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Books and Volunteers Needed for Book Sale

Posted on Author Matt ContiComments Off on Books and Volunteers Needed for Book Sale

LibraryNorthEndThe Friends of the North End Branch Library are now accepting new or gently used books, DVDs, CDs, videotapes and audiobooks for our upcoming Book Sale. We do not accept toys or damaged books.

The Book Sale date is Saturday, May 21, 2011. The raindate is June 4, 2011. Time is from 10 am – 3 pm at 25 Parmenter Street in front of the library.

As always, volunteers are needed for the day of the event in all sorts of capacities and prior to help with book sorting. Please contact Paula Luccio at plb50@comcast.net if you are interested in helping out.

Please support your library in any way you can!

Robin Ardito, President of the Friends of the North End Branch Library.

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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.

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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.”