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On Monday, concerned residents young and old came out to the Charlestown Branch Library for a read-in to show that, as a community, Charlestown will fight tooth and nail to keep the doors of such an important neighborhood resource open. With the $3.6 million shortfall in the budget it is anticipated that eight to ten of the of the 26 Boston Public Library branches will be closed and the Charlestown branch may be one of them.
Among those who showed their support for the library at the Read-in on Monday were Jeffrey Rudman, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Boston Public Library and Charlestown resident, City Councillors Sal LaMattina and John Connolly, Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s community Liaison Jack Kelly and State Senate candidates Tim Flaherty, Dan Hill and Sal DiDomenico.
The next event of this grassroots movement will be today, Thursday, April 1, 4 p.m. at the Charlestown Branch Library when supporters will march to City Hall and the State House carrying letters to officials beseeching them find a way to keep our library open. All are strongly encouraged to participate.
On Monday, April 5 there will be another Read-in from 5 to 8 p.m. hoping to, “Put the Library Closing Plan to Bed,” before the Boston Public Library Board of Trustees takes its vote on Friday, April 9 on what actions need to be taken to close the budget shortfall.
This is another one of those times where Charlestown as a community needs to come together and act as one voice and this voice must say loudly and clearly to all our elected officials that we will not sit idle while such an important resource is in jeopardy.
Write a letter, make a call but do it today.
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