York Library becomes weekend campground: 'We were all kind of shocked'

By: Max Sullivan

Outlets: Portsmouth Herald

Published: July 30, 2026

Words: 714

Last Updated: 4 days, 5 hours ago

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YORK, Maine — Signs will soon be posted at the York Public Library discouraging overnight camping, an issue that recently came to the attention of the board of trustees.

“We were all kind of shocked,” Trustee President Erin McGann told the Selectboard July 27 as she described staff arriving that morning to find a man sitting in a camp chair on the front porch of the library.

“Just hanging out, and had his …

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