New East Side library donated

YOUNGSTOWN — More than 75 years ago, Edward Orlando, 87, of Youngstown, started using the East Branch Library to stay warm.

Orlando was a paper boy and would wait inside the branch on North Jackson Street for the morning papers to be dropped off.

“The librarian would say, ‘If you’re staying in here you better pick up a book,’” he said.

The memories Orlando made at the original East-Breaden Family Branch, were remembered during the dedication of the new East Branch of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, 430 Early Road, today.