West Side raises money to keep branch library open

YOUNGSTOWN — In a bid to keep the West Branch library open, residents pledged to raise money for its upkeep.

At a meeting of the West Side Coalition on Tuesday, they kept that promise.

Faced with a 20 percent decrease in funding from the state and after making other cuts, the building and sites committee of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County in June recommended closing the West Side branch as a cost-cutting measure.

Instead, members of the board of trustees voted to give Youngstown Councilwoman Carol Rimedio-Righetti, D-4th, time to work with her constituents to raise money to help defray the cost of keeping the branch open.

Read more in Wednesday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com