Munjoy Library Meeting TONIGHT! @ EECS

Hi Folks!  Library meeting TONIGHT!   East End Community School 195 North Street 7pm   Steve Podgajny (PPL Director) and Kevin Donoghue (District 1 Councilor) are heading up a discussion about the EECS/Munjoy library   SAVE THE BRANCHES! www.savethebranches.wordpress.com     Jo Coyne <jocoyne@gwi.net> wrote: Hi, Ed and Janice – Just want to be sure [...]

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City should pressure library to carry through on planning [PPH Editorial]

Editorials [Portland Press Herald]   City should pressure library to carry through on planning A one-year reprieve for the Reiche branch should be enough time to set priorities. May 21, 2008 The Portland City Council got through a tough financial season Monday by passing a budget for next year that cuts services and increases taxes. [...]

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The news…We did it! Reiche library will stay open…but… [WENA]

We did it! Reiche library will stay open…but we have our work cut out for us for the next year if its presence is to be permanent.   After two weeks of speaking out in support of Reiche branch library, we can celebrate the restoration of $30,000 in funding that will allow the library to [...]

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Approved Portland city budget spares Reiche library [PPH article]

Approved Portland city budget spares Reiche library City councilors pass a $185 million budget that will reduce the number of polling places. By KELLEY BOUCHARD, Staff Writer [Portland Press Herald]   May 20, 2008 The Reiche Branch of the Portland Public Library will stay open for another year, but the number of polling places will be [...]

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Dear Mayor Suslovic and Councilors [LETTER from Riverton Community Association]

Dear Mayor Suslovic and Councilors:                                      May 14, 2008 The Riverton Community Association is opposed to the closure of any of Portland’s branch libraries or making any of these branches less than full service (such removing adult books from Munjoy).  We are not asking for more monies for the library system but that the City find [...]

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URGENT !!!!!!! REICHE LIBRARY CLOSURE

Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 From:  “Neighborhood Associa” <wendneighborhood@yahoo.com> Subject: URGENT !!!!!!! REICHE LIBRARY CLOSURE To:  wendneighborhood@yahoo.com     District 2 Councilor Dave Marshall will recommend at next week’s City Council meeting that $30,000 be restored to the budget from the contingency fund in order to keep Reiche branch library open for another year. At-Large Councilor [...]

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Effort under way to keep Portland library branch open [PPH article]

Effort under way to keep Portland library branch open   West End residents say restoring $30,000 would save the Reiche Branch and allow for more planning. By KELLEY BOUCHARD, Staff Writer [Portland Press Herald]   May 15, 2008   West End residents and others are drumming up support for a budget proposal that would stave [...]

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NOTES: Meeting with Director @ Munjoy Branch Library

…brief notes by Ed Democracy… About 10 people attended last night’s meeting with PPL Director Steve Podgajny at the Munjoy Branch Library.   District 1 Councilor Donoghue was also in attendance. In general, the residents offered many great ideas along with their deep concerns that the changes being proposed for the Munjoy Branch Library could well become irreversible.  Director [...]

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It’s board’s job to give Reiche library another year [PPH Editorial]

It’s board’s job to give Reiche library another year [PPH Editorial] It would provide time to create a comprehensive plan for the full system. May 14, 2008 Daniel Webster, arguing almost 190 years ago for the independence of Dartmouth College from state control, said it was “a small college, and yet there are those who [...]

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Library Update [Councilor John Anton]

Hello All – Attached are the materials that the Library Director and Trustees provided to the Council for our workshop last night. In the materials and at the workshop, the Director indicated that the Trustees are willing to keep the Reiche Branch open for the coming year if the Council can restore $30,000 to the [...]

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