Cottage Road be used as the library and an initial sum of $15,000 be appropriated to make it suitable for the purpose. This proposal, however, went down to defeat in a referendum of that year, with 840 citizens voting for its passage and 1,041 against. Fortunately, despite this setback, the City Council did not let the matter drop completely. In 1939, they sold the Knightville School House and provided that this money, plus that received from future rental of the land on wh
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