Board approves $20,000 for Dolly Parton Imagination Library after debate over late request Madison County supervisors approved a $20,000 post-budget appropriation for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library through Mid York Library System after supervisors debated the request's late submission; the measure passed 1,151-117 with 232 absent.

Madison County supervisors have approved a $20,000 funding boost for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, igniting a passionate debate over the timing of the request and its impact on early literacy.

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Library committee reviews consolidated reconsideration policy, new filming rules and local-history collection policy as capital bids exceed budget Committee members reviewed three revised policies (a combined request-for-reconsideration policy, a photography/filming policy classifying the library as a limited public forum, and a local-history collection policy) and received a capital-project update showing bids over budget on a DOD-funded local-history workroom expansion; legal is reviewing a

The Newburgh Free Library Committee is taking bold steps to refine policies and tackle budget challenges for exciting renovations—are you curious about the changes ahead?

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