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Tag: Fletcher Free Library
Weinberger and library director respond to hate speech
News Release — Mayor Miro Weinberger July 21, 2017 Contact: Katie Vane 802.734.0617 Mayor, Library Director Denounce Hate Speech Found at Fletcher Free Library Burlington, VT – Today Library Director Mary Danko and Mayor Miro Weinberger released the following statements in response to graffiti, which included a swastika and racial epithet, found at the Fletcher […]
Police investigating ‘hate speech’ graffiti at Burlington’s Fletcher Free Library
BURLINGTON — City officials say they discovered racist and anti-semitic graffiti, involving a swastika and epithet, in the bathroom at the Fletcher Free Library. The graffiti has since been painted over and library staff are working with the Burlington Police Department on the police investigation into the graffiti, according to a news release. “As library […]
Picture Book City Comes to the Fletcher Free Library
News Release — Fletcher Free Library 24 April 2017 Contact: MEGAN BUTTERFIELD 802.865.7216 [email protected] Burlington, VT — Welcome to Picture Book City, Population: You! Join us for treats, music and more to celebrate the revitalization of this collection at our Party in Picture Book City, Wednesday, April 26th, 6:00-7:30 p.m. We’re shaking things up at […]
Fletcher Free Library Hosts a Traveling Smithsonian Exhibition: ‘Exploring Human Origins’
News Release — Fletcher Free Library Feb. 7, 2017 Contact: Barbara Shatara 802-865-7211 Burlington, VT — Exploring Human Origins: What Does It Mean to Be Human?, a national traveling exhibition of the Smithsonian Institution, will be on display at the Fletcher Free Library from 18 February 2017 to 17 March 2017. Through panels, interactive kiosks, […]
Mary Danko Appointed New Director of Fletcher Free Library
News Release — City of Burlington January 12, 2017 Contact: Katie Vane 802.734.0617 Burlington, VT – Mayor Miro Weinberger today announced the appointment of Mary Danko as the new director of the Fletcher Free Library in the City of Burlington. Mary brings over 14 years of library experience, including three years as director of the […]
Burlington mayor appoints new library director
BURLINGTON — Mayor Miro Weinberger announced his pick for director of the Fletcher Free Library on Thursday. Mary Danko brings 14 years of library experience, most recently with the Abbott Library in Sunapee, New Hampshire. “The Fletcher Free Library is experiencing an exciting period of capital investment, programmatic expansion, and growing public use and enjoyment,” […]
Future of youth center eyed with nostalgia, change in mind
Members of the Burlington community and city administrators are considering how to go about relocating the facility known as 242 Main.
Burlington library director leaving for New Hampshire job
BURLINGTON — The Fletcher Free Library is losing its director after four years during which she focused on implementing the most current trends in library sciences. Rubi Simon told Mayor Miro Weinberger of her resignation June 20. Her last day will be Aug. 26, and she will become director of the Howe Public Library in […]
Rubi Simon resigns as director of Fletcher Free Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 24, 2016 Contact: Katie Vane 802.734.0617 Mayor Miro Weinberger Responds to Rubi Simon’s Resignation as Director of Fletcher Free Library Burlington, VT – Mayor Miro Weinberger today responded to Rubi Simon’s resignation as director of the Fletcher Free Library. Simon, who has served as library director for the past four years […]
Stories, free books & healthy meals for children at the Fletcher Free Library Summer Reading Program
News Release — Hunger Free Vermont July 22, 2015 Contact: Alida Duncan 802-865-0255 x109 [email protected] SOUTH BURLINGTON — On Thursday July 23rd at 10:30AM, children involved in the Summer Reading Program at the Fletcher Free Library in Burlington will be visited by storyteller Duncan McDougall for a storytelling presentation and free book giveaway, thanks to a Summer Readers […]
Vermont political cartoons of the 1960s, ’70s on display at Fletcher Library
A retrospective of the political cartoons of Burlington artist, illustrator, and children’s book author Jane Clark Brown (1930-2009) of South Burlington will be on display Nov. 1 – Dec. 30 in the Pickering Room at the Fletcher Free Library in Burlington.
Mike Bond to discuss the ivory trade, the dire plight of the elephants, and his new novel, ‘The Last Savanna’
Vermont Council on World Affairs & Fletcher Free Library, Burlington to present author Mike Bond discussing the ivory trade, the dire plight of the elephants, and his new novel, The Last Savanna
Libraries budgets strained by recession, technology demands
Fundraising is becoming more and more a part of the budget picture.