Libraries facing tough decisions

EMPORIUM - Not much else can be slashed from Barbara Moscato Brown Memorial Library's budget in the wake of state funding cuts.The $28 billion state budget will leave Cameron County's only public library with only about $68,000.Having the board of trustees examine the local library's budget is something Librarian Anna English calls "very hard" to do."I am not sure what we're going to do," she said. "They're just cuts we really don't need right now."And the news could get worse. English said funds aren't expected to arrive in January as usual.
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