Hibernia Library, Faesch get funds in Rockaway Township

September 3rd, 2010

ROCKAWAY TWP. – The township received a $292,120 construction grant for the exterior restoration of the Hibernia Library, as well as funding to help continue preservation of the Ford-Faesch House from the county’s Historic Preservation Trust Fund. The Hibernia Library on Green Pond Road is a former church built in 1869 that has a Certificate of Eligibility for listing on the National and New …

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Dardenne keeps fundraising lead in lt. gov’s race

September 3rd, 2010

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – With one month before the election, Republican Secretary of State Jay Dardenne maintains the fundraising edge in the lieutenant governor’s race, but a political newcomer outpaced Dardenne in contributions in the latest reporting period. New Orleans lawyer Caroline Fayard, a Democrat, also is plunging her own money into the race, to give her a significant warchest to mount …

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Manheim Township library starts new chapter

September 3rd, 2010

Jeannette Hower was so excited by all the space inside Manheim Township’s new library Wednesday that she felt like flying. “I get giddy, there’s so much room in here!” the township parks department employee said, spreading both arms out like she was a plane, and flying through the mostly empty Over…

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Maywood Library Footnotes: Funding loss will mean library services decrease

September 3rd, 2010

Regular library users have come to expect that they can borrow books and other library materials from their local library or from any library within the State of Illinois, and have it sent to their home library within a few days or a week. THAT could dramatically change in the near future.

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Hibernia Library, Faesch get funds in Rockaway Township

September 3rd, 2010

ROCKAWAY TWP. – The township received a $292,120 construction grant for the exterior restoration of the Hibernia Library, as well as funding to help continue preservation of the Ford-Faesch House from the county’s Historic Preservation Trust Fund. The Hibernia Library on Green Pond Road is a former church built in 1869 that has a Certificate of Eligibility for listing on the National and New …

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Airport, library pitch local sales tax projects

September 3rd, 2010

The first two solicitations for funding under a possible Rochester local–option sales tax renewal were big ones — $15 million for a new terminal building at Rochester International Airport, and $18.2 million to expand Rochester Public Library by two stories.

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Study ranks research library funding

September 3rd, 2010

The University’s total library expenditures are only about one-fifth the size of Harvard University’s, the library with the largest research budget in the nation.

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Camden library board postpones decision on closing branch

September 3rd, 2010

The Camden library board, at the request of the mayor’s office, postponed a decision Wednesday on whether to close one of its two remaining branches.

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Silver Spring library plans to be scaled back

September 3rd, 2010

The Silver Spring Library will not be as grand as initially envisioned, due to a $3 million project budget overrun. Libraries – United States – Maryland – Silver – Health

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Library district opposes ballot measures

September 3rd, 2010

The Arapahoe Library District Board of Trustees is the latest governmental organization in the south metro area to approve a resolution opposing three controversial state ballot measures.

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