“Sometimes the easiest thing to do is cut some of the lowest hanging fruit but sometimes it’s a matter of taking a bigger picture and stepping outside and seeing what can be done for the community as a whole.”
— Local businesswoman Ilana Siegal, addressing the Selectboard on proposed cuts to the town libraries
“The mission of the Friends of the Library is, first of all, to bring people to the library.”
In her letter to the editor, Rachel Branch writes: “No one ought to be legislating better pay and benefits for themselves while being part of the Legislature…an outrageous conflict of interest.”
In her letter to the editor, Michelle Loubert of Housatonic writers: “The Friends of the Library provide refreshments for library visitors offering a warm, inviting atmosphere, akin to visiting the home of a good friend.”
In a letter to the editor, Great Barrington Library Trustee Ed Abrahams writes: “Nearly 60 people came to use the [Ramsdell] library … on the first Sunday the library was open.”
No one has come up with one single reason why it wouldn’t be advantageous to the residents of Housatonic and Great Barrington and the surrounding towns [to have Sunday hours at Ramsdell Library]”
— Holly Hamer, member of Friends of the Libraries and former library trustee
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