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Crime novelist talks inspiration, Netflix deals at 8th annual Novel November

Speaking to a crowd at the Peters Township High School auditorium, author Shawn “S.A.” Cosby talked about growing up in a family of vociferous readers. His mother enjoyed biographies and historical novels, and Cosby recalled reading detective novels with his uncle. “Which, side note, ...

Peters Township Public Library eyes renovations

The Peters Township Public Library may have a multimillion-dollar renovation in its future. Lacey Love, the library’s directors, and representatives of HBM Architects appeared before Peters council Monday night to present a recently completed study on how the 30,000-square-foot building ...

Peters Township Library’s Read Local/Eat Local set for Sept. 7

If you’re looking to devour a book or maybe just some ice cream, the Peters Township Public Library will be hosting its annual Read Local/Eat Local event next week. There will be 22 local authors and three food trucks at the library parking lot from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 7. Illyana Logan, ...

‘Dream’ project in Greene County gets big boost with $5 million grant

A $12 million proposed community center/library project in eastern Greene County was just a dream, until county officials learned recently they’d received $5 million in federal funding. While talks and preliminary plans had been discussed by a steering committee for some time, until that ...

Community foundation awards $175,000 to libraries

The Washington County Community Foundation recently awarded $175,000 in grants from the Community CARE Fund and the Horne Family Fund to 11 community-based libraries in Washington County. Most of the grants were awarded to increase programming, including $10,000 to the Avella Public Library to ...