public library

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In South Hadley, Lisa Wong, the town administrator, has held a number of information sessions, including at the airy modern public library overlooking the Connecticut River where it spills over a century-old dam.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

In 1960, he was arrested with seven other students after a silent demonstration in a whites-only public library, which led to the desegregation of the library.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

She married, had children and for many years worked as a librarian in a public library in upstate New York.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 19, 2025

Frank calls it the most surprising find of her research — incidentally via Worldcat after months of searching the public library archives.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

I’ve read that newspaper clipping from the trunk more often that I can count, and spent time at the public library in the archive of “periodicals”—such a strange word.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone