Friday, August 24, 2012
Bridgeville Public Library’s reduced hours will remain the same for the rest of the year, although they might be expanded next year.
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Friday, August 24, 2012
Bridgeville Public Library’s reduced hours will remain the same for the rest of the year. The library board decided during its Tuesday night meeting to delay a decision on whether to expand operating hours or open the facility an additional day of the week. Joyce Heinrich, who is the library’s new fundraising manager, said they have not received enough donations to extend the hours and the board wants to wait until the end of the year to make a decision. The board discussed in July the possibility of opening the library for four hours Sunday as a way to increase usage from the community. But Heinrich said opening the building on Sundays seems to be unlikely because that usually is the slowest day of the week. Library officials apparently …
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Bridgeville Library officials are considering opening the building up on Sundays after Labor Day.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Bridgeville Public Library officials are considering opening the building up for brief Sunday hours after Labor Day. The library board discussed the possibility during its monthly meeting Tuesday night, but there are still some questions about whether they can afford the extra cost. The library had to slash its staff and operating times from 58 hours a week to 35–the library is now closed Sundays–in May because of budget and fundraising problems after the new building opened in early 2011. But those cuts also are raising concerns that the library is losing patrons and the chance for donors. “You can’t believe how many people are walking up to the door and trying to open it,” new fundraising director Joyce Heinrich said about people coming…
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Michael Aquilina III, who grew up in Bridgeville, wrote a letter to the editor responding to claims that the library is struggling because of a lack of volunteers.
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
To the editor: I'm writing in regard to Bridgeville Public Library board member Nino Petrocelli's comment in Tuesday’s story on Chartiers Valley Patch (Bridgeville Library Facing Big Cutbacks) regarding the library's need to cut hours and layoff staff. While I greatly respect Mr. Petrocelli's contributions to the Bridgeville area over the years, his comment that "not one person" in Bridgeville has stepped up to help the library is false. The library does, in fact, have a dedicated group of volunteers who regularly donate time, effort and money to help the library with their operations and programming. These volunteers include several of my friends and family, and I'm shocked that Mr. Petrocelli would gloss over the existence of this …
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
A lack of volunteers and donations is forcing the Bridgeville Public Library to drastically cut back its hours beginning May 1.
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- Mike Jones
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
A lack of volunteers and donations is forcing the Bridgeville Public Library to drastically cut back its hours beginning May 1. The library is cutting its hours by nearly half and now will be open only 35 hours a week, which is the minimum to still be able to accept state funding. The decision to reduce the hours is especially disappointing because the brand new $4 million library opened less than 16 months ago and a new entrance to the McMillen Street building was paved recently. Nino Petrocelli Sr., who is the borough council’s president and member of the library board, said volunteers and donations are the lifeblood for any library. But Bridgeville Public Library is having trouble getting interest from the community to offer help or …
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Michael Aquilina III
10:27 am on Friday, April 27, 2012
In short, what assurances do we, as library patrons, have that our donations won't be mismanaged? more ›