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Citywide Rally to Support the Neighborhood Library Branches on Sunday March 28th

Sat, Mar. 27, 2010Wed, Jul. 20, 2016 Matt ContiComments Off

A timely rally is being organized to support the neighborhood branches of the Boston Public Library, with support for the North End Library Branch. The event is Sunday, March 28th at 12:00 pm as part of the Citywide Friends rally at the Central BPL Library in Copley Square.

The Friends of the North End Branch Library will be leading the North End group. You can look for them to group together and unify the message. Any children that can support this (since it’s Sunday) would be awesome!

The group will meet at 12:00 noon on the loading dock side of the library (runs parallel to Boylston Street entrance). From 12:00 – 1:00 pm they will collect signatures on petitions and quietly demonstrate. At 1:00 pm, the group will march around the library and then walk through the library peacefully with their signs.

Signs are welcome with messages like, “Keep our North End Branch Library Open.”

As you know, decisions to potentially close neighborhood branches, such as the North End Branch, may be made in the coming weeks so now is the time to come out and show your support. For more information, contact the Friends of the North End Branch Library at folnebread@comcast.net.

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12 State Reps Take Action To Keep All Library Branches Open

Tue, Apr. 20, 2010Sun, Jul. 10, 2016 Matt Conti

Much to the dismay of the Mayor’s Office and BPL Trustees, a group of State Representatives from Boston, including our local 3rd Suffolk District Rep. Aaron Michlewitz, have co-sponsored three amendments in the State budget that would force the City of Boston to keep all the branch libraries open in order to receive $3 million in State funding. While the North End and West End branches survived the City’s proposed budget cuts, four branch libraries remain at risk of closing. (See BPL Trustees Vote to Close 4 Branches; North End/West End Stay Open).

Note: The 12 State Representatives are: Reps. Forry, Moran, Basile, Wallace, Allen, Fox, Honan, Malia, Michlewitz, Rushing, Sanchez and Walz.

Press Release:

Boston State Representatives Mobilize to Save Local Libraries

Twelve State Representatives from the Boston delegation in the Massachusetts State House co-sponsored three amendments that seek to keep all Boston Public Library (BPL) branches open.

“The Trustees of the Boston Public Library and the Mayor of Boston have made clear their budget priorities,” Representative Michael Moran said. “Today, as a united group of legislators from neighborhoods throughout Boston, we are standing together and clearly stating that our priorities are to keep every branch library open.”

The BPL receives over $3 million worth of funding via three separate line items in the state budget. The amendments filed today would add additional language onto each line item, making their allocation contingent upon all 26 local branches remaining open in 2011.

“We had hoped that the Board of Trustees would do the right thing by keeping each branch open,” Representative Carlo Basile said. “Today we are taking steps to make sure that the right thing for our neighborhoods does happen.”

Citywide Rally to Support the Neighborhood Library Branches on Sunday March 28th

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