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Brewerytown

North Central: Cecil B. Moore Library Needed and Overdue Renovations Set to Begin this August

June 4, 2024 Lily Franey

Cecil B. Moore Library has been struggling since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its community has rallied to get it the budget necessary for much-needed renovations through the Rebuild program.

Education

Lower Moyamensing: Boosting Literacy Starts Early with Family Storytime at this Library

May 3, 2023 Saleh A. Alobaid

In Lower Moyamensing, the benefits — and fun — of fostering young readers is on display at the Thomas F. Donatucci, Sr. Library.

Center City

Spring Garden: Library Exhibit Highlights Photography, Humanity of Prisoners

August 5, 2022 Eden MacDougall

Howard Zehr photographed and interviewed Pennsylvania prisoners with life sentences in the 90s and returned 25 years later to find out how their perspectives on their sentences changed.

Fishtown

Fishtown: Friends of Fishtown Library React to Mayor’s Budget

April 21, 2022 Aliyah G Kimmey

Members of the group met on April 11 to discuss Mayor Kenney’s recently released budget and what that meant for trying to support the library.  

Grays Ferry

Grays Ferry: Inside the Queen Memorial Library When Water Damage Forced the Building to Close

December 22, 2021 Sam D Cohn

Queen Memorial Library has been closed since before Labor Day due to water damage causing structural issues throughout the ceilings while ruining rugs and various bookshelves.

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