Library board approves closure policy; plans lighting project and future building work. All nine members of the Library Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve the Building Closure and Program Cancellation Policy. Director Aimie Westphal reported that a lighting upgrade will begin in
Amesbury Library Board approves $12,400 admin assistant to handle vendor work. The Board unanimously approved using state aid to hire a 10-hour-per-week administrative assistant after learning that Ingram, the library's primary book vendor, would double or triple its item processing charges in the
Library Board unanimously approves revised schedule opening at 9am, closing Mondays for FY27. The Board of Trustees backed Director Aimie Westphal's Building and Staff Hours Schedule, which opens the library at 9am instead of 9:30am and closes Monday nights while maintaining 53 weekly service
Library Board of Trustees votes to close Saturday, June 20, citing budget strain. The six-member board unanimously approved the closure following Juneteenth, when union staff are entitled to the holiday off; opening the following Saturday would require volunteers and risk exhausting the
Amesbury Library Board postpones major preservation grant application. APL Director Aimie Westphal requested deferral of the Massachusetts Preservation Project Grant, available to the library's National Register-listed building, citing unavailable matching funds and pending architectural work. The
Amesbury Library Board approves $5,000 facilities boost, advances budget with two new positions. Chair Makeighlee Marstaller and six trustees unanimously approved an additional $5,000 for facilities (raising the request to $8,500 after the city had cut it to $3,500) and advanced a FY27 budget that
Amesbury Library Board of Trustees reorganizes leadership roles. The board elected Makeighlee Marstaller as Chair, Jessica Ducrow as Vice Chair, and Ann Langlois as Secretary at its January 14 meeting. Director Aimie Westphal reported that the Annual Appeal raised just over $15,000 for the
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