Archive for December, 2008

Read the Jan. 8, 2009 Special Town Meeting Warrant

A special Town Meeting will be held on Thursday Jan 8th, 2009 in the Dartmouth Middle School Auditorium at 7:00 pmĀ  to address changing the Town’s Charter to include a recall provision. The event will be televised live by DCTV.

Click here to read the Special Town Meeting Warrant Jan 8, 2009

Library Trustees to Discuss Privatization at Finance Committee Meeting 12/18

The Finance Committee will meet on Thursday, December 18th at 7:00 p.m. Members have invited the Dartmouth Board of Library Trustees to attend this meeting in order to discuss whether there would be any merit to privatizing the libraries. The Privatization Study Group in town recommended public library privatization in April of 2008. The Board of Library Trustees just issued a report on the subject expressing opposition to privatization of the public libraries in Dartmouth.

Read the Board of Library Trustees Privatization/Outsourcing Report Here – Dec. 2008 (pdf)

Read the Privatization Study Group Report Here – April 2008 (pdf)

The Library’s Importance in Tough Times

Check out this news spot on the national Evening News on NBC which aired on Wednesday. It shows how valuable libraries are to the community when times are tough economically and how library budgets are imperiled around the nation for the very same reason: