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Longtime Palmyra librarian preparing to close book on her career

PALMYRA, Mo. -- Peggy Northcraft, a professional librarian for more than 40 years, will be closing the book on her career next month. Northcraft plans to retire Dec. 28 from her role as director of ... read more

Career Confidential: A Librarian Deals With Creeps, Crazies And Husband-Beaters

But I actually got a book about dreams and tried to help him interpret it. Sometimes I'd have to ask people to leave the library. One night it was getting really close to closing time, and this woman ... read more

Libraries Are The New Community Centers, Town Greens

Tied largely to the recession, the reductions have forced public libraries in Connecticut and elsewhere in the country to scale back programs, hours, staffing and even close branches. Keohane, who ... read more

Sachem Public Library March Events

When Joan observes something that amazes her, she takes possession with her camera. Known around town as the "hat lady," this long-time member of Sachem Public Library ... career and love: the lack, ... read more

Actress Ellen Holly Speaks Out Against 'One Life to Live'

As viewers and television historians prepare to say good-bye to the landmark daytime soap opera One Life to Live on January 13, Ellen Holly, one of the show's ... Gray as one of the crowning moments ... read more

Village Bakery proprietor remembered for more than abundant kolaches

But when I talked with her on the phone, she sounded like her old self. She said she hadn’t felt that good in a long time.” Irwin was a tireless ... of our bakeries will get together on March 28 to ... read more

Talk on historic preservation and other things to do in Greenwich

The center is honoring Royce for her tireless ... in the Greenwich Library Cole Auditorium at 7 p.m. May 13. A longtime Silicon Valley insider, McNamee was a mentor to Mark Zuckerberg and an early ... read more

Corinth Writer Solo-Climbs a New Literary Mountain

The incident prompted the Watermans to start preparing for Laura to live on her ... us for a long time, I think." Starvation Shore was released on March 20. Laura Waterman will read from the novel at ... read more

When You Give a Teacher a Gun

When she started her career, Pam’s salary was $23,000 ... In some communities, though, this debate was over a long time ago. Half of states have some kind of law on the books that allows certain ... read more

‘Shouting it from the rooftops’: Women confront abuse — even decades later

She told close friends only after she was confident they wouldn’t judge her, or ask: What’s the big deal? Can’t you take a joke? After a long slog, Dargatz’s life came to look like that of Mary ... read more

Harford's 'Justice Sisters' take over the bench

It might be a long time, and Curtin won't ... Another outlet for her was, and still is, reading. Hazlett said she goes to the Fallston library two to three times a week to drop off or pick up books. ... read more