http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/currentnews/newsarchive/2008/september2008/trentonbranchcrisis.cfm
A potential citywide budget deficit of as much as $28 million has led the Trenton (N.J.) Public Library to develop plans to close all four of its neighborhood branches. Library Director Kimberly Bray announced the library board’s decision, which followed an across-the-board 10% cut in funding to all city departments, in an email to staff September 10. Some 60 residents attended a September 23 city council meeting devoted to the closings—the third such meeting held over eight days—at which Bray described three options, all requiring staff layoffs....
From: American Libraries Online, Sept. 24, 2008
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