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Fanwood opens new memorial library after years of local advocacy and state grants
Summary
Fanwood officials, state leaders and library advocates gathered to cut the ribbon on the new Fanwood Memorial Library. Speakers credited a statewide construction bond, legislative grants (including a $1,000,000 grant cited by the mayor), local fundraising and volunteers for making the accessible, program-focused building possible.
Mayor Colleen Maher welcomed residents to the ribbon-cutting for the Fanwood Memorial Library, calling the new building a ‘‘legacy project’’ that will serve children, seniors and families with modern technology and an accessible community room.
"My name is Colleen Maher. I have the great privilege and honor of being your mayor," Maher told the crowd, and she described nearly two years of work that produced the new facility. She credited a statewide referendum that opened matching capital funds and thanked the coalition and volunteers who secured support for library construction.
The mayor and other speakers detailed the project’s funding. Maher said legislative leaders helped secure a $1,000,000 grant and that the…
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