All three local library budgets pass by wide margins
BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO | Riverhead Free Library. All three area library budgets were approved by comfortable margins Tuesday night. Riverhead Free Library’s $3.3 million budget represented a 1.98...
View ArticleThis week in Riverhead history: Detective indicted
Page 3 of the Feb. 11, 1988 issue of the Riverhead News-Review. 25 years ago Riverhead detective indicted in illegal taping scandal Town police detective Vincent Gianni was indicted on Feb. 9, 1988 on...
View ArticleNorth Shore Public Library proposes $3.68 million budget
FILE PHOTO | North Shore Public Library’s budget vote is next Tuesday. The North Shore Public Library in Shoreham will ask voters next Tuesday to approve its proposed $3.68 million spending plan...
View ArticleUnique items and services at North Fork libraries
CLAIRE LEADEN PHOTO | Riverhead Free Library has a self-checkout machine for those wanting to grab a book and go. In recent years, libraries have become much more than just places to borrow books....
View ArticleFree business courses coming up at North Shore Library
North Shore Public Library is hosting four small business courses. The library might not be the first place that comes to mind for small business owners when they think about expanding their market...
View Article‘Bach to the Future’ concert at North Shore Public Library
The North Shore Public Library in Shoreham is hosting a ‘Bach to the Future’ concert on Sunday at 2 p.m. Alexander A. Wu performs piano classics of the 18th and 19th centuries, compared with...
View ArticleVoters approve budgets for three local libraries
Voters approved the budgets for three local libraries Tuesday: the Riverhead Free Library, the Baiting Hollow Free Library and North Shore Public Library in Shoreham. The Riverhead Library budget was...
View ArticleAudit: North Shore Library overcharged taxpayers
North Shore Public Library. (Credit: file photo) Leaders of the North Shore Public Library may need to take out some books on financial accounting. The office of State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli...
View ArticleLibraries say there’s high demand for ‘Go Set a Watchman’
The recent release of Harper Lee’s novel “Go Set a Watchman” has piqued the interest of library patrons across Suffolk County — where every copy of the book has been checked out and over 700 people...
View ArticleFishing poles and vinyl records are among the unusual items you can borrow...
While local libraries continue to provide books, classes, music and movies, many have responded to the changing needs of their patrons by providing a wider variety of items and experiences in addition...
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