Libraries

Libraries debate stocking '50 Shades'

23 May 2012

In recent weeks, readers have besieged libraries with requests for the "Fifty Shades of Grey" trilogy, signaling a new wave of popularity for the bestselling erotic novels. Demand has been so great that it has forced exasperated library officials to dust off their policies on erotica.

Local libraries receive $14 million in grants

22 May 2012

SYRACUSE -- Three libraries in Madison County have been awarded public library construction grants as part of $14 million in capital funds allocated in the 2011 state budget.

Hernando commission considers separate taxing units for parks, libraries

22 May 2012

By Barbara Behrendt, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, May 22, 2012 BROOKSVILLE — Just how much does a property owner pay each year to keep Hernando County's parks and libraries operating? What about other county services? Those are answers the County Commission would like to provide to better educate residents. Exactly how that will happen, however, is still up in the air. And some commissioners ...