MAYOR'S LIAISON PENS OPEN LETTER ON O.H. CLOSURE. Letter MAIN STREETS CHIMES IN! Letter to trustees PRESS RELEASE 4/7: BPL Recommends 22 Branches to Remain Open More from Universal Hub LIBRARY CUTS COMING? Globe 2/18 Library may cut 10 of its branches Boston weighs layoff of quarter of staff MORE ON LIBRARY CLOSINGS  Globe 4/1: BPL releases data critieria for closing. 4/1/10 BPL releases data list with criteria for closing branches...  List on Eastboston.com But data list is flawed says group. Globe 3/10: The passions run high as libraries’ fate debated Globe 2/17: Boston library branches could close amid cuts:  Is it time to say goodbye to Orient Heights branch?. MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH: BBJ 4/9: ore: Boston’s $6B shaky promise Unfunded liability continues to soar as benefit costs eat up more of city budget -

BASILE TO THE RESCUE? Phoenix 4/16: State reps ride to BPL rescue Dot Reporter 4/16: House lawmakers push to prevent library closures A LITTLE ARM TWISTING FROM BEACON HILL? Herald 4/17: Pols: All libraries stay open, or no state aid   PEOPLE OF BOSTON Op-Ed: Financial Argument for Downsizing the Library Does Not Add Up ORIENT HEIGHTS TO WILL BE CLOSED?CLOSED With Friday's vote Trustees suggest closing branch library Press release from BPL announcing OH Closure Globe 4/8: Close 4 branches, library chief says: WBZ-TV  4/7: Budget Crisis Puts Boston Libraries In Jeopardy HERALD 4/7: Squeezed Hub library has $1.3M OT on books

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