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September 11, 2008
Trenton library to close 4 branches
by Andrew Kitchenman/The Times
Thursday September 11, 2008, 11:06 AM
TRENTON -- The city library system will close its four neighborhood branch libraries and lay off an unknown number of library employees, the city library director has informed library workers.
Bray had prepared a plan by early July to close the Briggs, Cadwalader, East Trenton and Skelton branches if a 10-percent cut was made. The city provides 97 percent of the library budget, Bray said.
While library officials proposed an alternate plan that would have kept the neighborhood branches open with reduced hours, it appears that the city rejected providing more money to fund the library operations.
The main library on Academy Street will remain open.
The library will submit its layoff plan to the state Department of Personnel within two weeks, Bray wrote.
While the date of the closings has not been determined, Bray estimated that the layoffs would occur around Nov. 1.
She sent the e-mail after the library board was informed of the budget cut Wednesday.
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Posted by tumulty at September 11, 2008 5:41 PM
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