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Investor Education – Feldman Report 8/20
A couple of hours spent at your local library could be the best investment you’ll ever make. WWJ and Fox 2 Business Reporter Murray Feldman explains in the Feldman Report.
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Before Library, Find Book Titles Online
Kids can struggle to find a book to read at a school or public library, and the time to leave can sneak up on them, leaving them without reading material to check out. It sometimes helps to have an...
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Troy Library In Trouble After Millage Fails
The future of the Troy Library is in danger after residents turned down a series of millage proposals to keep the doors open. WWJ’s Ron Dewey spoke with one man who said he has been unemployed for...
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Fans Fight To Keep Troy Library
A group of Troy library fans is filing 2,500 petition signatures to keep the institution afloat. Voters turned down four millage proposals last week to a fund a new library board. WWJ Newsradio 950...
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Howell Woman Directs Police To Ex-Boyfriends Explosives
Some unexpected excitement in front of the Howell Library as the Michigan State Police Bomb Squad was called out to detonate a homemade explosive device in a parked car. Police were called to Chestnut...
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Lansing Library Temporarily Gun Free
LANSING (WWJ) - Lansing’s Capital Area District Library will stay gun-free, at least for now. Ingham County Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina extended an order that restricts patrons from openly...
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Couple Take The Long Way To The Aisle
DETROIT (WWJ) – A Canton Township couple is planning a 2000 mile wedding march. Joseph Crist and Laura Brunett are leaving later this month for their wedding this fall in Las Vegas. The 24-year- olds...
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Residents Rally To Save Troy Library
TROY (WWJ) – Concerned citizens in Troy are rallying Monday evening, demanding that their public library remain open. Rally organizer and mother of three, Jennifer Hilzinger, said the library is a very...
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Detroit Library Pulls Branch Closing Plan
DETROIT (AP) – The Detroit Public Library has reversed course after saying it could close most of its neighborhood branches amid budget problems. The Detroit News reports that the cuts had been...
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Beat The Heat At Local Cooling Centers
DETROIT (WWJ) – It’s a scorcher — and the hot temps aren’t stopping anytime soon. To provide a safe and cool environment for those who may not have another option, local communities are opening...
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Final Effort To Save Troy Library
TROY (WWJ) – With just four days until the Troy Public Library is scheduled to close, the city is preparing for a special election that could save it. Voters are being asked to approve a millage of...
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Troy Votes On Millage To Save Library
TROY (WWJ) – With just three days until the Troy Public Library is scheduled to close, Troy residents are voting on a millage that could save it. Voters are being asked to approve a millage of...
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Last Day For Dearborn Snow Branch Library
DEARBORN (WWJ) - The last day of service for Snow Branch Library in Dearborn is scheduled for Friday, September 2. The city decided to close the library after being faced with difficult decisions in...
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“Cycle for Literacy” Bike Ride To Save Detroit Libraries
DETROIT (WWJ) – Several community groups are joining together for “Cycle for Literacy,” a bike ride with one goal: saving Detroit’s libraries. “Cycle for Literacy” will feature concerned citizens...
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Detroiters Protest Outside Closed Library
DETROIT (WWJ) – A community activist group marched in front of the shuttered Detroit Public Library Lincoln Branch Tuesday morning. BAMN member Monica Smith says the group hopes to encourage residents...
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Mason County Library Settles Lawsuit With Writer
LANSING (AP) - The board of the Mason County District Library has reached a $57,000 settlement in the civil rights lawsuit filed by Sally Stern-Hamilton, an ex-employee who wrote the book “The Library...
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Outdoor Libraries Set Up After Branch Closings
DETROIT (AP) - Students from a Detroit school and the University of Michigan are setting up six outdoor libraries in the city following recent library branch closings. Five of the outdoor libraries,...
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Detroit Library To Host Barack Obama Photo Exhibit
DETROIT (WWJ) - A Detroit photographer has spent the past four years getting up close and personal with President Barack Obama and many of Michigan’s high-profile politicians and now, you’ve got the...
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Bedbugs Found In Book Bindings Close Library
KALAMAZOO (WWJ/AP) - Southwestern Michigan officials say bedbugs found in book bindings prompted them to close a Kalamazoo Public Library branch. The bedbugs were found during an inspection at the...
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Need A Tool? Libraries Lending More Than Books
By Mike Householder, Associated Press GROSSE POINTE FARMS (AP) - Books and DVDs weren’t what Ralph Mandarino wanted when he went to the Grosse Pointe Public Library. The 75-year-old retired businessman...
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