Library Board Issues Ultimatum

Lauri Ann West Library’s branch has a cloudy future. The parent organization put in black and white what it felt was needed to clarify the branch’s future.

“We want to keep it open,” said Fox Chapel (PA) Mayor Harry McLaughlin Jr., a Community Center & Library Association board member. “Things have to be done by them.”

The library board sent the city council a letter requesting the borough help locate an alternate, low-cost site, identify additional grant funding and increase the local municipal money according to an unnamed source.

Unless borough council supports these needs fully, the library likely will pull books and services out of the riverfront town after Dec. 31, the letter said. Read more.