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By Stephen Bartlett stephen@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — Plattsburgh City School officials recently laid off 10 more employees and eliminated a total of 20 positions. Those cuts are on top of roughly $6 million in spending reductions over the past few years, which have cost many jobs and whittled numerous important educational programs, but the public spoke loud and clear, school officials said, destroying the 2012-13 proposed budget (which carried a 5.8 percent tax levy increase) by a vote of 1,365 to CONTINUED ON PAGE 17
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Connor Mcilwain, 6, plays one of the games during JCEO's Community Action Day, held on the US Oval in Plattsburgh to outline the agencies services. JCEO offers community outreach, day care services, Head Start, energy services, senior outreach and more.
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Plattsburgh Library kicks off summer reading 2012’s summer reading programs. The joint effort is spearheaded by the New York State Library and the New York State Education Department, and its theme is “Dream Big.” The programs provide young people with access to the resources of public libraries to support their summer reading. Through the programs, young people will get reading lists and books and participate in activities at their local libraries. Plattsburgh Public Library is using a grant of $750 from Stewart’s to help fund its efforts. According to the library’s records, last year, 219 children signed up for the programs and read 1,023 books over the course of the summer. The year before, more than 209 area youths participated, reading
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Karen Ricketson reads to children at the Plattsburgh Public LIbrary.
PLATTSBURGH — Growing up, the library provided the escape Sharon Brandhold needed from the pain in her life. “I don’t know what I would have done without the library,” said Brandhold, youth services librarian at Plattsburgh Public Library. She recalls that she practically lived in the library and that at 11years-old she knew she wanted to become a librarian. Brandhold will be at the library when children come in to participate in the annual summer reading initiative. Plattsburgh Public Library and more than 1,000 public libraries and neighborhood branches statewide recently announced
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