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Officials stress connections across time, community as Dauphin County library expansion breaks ground
Officials stress connections across time, community as Dauphin County library expansion breaks ground October 14, 2021 Construction has commenced but the fundraising continues, as the Dauphin County Library System today officially broke ground on a major expansion...
McCormick Riverfront Library begins expansion project
October 14, 2021 HARRISBURG, Pa. — The McCormick Riverfront Library is continuing to make updates to its buildings, this time with an expansion project. The $3.5 million “Your Place to Belong” expansion project involves connecting the library with the adjacent...
PA Department of Education Celebrates Library Groundbreaking
Expansion and Renovation of Two Historic Buildings Will Provide More Space, Services for CommunityHarrisburg, PA - Pennsylvania Department of Education Acting Deputy Secretary for the Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) Susan Banks today joined Dauphin County...
The Historic Harrisburg Association presented a $1,000 check toward the unique renovation and preservation project to join the McCormick Riverfront Library with the adjacent home of its founder.
The Historic Harrisburg Association presented a $1,000 check toward the unique renovation and preservation project to join the McCormick Riverfront Library with the adjacent home of its founder. May 26, 2021 The project will expand McCormick Riverfront Library by...
For the Love of Libraries: This month, author Susan Orlean ventures to Harrisburg
She’s written a book about Florida orchid thieves that was transformed into a popular film starring Meryl Streep as her character and traveled the world from Hungary to Bhutan for the New Yorker for nearly three decades.
New stop added to Harrisburg’s Secret Gardens Tour
https://www.fox43.com/video/news/local/new-stop-added-to-harrisburgs-secret-gardens-tour/521-f73386ec-a1eb-4695-bf45-f9f587d31463 ...
Author Susan Orlean on her book and the important role libraries played in her life
Scott LaMar MAY 6, 2021 | 3:00 PM Listen to Smart Talk every weekday at 9am and 7pm on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. It’s not an exaggeration to say writers like books. Reading led to writing. But best-selling author and New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean...
Library system kicks off $3.5 million fundraising campaign to expand riverfront Harrisburg branch
Written by: Daniel Urie at PennLive/The Patriot-News May 5, 2021 Harrisburg’s downtown library will be getting a lot bigger soon.The Dauphin County Library System has kicked off a $3.5 million fundraising campaign that includes an expansion of the 107-year-old...
‘Orchid Thief’ author Susan Orlean, a fan of libraries, says she’s ‘thrilled’ to be in Harrisburg for fundraiser
Written by: Daniel Urie at PennLive/The Patriot-News https://www.pennlive.com/life/2021/05/susan-orlean-author-of-the-orchid-thief-to-kickoff-35-million-fundraising-campaign-for-harrisburg-library.html May 5, 2021 Susan Orlean, writer of “The Orchid Thief” – which...