http://post.mainelymediallc.com/news/2012-06-29/Letters/Restore_library_funding_for_Arundel.html
To the editor:
So now Arundel has thrown away free access rights for our residents to
Kennebunk Free Library.
Unless something changes quickly, soon all Arundel residents who want to use
the wonderful services of the library will have to pay an annual membership fee
of about $35 a year. No more free use of the community meeting rooms or free
storytelling sessions for toddlers and preschool children. Goodbye to free
after-school programs. Basically, our selectmen have said no to all free
programs for Arundel’s children that develop early literacy skills and a love of
learning and books.
For us grown-ups, no more free in person and online discussion programs for
research, reader development, language learning or job searching. No more free
lectures or cultural performances and other community service programs.
Talk about being penny wise and pound foolish. Sure, keeping free public
library for Arundel citizens is an old fashioned concept. But so are democracy
and the pursuit of happiness. We need to get our perspective right and focus on
those services that benefit all the citizens of Arundel. I dare say most people
in town will be aghast to learn that they no longer have what many consider to
be a basic right of living in a modern attractive town, free library access.
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