Where Does the Time Go? Memories from the Last 34 Summer Reading Programs

by Katie AumanHistory, Library Blog, Library ProgramsPosted on Comments are Disabled

The year was 1985. The Coca-Cola Company introduced New Coke and the Nintendo Entertainment System was released in North America. Michael Jordon was named the NBA’s “Rookie of the Year.” The first .com was registered and the first version of Windows was released. Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union. “We Are the …

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Happy Birthday Old Town Library: 40 Years of Community, Culture, and Ideas

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After 70 years of public library services at the Carnegie building on Mathews St., the demand on the building’s space and the library’s collection was reaching its limits. In 1974, the Carnegie building and the library staff were serving 65,000 people in a space designed for a city population of only 12,000 – and this …

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