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Nonprofit Group Seeks to Save Allegany County Libraries

March 21st, 2025 by WCBC Radio

The issue of local cuts in the Allegany County Library System was taken to the County Commissioners meeting last night.  Trish Morgan, president of a new nonprofit group Save the Westernport Library said the library system is considering closing two to three libraries—including the Westernport Library—as a solution to a budget shortfall the library system has been aware of for several years…

“Yet the executive director—whose salary is $125,000 a year—has admitted that he and his leadership team have not done any grant writing or fund raising for this eventual shortfall.”