Articles filed under Sugar Grove Public Library
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Sugar Grove rallies around ill former library director
Sep 22, 2014 9:21 AM - Sugar Grove residents are rallying around former library director Beverly Holmes Hughes as she battles malignant brain cancer. -
Sugar Grove library director leaving for Zion-Benton
Aug 27, 2014 6:53 PM - The Sugar Grove Library director is quitting to take a full-time job with the Zion-Benton Library. "It's been a lot of fun to work here," Carol Dolin said. "It's not that I don't enjoy what I 'm doing." But she wants full-time employment, with benefits, something Sugar Grove doesn't offer. -
Sugar Grove Library studying what cuts to make
Mar 22, 2014 8:01 AM - Sugar Grove Library patrons will get to weigh in on how the library should spend its money. But they may not like the choices, in the wake of voters' rejection of a proposal to increase taxes for operations. "Would you like books or lightbulbs? Because you can't have both," library board treasurer Louise Coffman said. -
'No' to more taxes for Sugar Grove Library
Mar 18, 2014 10:12 PM - For the 13th time in 33 years, Sugar Grove Library District voters refused to increase operating taxes. "It's very disappointing," said library director Carol Dolin. "We really were not lying when we said we could not continue to operate" at the same service level without more money. -
Tax implications abound on Kane County primary ballotsMar 16, 2014 8:00 AM - Several decisions that may have direct impacts on voters' pocketbooks await on Tuesday's ballot in Kane County.
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Where does Sugar Grove Library rank?
Feb 26, 2014 1:00 AM - For voters deciding whether to pay the Sugar Grove Public Library more taxes: How does the Sugar Grove Library stack up compared to others in the area when it comes to spending, services and materials available, and more? -
Endorsement: Yes for Sugar Grove libraryFeb 21, 2014 1:01 AM - The Daily Herald recommends a yes vote for the Sugar Grove library referendum.
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Now-agreeable Sugar Grove Library board to try tax hike 13th time
Nov 18, 2013 4:48 PM - The Sugar Grove Library will ask taxpayers for more money to operate, and a familiar face has joined the board. Both matters were decided unanimously last week which, given the library's history, is also news. "We're all working extremely well together," library board President Daniel Herkes said Friday. "We moved past all of the difficulties." -
Bergman, DeBartolo win seats on Sugar Grove Library Board
Apr 9, 2013 11:45 PM - Despite enduring much criticism from the public back in 2011 for firing a longtime library director, Sugar Grove Library Board incumbent Bob Bergman won another 6-year term Tuesday night with 894 votes, according to unofficial results. Ed DeBartolo of Montgomery won the other 6-year term and was actually the top vote-getter, earning 1,065 votes. Write-in candidate Pat Graceffa received 421 votes. -
Sugar Grove Library candidates discuss getting over past
Mar 28, 2013 5:30 AM - Getting past the Sugar Grove Library's troubled past is the main issue for candidates in the race for two 6-year terms on the library board. Pat Graceffa is running with Montgomery resident Edward DeBartolo against Trustee Bob Bergman of Sugar Grove. Bergman has been on the board since 1997. "Personally, it is time for a change," DeBartolo said. "It is time to bring it back to the community."
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