January 28th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

At the end of this past Thursday’s Allegany County Commissioner’s meeting, Commission President Dave Caporale took a moment to recognizing that there may be closures coming to branches of the Allegany County Library System.  The library, along with other organizations in the county, faced a 10% budget cut for the current financial year, with no promise of future funding from the county or state because of their budget issues…

   

“We understand the concerns regarding potential library closures in Allegany County. However, this decision to close any branch lies solely on the library board of trustees, not the commissioners. We are just simply one of several funding partners for this entity.”