Pumpkin Carving Night | Friday, October 24, 6-8pm, Scarborough Community Services

Show off your pumpkin carving skills and leave the clean up to us! Get in the spooky spirit by joining us for a night of games, treats and pumpkin guts. This event is perfect for families and friends of all ages to enjoy. Carving supplies provided. Costumes encouraged. Keep an eye on the SCS Facebook page for more information! $8 per pumpkin.

For more information, visit Scarborough Community Services.

Free Downsizing Workshop & Lunch | Tuesday, October 21, 12-2pm, Scarborough Library

Hosted by Scott & Sunny Townsend Team

Join us for a casual afternoon of lunch and learning. At this free session hosted by Barbara McDonald and Kathy Harvey-Brown, you will gain:

• Clarity on the Current Real Estate Market: We’ll cut through the headlines and tell you what’s really happening here in Southern Maine.
• Essential Financial Information: Understand the key financial aspects to consider when planning a sale.
• Actionable Tips on Decluttering: Our guest expert will provide simple, effective strategies to make the process of sorting through your home feel less overwhelming.
• A Clear, Step-by-Step Plan: Leave with a better understanding of the entire right-sizing process, from preparing your home to the closing table.

Limited seats, register for free: 207-692-7117

National Banned Books Week at Scarborough Library | October 5-11, 2025

The American Library Association’s annual National Banned Books Week is October 5-11 with the theme “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.” Librarians empower readers to guide their own reading, and the reading of their own child.  

We all know that nonfiction can teach us a lot, but so can fiction! One of the best reasons to read fiction, beyond the enjoyment of it, is that it has been shown to increase empathy. By walking a mile in a fictional pair of shoes, we experience the way another person lives and thinks.  It is important to our brain development to read about people beyond our own cultures, and to show that we all have some shared experiences. This addresses the core value held by librarians of building community through shared experiences. 

On Wednesday, October 8, we’ll be showing the film The Librarians, about “the personal experiences of librarians under siege and the everyday patriots who join their ranks in defense of the books.” We hope you’ll join us. And thank you, Scarborough, for supporting the freedom to read. 

-Elsa Rowe, Community Engagement Manager, Scarborough Public Library

For more information, visit the Scarborough Library Events Calendar.

Top photo courtesy of Scarborough Community Services.