The library has been showing up in local newspapers frequently in recent days and even on television on Channel 10′s evening news on Friday March 21st at 5 and 6 pm.
The Boston Globe articles:
Support for Libraries Overdue 3/25/08 Boston Globe Editorial.
2 Towns Weigh Privatizing Libraries 3/20/08 by Connie Paige.
New Bedford Standard Times articles:
Library Web Site Has Candidate Information, Video Interviews 3/18/08 by Curt Brown.
New Bedford Standard Times letters to the Editor :
Parents can’t homeschool without libraries 3/23/08 by Bernard Roth.
Library SOS 3/21/08 by Hope Atkinson.
Librarians Keep Collection Vital 3/20/08 by Ellen Hamilton.
Let’s Not Trash Our Libraries 3/18/08 by Richard Ward.
Support Libraries in Override Vote 3/19/08 by Denise Medeiros.
The Chronicle (Dartmouth weekly paper) articles
FinCom Reviews Police and Library Budgets 3/12/08 by Daniel King.
Local Cable’s access channel in Dartmouth, DCTV Channel 18, has begun airing interviews of Dartmouth town officials outlining the Override Questions on the April 1st 2008 ballot and the expected impact of a yes or no vote. Departments featured include:
- Council on Aging
- Town Hall Departments
- Department of Public Works
- School Department
- Police Department
- Library
- Park & Recreation
View the Schedule for when these interviews air and learn more about the changes in town services that will result depending on the election.
Library Trustee Paul Pereira interviews Library Director Denise Medeiros on the subject of the April 1, 2008 Election in Dartmouth. Two ballot questions asking for an override of Prop. 2 1/2 pertain directly to the library as well as a debt exclusion question which would fund a new roof, paving the parking lot and a HVAC system for Southworth Library. Denise discusses what the consequences of a yes or no vote will mean, including possible loss of certification, resource-sharing with other libraries, staff layoffs, reduced hours and greatly reduced budget for book buying.
Watch the videos:
Denise Medeiros with Paul Pereira on Prop. 2 1/2, Part 1
Denise Medeiros with Paul Pereira on Prop. 2 1/2, Part 2
