Rundel Library’s terrace is undergoing a nearly $7 million restoration that will showcase the city’s past and help improve the area around Broad Street, South Avenue, and Court Street.
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Historical Society will leave the library
Still struggling to stabilize itself financially, the Rochester Historical Society will not renew its lease at the Rochester Public Library’s Rundel building in downtown Rochester. “We are involved in active discussions with a third party about a potential relocation of the Rochester Historical Society either in whole or in part to another location,” says Historical […]
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Historical Society hits a rough patch
The Rochester Historical Society’s board is facing some serious financial challenges, and the head of its board says it may need to change how it operates. Board Chair Pat Malgieri says the Historical Society’s challenges mirror those facing cultural organizations across the country, and the economy is a factor. In an interview last week, Malgieri […]
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Overdue
Overdue The county’s laissez-faire approach to the library by Chris Busby It’s no big deal to have an overdue library book or two. Almost everyone has done this at one time or another. And most folks return the books in short order and pay the small fine, mildly rebuking themselves for their absent-mindedness. Monroe County’s […]
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Library in limbo: How low can it go?
Administrators of the Monroe County Library System are “sitting on pins and needles” these days, says MCLS director Richard Panz, but not in anticipation of the long-delayed fifth Harry Potter book. In this case, it’s the figures for the county’s share of the library system’s 2003 budget that are late — over three months […]
