Libraries

The Berkeley County Building Commission advanced a bond ordinance to second reading Thursday that would allow officials to obtain up to $700,000 in financing to complete the new Hedgesville, W.Va., public library building. The bond ordinance for the...

When Jason Kuhl, executive director at Arlington Heights Memorial Library, asked people what they wanted to see improved at their library, their responses usually fell into one of two categories. The first answer went something like, "What could you...

Parkland has joined other school districts in Carbon and Lehigh counties to partner with Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit 21, providing the Overdrive eBook platform for students, which acts as an extension to the physical libraries at each of the schools....

Northampton Area Public Library is hosting a Family Fun Day from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, June 1. The free event will feature activities for children, including sand art, necklace making, balloon animals, Rita's Italian Ice and more, according to the...

The Alaskan Iditarod is coming at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, to the Charlevoix Public Library. Nature’s Kennel, an Upper Peninsula business operated by Ed and Tasha Stielstra, will bring their Iditarod experience a little closer to home when they...

This weekMonday One-on-One Business Counseling Sessions, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Hollywood Branch Library, 2600 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. Free. Call Hispanic Business Initiative Fund (HBIF) to schedule an appointment with a business consultant at 305-577-...

Chip Fesko keeps a folder of his past correspondence, a nearly inch-thick stack of the words that cause less-resilient authors to pack it in: "We have now had a chance to consider your material, and we regret to say that it is not right for us."...

Northampton Area Public Library is hosting a Rubber Stamping and Card Making class from 10-11:30 a.m. Monday, May 20. Participants will learn a stamping technique as well as complete two projects during the session, according to the library's website....

Deerfield Public Library is still officially a "hard hat" zone, but the $13.8 million renovation project is nearly complete. The library's temporary site at Cadwell's Corners shopping center, 7 N. Waukegan Road, will close at 6 p.m. May 24. Its contents...

La Cañada was one of the first communities in Los Angeles County to lend books to residents, setting up a library at the back of a general store in 1913. The library was located at the intersection of Union and Michigan avenues, near the current...

Name: Suzi Hayes Residence: Boynton Beach Birthplace: Michigan Family: Husband, Bob Career: Corporate, university and public libraries Organization: Palm Beach County Library Adult Literacy Project. The literacy program is open to English-...

Hats and books were the order of the day at the luncheon hosted by the Friends of the Library on Tuesday at Three Seventy Common. "Ladies Who Lunch….and Read" reviewed books they recommended to supporters of the library and competed for prizes...