State budget cutting is threatening to eliminate more than one out of every three dollars that run the Highlands County Library System.
Archive for April, 2009
State cuts threaten county library funding (Highlands Today)
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
State cuts threaten county library funding (Highlands Today)
Thursday, April 30th, 2009State budget cutting is threatening to eliminate more than one out of every three dollars that run the Highlands County Library System.
Employees will spend less time at the library to help get better read on costs (Lisbon Morning Journal)
Thursday, April 30th, 2009LISBON – Two-thirds of the employees at the Lepper Library agreed to temporary concessions to help the library absorb a 14 percent funding cut due to the recession.
Delmont library to benefit from Pittsburgh Marathon (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Thursday, April 30th, 2009When the runners hit the streets for the Pittsburgh Marathon on Sunday, among the pack with be Delmont businessman Alan Baum, 63, who entered the field to support the Delmont Public Library.
DOWNRIVER: Three libraries receive federal educational grants (The News-Herald)
Thursday, April 30th, 2009ALLEN PARK — The city’s public library is celebrating the presentation of two educational grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Library group denied (Reedsburg Times-Press)
Thursday, April 30th, 2009REEDSBURG — The Reedsburg Jaycees received several thousand dollars from the Webb Fund, but the Friends of the Library got a resounding no to almost $15,000 at Monday night’s Common Council meeting.
Library to Host Trillin and Others in Fall; New Door-to-Door Book Service Coming (Princeton Town Topics)
Thursday, April 30th, 2009For literary name-dropping, last week’s Board of Trustees meeting set the bar high, as Director Leslie Burger announced the upcoming appearances of several writers at the Princeton Public Library.
Black Watch Library to double in size (Plattsburgh Press Republican)
Thursday, April 30th, 2009TICONDEROGA — Work is just starting that will more than double the size of Ticonderoga’s historic Black Watch Memorial Library. Construction is under way on a $600,000 expansion project behind the one-story brick library, which opened on Montcalm Street in 1906.
Hospital group awards grants totaling $271K (Albany Democrat-Herald)
Thursday, April 30th, 2009The Albany General Hospital Foundation board of directors has has awarded $271,713 in grants to several mid-valley medical groups.
Champlin Library to offer free programs in May (Champlin – Dayton Press)
Thursday, April 30th, 2009The Champlin Library, 12154 Ensign Ave. N., will offer free programs during May. Summer is just around the corner. Beginning the week of May 18, ask the library for a copy of Hennepin County Library’s printed summer program guide. Hundreds of free programs for children and teens are scheduled.
