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This guest essay reflects the views of Caroline Ashby, the director of the Nassau Library System, and Kevin Verbesey, the executive director of the Suffolk Cooperative Library System. Much like ...

Lack of running water continues to make life difficult for the Evergreen Whispering Pines mobile home community in Lee Township. Residents and management disagree on what’s causing the problem. Shana ...

On Tuesday, WPTV highlighted the city of Port St. Lucie and their Little Free Library Program. You may have seen these decorated boxes at parks or around neighborhoods in the city. These are little ...

As a snowstorm arrived, Mayor Zohran Mamdani reminded New Yorkers that they could access the romance series that inspired the TV show through their public library. By Liam Stack Liam Stack has watched ...

University libraries hold vast collections of scholarly work, yet most academic books are borrowed only a handful of times each year. A study published in the International Journal of Information and ...

Frozen water lines amid termperatures well below freezing were the reason that some residents of Whispering Pines mobile home community had no running water this past weekend, according to Evergreen ...

John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature: “All the Blues in the Sky,” written by Renée Watson and published by Bloomsbury Children’s Books, an imprint of ...

In D.C.’s wealthiest neighborhood, residents have long clamored for an upgrade to their brutalist library and rec center — blocky, brown-brick and concrete buildings that haven’t been renovated in ...

They may need pickaxes rather than shovels with an icy stormfront bearing down on the Sandhills, but Pinehurst Mayor Patrick Pizzella and his fellow Village Council members are expected early next ...

Huntington Beach, the Orange County city known for its sharp political divisions, delivered a rare show of unity in a June 2025 special election. Nearly 60 percent of voters—including conservatives, ...

When a lot of folks think of their local “library,” they imagine the repeated shhh-ing of voices, catalogs and databases, guests taking advantage of the free wi-fi, bibliographies, and a librarian ...