New Fiscal Year, New Hours

I trust everyone had a most delightful and sunshiney holiday weekend, hopefully filled with parades, friends and great picnic food! I would like to thank the Friends of the Library for another great showing in the Summerfest parade! We had a great group of children and adults plus Bobo the Pony marching in support of the library. As soon as I get photos I will be sure to post them.

So you want the good news or the bad news? (I seem to be saying that a lot lately!) Okay, I like to start with the good stuff, kind of softens the blow of the bad... Thanks to you Monson, we have exceeded our Annual Appeal goal of $20.000 and raised an impressive $23,883!!! All your generosity and that of Monson Savings Bank will help us close out our books for Fiscal Year 2009 with a bang!!

And then there's Fiscal Year 2010. Not off to a great start. Because of more budget reductions and the real potential to be cut again, we have reduced our hours to 25 hours. Our intent is to do this only for July and August and restore our hours back to 40 in September. Keep your fingers crossed that this can happen. I have heard from many of you and appreciate your passion and concerns and hope you continue to call or write and voice those concerns. We take all of this into consideration when establishing hours, programs and services. And don't forget, your selectmen need to hear from you too.

So here are the new (hopefully temporary) hours:
Monday- Closed, Tuesday 3:00-8:00, Wednesday 10:00-3:00, Thursday 3:00-8:00, Friday and Saturday 10:00-3:00. We tried to keep a few mornings, evenings and Saturday hours to accommodate your schedules as best as possible. Also, during this time the community room is unavailable for public use. Trust me, we are sorry for any inconvenience.