Everyone on the Escondido City Council wants a bigger and better library, but members have balked at the idea of spending money at a time when the city is struggling to reconcile an unprecedented deficit.
Eighteen local community groups will share more than $80,000 in grants for programming and other community projects in the region. Cherokee Pharmaceuticals LLC of Riverside, Pa., provided the grants as part of their 2009 Community Grants program. “These
Library staff, board members, foundation members, city leaders and architects cheerfully tossed shovelfuls of dirt Tuesday to celebrate construction beginning at the Lied Scottsbluff Public Library. A ceremonial groundbreaking kicked off the start of construction for the $4.1 million project.