MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE The Jamestown Prendergast Library board of trustees held its monthly meeting on Thursday, June 16, 2016 and board president Tom Rankin spent a few minutes updating the public on how the library plans to proceed for … [Read more...]
Prendergast Library to Reduce Hours of Operation Starting July 1
Move will save $30,000 for remainder of 2016, board also votes on cutting spending for materials JAMESTOWN - The James Prendergast Library will be reducing the number of hours that it will be open each week, starting in July. On Thursday the … [Read more...]
Prendergast Library Meets Thursday, Not known what Board will Discuss
JAMESTOWN - The Prendergast Library Board of Trustees will meet Thursday afternoon. The meeting will be the first for the board since city residents rejected the library’s $850,000 funding initiative earlier this month. Because the library has … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Tina Scott from the James Prendergast Library
MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE Originally airing Thursday, June 9, 2016 on Community Matters. WRFA public affairs director Jason Sample talks with Tina Scott, Executive Director of the James Prendergast Library in Jamestown NY after voters … [Read more...]
Residents Vote Against Prendergast Library Tax
JAMESTOWN - Voters in Jamestown have overwhelmingly rejected an $850,000 tax referendum for the James Prendergast Library. The vote on the library Funding Initiative took place Tuesday at the Prendergast Library, with any eligible voters in the … [Read more...]
Jamestown Residents Head to Library to Vote on Tax Referendum
JAMESTOWN - The Prendergast Library’s $850,000 tax proposal will go before voters in Jamestown Tuesday. Any resident who is eligible to vote in the Jamestown School Board elections will be able to vote on the funding referendum, which calls for a … [Read more...]
Prendergast Library Tax Goes to Public Vote on Tuesday
JAMESTOWN - Residents in Jamestown will get the chance to vote on creating an $850,000 tax for the James Prendergast Library this week. On Tuesday any resident who is eligible to vote in the Jamestown School District (which includes some areas … [Read more...]
Library Officials to Present Details of Funding Initiative to City Council During Monday’s Meeting
JAMESTOWN - Members of the Jamestown City Council will get an update on the proposed Prendergast Library’s Funding Initiative when they meet Monday, May 9 in City Hall. Prendergast Library board president Tom Rankin tells WRFA that library … [Read more...]
Teresi Throws Support Behind Prendergast Funding Initiative
JAMESTOWN - The James Prendergast Library is an extremely valuable asset for the community and the public should show its support for it by approving an $850,000 funding initiative in June. That's according to Jamestown Mayor Sam Teresi, who was a … [Read more...]
Officials Plan Library Funding Initiative Presentation for Wednesday at 10 a.m.
JAMESTOWN - Residents wishing to learn more about the Prendergast library’s funding initiative will have another opportunity to do so Wednesday morning at the Library. Executive Director Tina Scott will share information about the Initiative … [Read more...]